For me it can come down to a perspective of "sound" with bands like Phish. If they played on grotty analog keyboards with heavy tones (ala Dave Stewart - Egg - National Health) - The guitar didnt have that clean tone that everyone and their mother has in a country band (how about something Zappa used in '73 with some balls on it). To me its just a collage of sounds that end up being boring in itself no matter how cool the arrangement or improvisational outcome. Just a thought.
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