The issue of digital vs analogue and the pursuit of great guitar tone is a debate without end, but maybe we should take note from Steven Wilson who argues that the technology allows us to have it both ways.
Why choose at all when it is effectively a false choice? Wilson’s favourite guitar plugin, which was used across most of the electric and acoustic guitars on his audaciously epic prog album, The Overview, is a tape emulation that applies lo-fi cassette textures, and while it might be digital, it is analogue-inspired, and Wilson says it is ideal for adding character to his sound.
