It sounds a bit cryptic.

I think what he's getting at is half true... depending on the circumstances. Your fingers are a huge part of your sound, however some people rely too much on fx to make them sound good. I keep thinking about all of the effects pedals I want to get, but I've found that I'm using the two I have now a lot more sparingly. And I'm far more fussy about they way they sound. So for me, my tone is in what I'm playing almost exclusively because I'm running a pretty much dry signal most of the time. I've seen a guy who must have had about 5 distortion boxes in his chain and he used atleast one of them at all times. "House of the Rising Sun" was never ment to be distorted and I know this because of watching this guy.