"I have many emails from budding guitar players asking advice on achieving their own sound. Whilst a certain amplifier and guitar will probably give you a sense of achieving that, it's by no means the answer. (by the way I like Marshalls!) Learn from yourself, because you actually hold the key to it. OK, it's great to sound like Hendrix or Stevie and I may add takes a hell of a lot of talent to do this, but unfortunately it won't get you very far in the big game."

Hendrix & Stevie were successful because they had their own thing happening.

"Start taping every jam you have, whether it's practising along with a backing track or with a band. Listen to it the next day as you will discover 1 or 2 riffs you played "by accident" that you didn't pick up on at the time - learn those accidents. Do this continously and you will start to "catalog" a series of your own riffs to use for your improvisations."

"You will find you will start moving away from the "you gotta use this new amp or pedal...you'll sound like Hendrix" syndrome (usually hyped by clever marketing professionals) and start discovering yourself as an individual player on the field, thus giving yourself an edge."

"Appreciate and respect the great guitar players you admire, but search for your own thing." - Rob Tognoni

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