“You can go out and buy an Epiphone and/or a 1980’s Les Paul Studio, plug it into a relatively cheap amp, and a relatively common pedal, and if you know how to drive it, it’s gonna sound great. It’s the driver not the car, in many aspects. The rule is: It shouldn’t be, “Well if it’s old, it’s better,”— that’s not true. It’s whatever guitar or amp or any of it speaks to you; if it makes you want to pick it up and play it, it doesn’t have to be old. It could literally be made two weeks ago! That’s the great thing about guitars—it’s so subjective and tactile. It’s one of the most tactile instruments on the planet.”