Electric Guitar Tone Explained

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Join us in looking closely at what makes an electric guitar sound the way it does, and why each and every guitar is unique.

[@michaelreid5307]

This was interesting. Thanks for posting.

[@RealROCKnROLLA]

The problem with this is that the scientific approach in choosing a guitar is impossible. You cannot say: I need great sustain and a bright tone, so I'm going for a nitro lack, alder body and glued in neck, but only with hide glue. It doesn't work like that: every guitar sounds different from each other and multiple of the same model will vary drastically. So yeah, nothing matters: in the end it's about finding a good one.

[@linnykenneyleather]

I'm not so sure. I think you can say: I need great sustain and a bright tone so I'm going to try a bunch of Gibson SGs because I'm pretty likely to find one... Versus something like Les Pauls that are less bright even with the same electronics. It's definitely possible to expect certain characteristics from a maple necked telecaster, and other characteristics from a mahogany les paul... Or if you use nylon saddles vs steel... or any of a dozen different little changes. So yeah, everything matters, it just depends how much actual data you have access to. There will always be variations as you stated, but it's pretty easy to generally say that a maple fretboard will have X effect and a rosewood fretboard will have Y effect and you'd be accurate +90% of the time

[@robertstan2349]

very nice video! not only does everything count, but **everything** counts, by which i mean, you will play different based on psychological factors as well, and since playing is art which, ideally, involves deep subconscious processes, well that part of you isn't rational and will be affected by all sorts of things like color, shape, background history of the guitar, if you had your coffee in the morning, etc., and if it inspires, then you'd be a fool to try and de-mystify it or not take it into account, which is what the folks that insist that only the values on electrical components count do.