The secret to good tone is...

Lixarto

Bucket said:

The secret to good tone, as we all know, is actually having a really good fuzz pedal.

Goji would be proud *wipes away a tear*

icarusi

I remember my 'tone' quest. One part involved heavier guitars with set necks, another involved some players who had the sounds I wanted but couldn't get. The next involved more gear and how to work and set-up a trem unit. Later it was lighter guitars with good bolt-on necks getting a similar sound. Later still it was how budget can you go and get that sound so that a beginner could get good enough gear to develop sufficient technique to cover all bases without having to spend a lot.

I still like to try different stuff and often find what should work doesn't and what shouldn't work does, so rarely buy online (unless I've already tried it somewhere).

The finger thing is important. A lot of the guys (though not all) who had the tone I was after were big guys and they just seemed to have much more control over the guitar than I had at the time (or other guitarists whose sound I wasn't coveting).

Apart from the usual suspects the players tones I've targeted have been, in order, Andy Latimer, Adrain Gurvitz, Larry Carlton Gary Moore, Alan Murphy, Robben Ford, Jimmy Herring, Wayne Krantz, Mike Walker, Dave Grissom, Mike Stern, Oz Noy, Charles Altura.............

Bucket

Lixarto said:

Bucket said:

The secret to good tone, as we all know, is actually having a really good fuzz pedal.

Goji would be proud *wipes away a tear*

Goji is well, I trust?

Here's my fuzz pedal, it's magnificent. See 1:15:

Here's my planned purchase for the small board:

viz

hobbio

I'm not sure I've ever had good tone, but if I do I'll be sure to update the thread.

xmrchi

This is the key to good tone

HAL9000

jellyroll;204764" said:

So why do pros bother wasting money on expensive equipment?

Because we live in a consumer society, and as responsible citizens it is our duty to consume.

johnonguitar

This thread was a bit hard to read at points. Gosh.

The only thing I want to add is people banging on about "small" or "thin" guitar tones... Well you can't really judge a guitar on a record- no doubt it's been compressed 147 different ways and ran through high and low pass filters before being slid into a particular sonic bandwidth in a track.... And if the bands tour is big enough this will probably happen live too.

stonevibe

The secret to good tone is...

Being able to play the guitar.

DarnWeight

Good taste.  That's all.

olafgarten

1. A Les Paul with a extremely microphonic humbucker and a Bigsby.

2. Being Neil Young

Alnico

......only dependent on 'Gear' to a certain point, after which it's all about how YOU play.

If you gave David Gilmour a reasonable guitar and a reasonable amp, he would sound like David Gilmour playing it.

The secret to good tone is using reasonable gear and playing it exceptionally well.

GuyBoden

Having a good pair of ears and using them.

Maybe, good hearing and talent is genetically handed down by DNA.

So, it's probably better if your Mum was a bit of a groupy with a good ear for musical talent.