RoshRoslin
Power User
As others have said, you do have to account for guitars, pickup, strings, fingers, hands and brain and imagination.
I'll give you a personal anecdote:
I've programmed Steve Vai's guitar rig for years for his tours. Literally playing Evo, Flo and other guitars through his guitar rig in Harmony Hut while his engineer records and A/Bs the sounds vs the records as well as Steve's recordings etc. In other words, the --exact-- same signal path as what you hear on his records and live. There is literally nothing different other than our hands touching the strings. I've sheepishly had to play some of his riffs and licks in front of Thomas Nordegg and others until the rig is ready for Steve to try the sounds out and give notes on tweaks needed.
Every single time, I've handed him his guitar and instantly the rig sounds like Steve Vai. And we're not talking about some 5% difference either, we're talking an ocean of difference. It's pretty much "oh yeah, that's Steve Vai" when he picks up the guitar and plays.
Leon and Cooper are both accomplished and great players in their own right, If you want to sound like them you also have to focus on playing like them.
I'll give you a personal anecdote:
I've programmed Steve Vai's guitar rig for years for his tours. Literally playing Evo, Flo and other guitars through his guitar rig in Harmony Hut while his engineer records and A/Bs the sounds vs the records as well as Steve's recordings etc. In other words, the --exact-- same signal path as what you hear on his records and live. There is literally nothing different other than our hands touching the strings. I've sheepishly had to play some of his riffs and licks in front of Thomas Nordegg and others until the rig is ready for Steve to try the sounds out and give notes on tweaks needed.
Every single time, I've handed him his guitar and instantly the rig sounds like Steve Vai. And we're not talking about some 5% difference either, we're talking an ocean of difference. It's pretty much "oh yeah, that's Steve Vai" when he picks up the guitar and plays.
Leon and Cooper are both accomplished and great players in their own right, If you want to sound like them you also have to focus on playing like them.