Nothing pisses off guitarists like an article about plagarism. My latest column for Premier Guitar touches upon the legal (or not) debate about cloning, profiling, sampling and just pure ripping off. Not melodies, phrases, riffs or lyrics; but sounds. The issue is related to, but not about copyright infringements of songs, or sampling of riffs for songs. It’s about the gray area of sampling a manufacturer’s amp parameters into another device such as the Kemper amp. Personally, I like the idea of cataloging all of my vintage and modern amps into one library, but clearly this is something that makes the manufacturers queasy if not hopping mad. For those of you out there making boutique amps and effects—hurry up so I can borrow one of your creations in order to sample it into mine. That way I won’t have to buy yours.
For those of you who just wanted to hear the nice old Silvertone combo in the photo, scroll down to the sound clip videos below.
Your confusing me about what an original sound is and what’s the difference between copying a sound. Interesting article.
Posted by: Bonjiman | March 05, 2013 at 05:11 PM
I was sad to learn that Hamer shop was closed by Fender. But i am more happy to learn that you still continue in designing guitars. I am a proud owner of an Artist, a Studio and a Du0tone. The best with you mister Dantzig!
Posted by: Michel Mongeau | March 07, 2013 at 07:09 PM