50 tips for better tone

Johno · Post by **Johno** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:53 pm

Some good advice not just for newbs

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/ ... -528489#!1

gypsyseven · Post by **gypsyseven** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:57 pm

Cool,
i'll have a look when i get home from work...

James · Post by **James** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:00 pm

One tip for a better article - don't make someone click 50 times to read your full article.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:27 pm

James wrote:One tip for a better article - don't make someone click 50 times to read your full article.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:27 pm

I stopped reading after "Use fatter strings."

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:46 pm

honeyiscool wrote:I stopped reading after "Use fatter strings."

yeah, that's pretty dumb. in theory it seems like it would work, but i never really noticed much difference.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:18 pm

definitely makes a difference. whether you like them fatter or skinnier is a matter of preference but since the trend these days is definitely towards skinnier strings I would say it's generally good advice to tell someone to experiment with fatter string. definitely.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:28 pm

play the guitar with the back plate on and off. Eric Johnson says having it off gives more gain. Honestly.

pahaha, eric johnson is such a 'tard. wtf.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:29 pm

Step 1.

Play better. aka practice more.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:38 pm

Sloan wrote:
honeyiscool wrote:I stopped reading after "Use fatter strings."
yeah, that's pretty dumb. in theory it seems like it would work, but i never really noticed much difference.

Iommi & Billy Gibbons never seemed to have bad tonez and look how light they have their strings, I think billy gibbons just brought out some signature strings that are based on 7s and iommi was down tuning with 8s!

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:38 pm

endsjustifymeans wrote:Step 1.

Play better. aka practice more.

there are definitely tips in the article that are on that subject.

gypsyseven · Post by **gypsyseven** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:43 pm

Mages wrote:definitely makes a difference. whether you like them fatter or skinnier is a matter of preference but since the trend these days is definitely towards skinnier strings I would say it's generally good advice to tell someone to experiment with fatter string. definitely.

gypsyseven · Post by **gypsyseven** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:44 pm

Mages wrote:
play the guitar with the back plate on and off. Eric Johnson says having it off gives more gain. Honestly.
pahaha, eric johnson is such a 'tard. wtf.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:18 pm

lorez wrote:
Sloan wrote:
honeyiscool wrote:I stopped reading after "Use fatter strings."
yeah, that's pretty dumb. in theory it seems like it would work, but i never really noticed much difference.
Iommi & Billy Gibbons never seemed to have bad tonez and look how light they have their strings, I think billy gibbons just brought out some signature strings that are based on 7s and iommi was down tuning with 8s!

yeah, there was a good video of gibbon's tech going through his tour rig and he had 7's.

MagnetInMyHead · Post by **MagnetInMyHead** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:09 am

Sloan wrote:
James wrote:One tip for a better article - don't make someone click 50 times to read your full article.

edit: Oh crap, sorry for resurrecting a dead thread. I scrolled too far down in my quest for interesting threads and neglected the dates.

Walnut · Post by **Walnut** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 2:42 am

#47 seems relevant.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 1:24 am

To what and why.

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 4:23 am

Caps, pots, cables, strings...50 tips to enhance tone? C'mon...ya want some serious tone you install a Bumblebee. In yer underpants.

Brandon W · Post by **Brandon W** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:50 pm

I would be interested in their tips to get a worse tone. I think the tone i chase after would be considered bad to them. I like dirty and filthy fuzzy sounds but not too muddy. I don't play clean much anyhow...

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 12:21 am

James wrote:One tip for a better article - don't make someone click 50 times to read your full article.

It is a serious pet peeve of mine