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 Easily the most common response to tone chasers is the claim that the tone is in the given player's hands and fingers, and since you cannot duplicate them, you can't get their tone. I will admit that this point has //some// truth to it, but still I believe it ultimately misses the mark. Everyone's physiology affects the way that they play the guitar, and we're all different. Shaquille O'Neal is most definitely going to hold a guitar differently than you or I, and this will necessarily change how he hits the string, where he picks, etc.
-To use our primary example, Jimmy Page had very long arms. This is what enabled him to wear his guitar so low on the strap. He also had rather large hands, which, like Jimi Hendrix, allowed him to wrap his fretting hand thumb over the neck to fret notes on the low E string. My hands are smaller, and so I'm not really able to fret chords exactly like they did.
+To use our primary example, Jimmy Page had very long arms. This is what enabled him to wear his guitar so low on the strap. He also had rather large hands, which, like Jimi Hendrix, allowed him to wrap his fretting hand thumb over the neck to fret notes on the low E string, freeing up the other fingers for chording. My hands are on the smaller side, and so I'm not really able to fret chords exactly the way they did.
-So case closed, I don't have Jimmy or Jimi's hands, I can't sound like them right? Not quite. By analyzing how they played physically, //we are developing our ear and brain to identify subtleties in their approaches to playing//, which I believe is the most important way of emulating a player.
+So case closed, I don't have Jimmy or Jimi's hands, I can't sound like them right? Not quite. By analyzing how they played physically,// we are developing our ear, brain, and technique to identify subtleties in their approaches to playing//, which I believe is the most important way of emulating a player.
 I recently discovered that Jimmy tends to pick very close to the bridge, which gives him a brighter tone. I believe this is natural for him because of his long arms and how he slings/holds the guitar. And despite not having his arms, I can still pick closer to the bridge and get that much closer to Jimmy tone.