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Tested: Where Does The Tone Come From In An Electric Guitar?
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My ear isn’t developed enough to hear any difference in the latter tests. Does that mean there is little difference imparted by the type of wood, neck construction, and other construction peculiarities?
This video is so great. It really puts to rest so many myths in the guitar world.
It comes from the robot devil.
r/guitarcirclejerk
Your ear might need an upgrade, but your wallet won’t thank you for it!
I really like the scientific approach he did for these experiments. Impressive analysis and results! Great work!
Everyone knows the toan comes from your balls
It’s a poor musician that blames their instrument.
Guitars are fun. I suck at playing them. I like bass better. I have friends that build their own custom pedals and they know all the audio science and for me, I just don’t care much about gear, I care how it’s used.
For guitars, tone comes down to personal preference and how you like setting it up. Trying to sound like someone else doesn’t really matter if you suck at playing.
Clean:
https://youtu.be/hg7h9ZA79hA
Dirty:
https://youtu.be/fqoVxQauhxM
I like distortion but clean tone sounds good when used right.
These guys use guitars well.
https://youtu.be/59Gy7TAkQW8
Gibson SG and Rickenbacker. Now i’m curious if you could swap out the pickups on a cheap Epiphone knock off how it’d compare to an expensive Gibson SG.
Wood is good… That’s why guitar bodies are made from it for the most part.
It is the resonator for the electronics. It will add both tone and sustain according to the density of that wood.
I have a custom bass made from swamp ash. Heavy and sustain like Carlos Santana.
Guitar elitism is a real thing and people will ignore this video and continue to feel superior to other musicians because they spent thousands on a guitar that they think sounds better than everyone else’s.
When I bought my first guitar, knowing nothing, they knew I couldn’t play(definitely unwise to admit that) and still tried to upsell me to an old, $6000 guitar. Makes no fucking sense for a beginner to buy a guitar like that.
I think that’s what drives the creation of these myths, sellers have every interest in jacking up the price and creating myths around the instruments, the wood, how much lignin it has, and so on, to rip off everyone that walks through the front door. Especially if you don’t know exactly what you want.
Meanwhile if you look at what your guitar heroes actually played it’s a contemporary, beat up piece of shit half the time. And going through a handful of pedals, amps, and speakers on top of that.
I guess it’s time to stop blaming my tone on my gear and start admitting it’s just my lack of skills.
Don’t worry, you’re not alone. It just means you haven’t unlocked the next level of guitar wizardry yet!
Well done
The fingers and the electronics.
Pickups, position of pickups, and electronics.
However, I’ll bet it’s way more complicated for an acoustic guitar.
Good to see this in action. Remember years ago on a guitar forum someone explaining how tone was all in the pickups. Neck/body had nothing to do with it. Created a huge debate.
I always felt like a lot of the “tone” debate also gets muddy because what is considered a good “tone” usually comes from vintage electrics which have hand wound pickups. That should be the next experiment! What difference does hand vs machine play.