A Tone Troll is a form of internet troll focusing on the tone of arguments. A Tone Troll will typically express great consternation and offense at the style of an argument, as a way of distracting from the actual content.
This is done deliberately as a way to derail arguments; the Tone Troll prefers to muddy the issue by changing the subject diverts attention away from the merit of the argument itself and unto the specific words being used to advance it.
This is done deliberately as a way to derail arguments; the Tone Troll prefers to muddy the issue by changing the subject diverts attention away from the merit of the argument itself and unto the specific words being used to advance it.
Commenter: I think killing people because they're gay is wrong, goddammit.
Tone Troll: How dare you use a dirty word like that! Have you no shame? I demand an apology.
Commenter: Don't you think the fact that people are being killed is slightly more important than whether I said a naughty word?
Tone Troll: Why should I listen to anything you say when you're using such filthy language?
Commenter: Okay, sorry, but what about my argument?
Tone Troll: I'm entirely too upset to continue this discussion. I think you should be more careful what you say in the future.
Tone Troll: How dare you use a dirty word like that! Have you no shame? I demand an apology.
Commenter: Don't you think the fact that people are being killed is slightly more important than whether I said a naughty word?
Tone Troll: Why should I listen to anything you say when you're using such filthy language?
Commenter: Okay, sorry, but what about my argument?
Tone Troll: I'm entirely too upset to continue this discussion. I think you should be more careful what you say in the future.
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Achieved by using his custom, handcrafted Red Special instrument which was made from an old Victorian oak fireplace augmented with rosewood (for the fret board) and mahogany. This is then fed into a Treble Booster (usually a modern one made by Greg Fryer) pedal, which is amplified by either the Deacy amp or three VOX AC30s with other effects such as delay and flanger added.
Many players can buy equivelant replicas of the equipment Brian May uses, but very few players can play guitar with the same style and brilliance as the man himself.
Achieved by using his custom, handcrafted Red Special instrument which was made from an old Victorian oak fireplace augmented with rosewood (for the fret board) and mahogany. This is then fed into a Treble Booster (usually a modern one made by Greg Fryer) pedal, which is amplified by either the Deacy amp or three VOX AC30s with other effects such as delay and flanger added.
Many players can buy equivelant replicas of the equipment Brian May uses, but very few players can play guitar with the same style and brilliance as the man himself.
Almost any Queen song has a good example of Brian May tone, but the crowning moment of awesome has to be all his parts on Bohemian Rhapsody, especially the first solo where the guitar sounds like it is weeping and wailing.
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