reveal your secret tone weapon

[smopo24]

what is the secret to your tone? is it a special pedal? your vintage head? maybe your boutique amp cab or guitar?

[mikegee]

Originally Posted by smopo24

what is the secret to your tone? is it a special pedal? your vintage head? maybe your boutique amp cab or guitar?

from personal experience, it's the pickups in my electric guitar. I didnt really realize this til i bought the fender tc90 thinline (basically a double cutaway tele...) , with the seymore duncan sp90 pickups. and also, the set neck helps sustain that kick tone too. mmm now thats quality tone!

[drewsifer]

Hollow guitars->Tube amps.

I have found that technique has a LOT to do with tone, especially clean tone. So does the way you have your guitar set up. ex. low gauge vs high, high action vs low, gauge of pick, and even the way your fingers are shaped and how hard you press all have a great influence on tone.

This is mostly true for clean tone, once the signal is oversaturated these small details matter less becuase they become harder to hear.

[dagosto]

Originally Posted by drewsifer

This is mostly true for clean tone, once the signal is oversaturated these small details matter less becuase they become harder to hear.

I have a friend who has this weird tone that come out of his fingers no matter what guitar he uses or how much distortion he uses. Sometimes the more distortion he uses the more apparent it gets. I think it is a certain set of harmonics his playing style generates, it's kind of nasally. he can't stop it from happening either.

[Nubus]

Originally Posted by dagosto

I have a friend who has this weird tone that come out of his fingers no matter what guitar he uses or how much distortion he uses. Sometimes the more distortion he uses the more apparent it gets. I think it is a certain set of harmonics his playing style generates, it's kind of nasally. he can't stop it from happening either.

Same here. If you can't play your part he can, but it won't sound like you.