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Originally Posted by _slavo_
That guy from Shipping News had a good tone.
Anyway, is it not a matter of production anyway? I mean, the guy can have a good quality guitar and distinctive playing style, as well as an impressive chain of effects, but it's the production that can either bless or utterly fuck up the final sound of the record, isn't it?
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It works two ways, I'd say. There's no producer in the world can make a shit band sound good. If it's not right when it's being played, there's no way the producer can change that fundamental wrong-ness. There's always records - the recent Stooges one, for instance - where the producer gets it wrong, to my ears, but it's almost impossible to say 'Albini made a great record shit' because, ultimately, he made some decisions and the record would probably have been equally as lacklustre if someone else did it.
Anyway. I tend not to like the idea of fetishising tone, but Franco has my favourite.