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What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report

I enjoy vinyl and digital (lately, with recent changes, vinyl actually sounds better than digital to me), BUT given what seems an overall preference for analog/vinyl on A'gon, I'm curious what the non-vinyl "1/2" is listening to. I tried to see if this was a previously posted question. Did not seem so.

This evening for me, it's Genesis (definitive edition remaster) "A Trick of the Tail".

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John Prine In Spite of Ourselves.
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Collins, Cray & Copeland - "Showdown"

I sure wish Albert Collins had used a different amp or settings or thicker strings. The tone certainly stands out and leans toward bright. But he IS heard
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I hear ya @artemus_5 . That kind Strat tone is what turned me off towards that model. I first heard it seeing Hendrix live in ’67 and ’68, and later in my own bands. Especially bad when plugged into a Fender Twin---SO piercing! I liken it to chewing foil ;-) .

The best Strat tone I’ve heard live is that of Ry Cooder. His live amp set-up is hilarious! A pile of old combo amps of various makes, about a half-dozen or so. Tone to die for! Ry of course uses very heavy gauge strings, as do most superior slide players. And high action, the strings way off the fretboard.

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I liken it to chewing foil ;-) .
Yep. That's about right. FWIW it shows a Telecaster on the cover. Same on the "Cold Snap" album. But Tele and Strat have the same family relationship. I'm not as familiar with the Tele. As a drummer, I heard a lot of Strats but few Teles. Classic rock was either a Strat of Les Paul with an occasional one off. 

Speaking of thick strings, I'm told that's how Stevie Ray Vaughan got his tone which I've always liked. I wish Joe Bonamassa would use thicker strings. Now I've gone to medelin" I'l be quiet now (-:
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