Tone

Bridgehouse

Rabs said:

Nope..

Its definitely tone..  My guitar tells me so..  I have more of it that most  :P

https://i.imgur.com/kgbyVwj.jpg

4 Tone? 

Greedy. 

Still only one timbre tho

Rabs

Bridgehouse said:

Rabs said:

Nope..

Its definitely tone..  My guitar tells me so..  I have more of it that most  :P

4 Tone? 

Greedy. 

Still only one timbre tho

Yes that coms from my "more tone" line   :P  

Well someone should tell all the people who make guitar knobs they are all wrong 

Bridgehouse

Rabs said:

Bridgehouse said:

Rabs said:

Nope..

Its definitely tone..  My guitar tells me so..  I have more of it that most  :P

4 Tone? 

Greedy. 

Still only one timbre tho

Yes that coms from my "more tone" line   :P  

Well someone should tell all the people who make guitar knobs they are all wrong 

But they aren’t. Tone does just that - affects the balance between treble and bass “darker and lighter” tone. 

Rabs

Bridgehouse said:

Rabs said:

Bridgehouse said:

Rabs said:

Nope..

Its definitely tone..  My guitar tells me so..  I have more of it that most  :P

4 Tone? 

Greedy. 

Still only one timbre tho

Yes that coms from my "more tone" line   :P  

Well someone should tell all the people who make guitar knobs they are all wrong 

But they aren’t. Tone does just that - affects the balance between treble and bass “darker and lighter” tone. 

But isn't that the real issue here..  Words like darker, lighter, scooped, creamy etc etc

They are all subjective and don't really mean anything in real terms...  If you are changing the sound of a guitar be it because of different woods and construction or changing your EQ or guitar settings you have to describe it some way.. Tone is as good a word as any for me..  Be it an accurate description or not...

Sort of like people calling things by the popular brand name rather than what they are like a hoover for a vacuum cleaner.

As long as we all understand each other (well relatively) im ok with what ever words people want to use.

Bridgehouse

@Rabs - yes, of course

My OP was partly a joke, but partly also a serious point about the fact that if we don’t understand each other then we can get into all sorts of a mess when discussing the overall sound of a guitar.

I like timbre as a word because it distinguishes from the rather 2 dimensional concept of tone on it’s own.

WezV

Rabs said:

Bridgehouse said:

Rabs said:

Nope..

Its definitely tone..  My guitar tells me so..  I have more of it that most  :P

4 Tone? 

Greedy. 

Still only one timbre tho

Yes that coms from my "more tone" line   :P  

Well someone should tell all the people who make guitar knobs they are all wrong 

Is it on the 2-tone guitar.... because I think 4 tone controls on a 2 tone guitar makes it 8-tone.

....
and I think EVH already told everyone that “Volume is tone”

Rabs

WezV said:

 

4 Tone? 

Greedy. 

Still only one timbre tho

Yes that coms from my "more tone" line   :P  

Well someone should tell all the people who make guitar knobs they are all wrong 

Is it on the 2-tone guitar.... because I think 4 tone controls on a 2 tone guitar makes it 8-tone.

Yes it is actually...  You obviously have much better understanding of my guitars than I do  

Bridgehouse

Rabs said:

WezV said:

 

4 Tone? 

Greedy. 

Still only one timbre tho

Yes that coms from my "more tone" line   :P  

Well someone should tell all the people who make guitar knobs they are all wrong 

Is it on the 2-tone guitar.... because I think 4 tone controls on a 2 tone guitar makes it 8-tone.

Yes it is actually...  You obviously have much better understanding of my guitars than I do  

Does @TTony know you have all of him on your guitar 4 times?

Rabs

Bridgehouse said:

Rabs said:

WezV said:

 

4 Tone? 

Greedy. 

Still only one timbre tho

Yes that coms from my "more tone" line   :P  

Well someone should tell all the people who make guitar knobs they are all wrong 

Is it on the 2-tone guitar.... because I think 4 tone controls on a 2 tone guitar makes it 8-tone.

Yes it is actually...  You obviously have much better understanding of my guitars than I do  

Does @TTony know you have all of him on your guitar 4 times?

Hmm, well after this thread maybe he should change his name to TTimbrey

Bridgehouse

Rabs said:

Bridgehouse said:

Rabs said:

WezV said:

 

4 Tone? 

Greedy. 

Still only one timbre tho

Yes that coms from my "more tone" line   :P  

Well someone should tell all the people who make guitar knobs they are all wrong 

Is it on the 2-tone guitar.... because I think 4 tone controls on a 2 tone guitar makes it 8-tone.

Yes it is actually...  You obviously have much better understanding of my guitars than I do  

Does @TTony know you have all of him on your guitar 4 times?

Hmm, well after this thread maybe he should change his name to TTimbrey

I'd pay good money for that.... Unless his name is representative of the balance between bass and treble, of course

JezWynd

Bridgehouse

^ That sounds better than some guitars I've heard.....

thomasross20

If you can play good guitar then it doesn't matter what gear you've got. .
I'm not saying that's me.. I'm just saying.. I don#t get these threads AT ALL that say "oh look - he can play through this or with that and it still sounds great" - er YEAH, because the guy focuses on playing well and can adapt. 

Bridgehouse

thomasross20 said:

If you can play good guitar then it doesn't matter what gear you've got. .
I'm not saying that's me.. I'm just saying.. I don#t get these threads AT ALL that say "oh look - he can play through this or with that and it still sounds great" - er YEAH, because the guy focuses on playing well and can adapt. 

Lol - that's me fucked then

Rabs

thomasross20 said:

If you can play good guitar then it doesn't matter what gear you've got. .
I'm not saying that's me.. I'm just saying.. I don#t get these threads AT ALL that say "oh look - he can play through this or with that and it still sounds great" - er YEAH, because the guy focuses on playing well and can adapt. 

So does that mean that instead of it being "tone is in the fingers" it should be "timbre is in the fingers"?

Now I can see why we say the word tone instead

thomasross20

"Timbre is in the fingers" Brilliant

Bridgehouse

Rabs said:

thomasross20 said:

If you can play good guitar then it doesn't matter what gear you've got. .
I'm not saying that's me.. I'm just saying.. I don#t get these threads AT ALL that say "oh look - he can play through this or with that and it still sounds great" - er YEAH, because the guy focuses on playing well and can adapt. 

So does that mean that instead of it being "tone is in the fingers" it should be "timbre is in the fingers"?

Now I can see why we say the word tone instead

It's because guitarists prefer words with only one syllable

JezWynd

Bridgehouse said:

^ That sounds better than some guitars I've heard.....

It’s all in the timber.

Bridgehouse

JezWynd said:

Bridgehouse said:

^ That sounds better than some guitars I've heard.....

It’s all in the timber.

I've learned to fret less about what wood my basses are made of now

Rabs

Bridgehouse said:

JezWynd said:

Bridgehouse said:

^ That sounds better than some guitars I've heard.....

It’s all in the timber.

I've learned to fret less about what wood my basses are made of now

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