Technically impressive, and I wish that I could play that well, but nails it? Nope, it is flat and dry, but she might get there eventually. Artistry is more than proficiency, just ask Salieri - https://hooktube.com/watch?v=C1czzbk9ITk
So many of these "covers" are so robotic and mechanical feeling. A good example is listening to Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb as a cover and then listen to the same by David Gilmore. There's no comparison.
Folks don't have to dig deep to get great tone anymore since you can buy an amp that has hundreds of great sounds and has a decent response and feel. I was watching an Eagles cover band while picking up some food for my wife and I couldn't stand the sound. Great musicianship but nothing really grabbed a hold and yanked something out of me. I saw that all the time with the cover bands I ran sound for. Digital amps do have their place but I'm hoping the market swings back to folks wanting a rig where they can get their own sound and not a reproduction. I'm a bit biased though (no pun intended) since I want to sell some of my own designs.
You make amps? Props dude, that is awesome. Love tubes and agree 100%.
What kind of sound are you aiming for? Something in your head that you feel should exist but you cannot find it on other amps?
As an aside, I really want to try a Mezzabarba 100 watt one day. Here are a couple of clips with some "interesting" players messing with them:
I remember when "the stage" by avenged came out, and there was a cover about a month after it so I was like eh lets see this.
The tapping at the start was in COMPLETELY the wrong place, so instead of holding a note with your left hand and tapping nice n smoothly with your right she had to fuckin tap with both hands then try to sweep because she gone fucked up the starting position.
Fuckin painful to watch, and I'm not saying I'm good but holy hell that was skittish for the sake of it. Even the live show showed the guitarist playing it where it's nice, easy, and smooth. No excuse.
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