Share your Secrets of Tone

[Dmoney]

i think you need a feel and understanding of what genre or whatever you're trying to pull off.

Excellent point Dmoney. Very, very important.

Not so much about tone, but about achieving a musical, and convincing rendition of pretty much anything at all.

cheers!

[Fourth Feline]

I think you need a feel and understanding of what genre or whatever you're trying to pull off.

Yes , not only a very succinct and accurate summary of ANY of our individual efforts to best convey different styles, but I think that sentence also reconciles both sides of the good gear v.s. 'feel' argument.

I read that as basically  " what do I really need to present this genre in a convincing and entertaing way ?".

That philosophy unifies my 'needs'-  ( completely met using a Chinese guitar, small solid state amp yet B.K.P pickups )  - with the person who will genuinely benefit from a cranked JCM800, top of the range guitar , boutique pickups ,  expensive speaker cabs and carefully chosen drivers   - and a shed load of effects.

Soak up the sound and spirit of the genre - and the ( diverse but equally valid ) gear choices follow.  :)

[nfe]

Yes, that's right on d'money.

[Roobubba]

Yes, that's right on d'money.

I think you need to go back to your corner now, nfe, and think about what you've done.




:D

[nfe]

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[Dmoney]

didnt even notice that little joke there! cheers for pointing that out roo!

[dave_mc]

hahahahaha, i missed that too :lol:

[broken cord]

I think you need a feel and understanding of what genre or whatever you're trying to pull off.

In a nut shell, the above 18 words sums it up pretty well: Bravo!

[Johnny Mac]

Hmmm a thorny issue  :|

Well my first electric guitar was from Woolworths and I thought it sounded wonderful through my old WEM amp.
Then I bought a Charvel with Jackson pickups and it sounded amazing in comparison. Then I pimped it with BKPs and its sounded even more amazing. When i plugged that in to my Koch amp it was another leap in good tone, the same with all my other guitars with BKPs and that amp. But If my mate Andy who I jam with from time to time played through that lot it would sound pants as he won't work on his technique and improve his playing. So its both things but great players can sound good with poorer equipment and they do this cos' they work it more. You have to put some 'ompf' into it fret cleanly, mute the unwanted and pick with passion.

Well that's my input on this. Also if you have the money for great gear then why put up with cheap stuff for the sake it?

[PPPMAT]

You do need the right gear to get the tone but the important thing for me is the 'feel' you get from the right gear. It doesn't have to be expensive (but usually is)

I like response from my guitars and amps - so power amp distortion where possible and I find for me Gibsons have a more alive feeling than say PRS. The combination provides more touch sensitivity which means you can be more expressive with subtle volume changes, pick attack etc - that gives my tone. Different gear does make a different sound but also makes you play differently and that is a bigger factor for me.

[Philosoful]

For me it's my Diezel Herbert (wow, secrets out :lol:) monsterously huge strings (75-11 on a 27" standard 7 string) high action (that's perhaps one I haven't seen people endorse so much because of the playability suffering) rolling back of the gain on the amp and alot of mids :)