Amen to that Mr. Moderator! I totally agree. It always starts with the head and hands- not the guitar. Of course in the beginning, everyone wants to sound like their fave player, but in the end, we have to make up our own individual sound and style. In my opinion, I think that's how music evolves. We learn on what the past guitarists have done and we improve on it. When we get old, the next generation of guitarists will take on our improvements and further improve it- hopefully making something new. Music wouldn't grow if we just kept on playing the same thing. When I moded my guitar, my purpose wasn't to imitate somebody's sound- I'm just doing it to make the guitar more versatile according to my taste and in the process, personalizing it by adding my own personal touches. I already have the tone in my head to begin with. Sometimes, no matter how good you are with your hands, your guitar can only take you so far that you either have to mod your guitar or buy a better guitar. Guitars also have quality- some guitars are just crap, some are better on a certain style and less suitable for others. What I did is better the quality and make it more versatile so I can accomodate a lot of styles by modding it. But I certainly did not change my sound and style by all means when I did it because the sound and style begins in your head and hands.