Re: New Pi 5 (Diversity - good or bad ?)

On 1/16/25 9:39 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 16/01/2025 11:27, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2025-01-16, 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
>

    Someone from Pink Floyd once commented that the reason
    their music sounded so "different" was mostly because
    their skills with their instruments was initially SO
    poor - they COULDN'T emulate the popular bands  :-)

>
I heard that Queen's distinctive guitar sound came from
the fact that the only guitar and amp that Brian May
could originally afford was a cheap piece of crap.

 No. He (and his dad)  built his  own guitar, but I think the pickups were P90s. The amp was always a (number of)  Vox AC30(s), well known for a unique sound due to stuff you wouldn't be interested in

   Hey, we're tekkies here - we're interested in lots
   of stuff  :-)
   From May's sound, it's clear the amp has a somewhat
   exaggerated higher-end response with some interesting
   harmonics. A lot of the older transistor amps had
   a kinda 'hard' sound too and kinda heavier on the
   odd harmonics. Dunno if that was inherent, or
   by-design - intentionally emulating the AC30 sound.
   The Pink Floyd story IS interesting though. They
   were kinda good MUSICIANS, but kinda CRAP with
   their chosen instruments. Created something very
   different from the usual mix ..... I wonder if
   an 'AI' would have done the same, or striven
   for technical accuracy above all else ?