Question about vibrato/tone

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Landon Johnson
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Question about vibrato/tone

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OK, hard to put this into words...

Sometimes, when playing a chord and applying vibrato, there seems to be some type of 'sweet spot' where the tone just blooms, seeming slightly louder in the mix and, to me, reminds me of melting into a pool of sound that's greater than the sum of its parts.

This only started happening when I started playing a push-pull, so I guess my question is, would this be a characteristic of push-pulls in general, or am I just getting better at controlling my sound?
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Re: Question about vibrato/tone

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Maybe a little of both, stay the course, you will be happy you did.
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