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Glad I never got into the expensive boutique jobs.
Want a free reverb on an acoustic then play the notes but don't kill the other strings, let them ring out. Want a great 60's surf sound then hold the pick really loosely on an electric and pick down near the bridge. Chicken picking quack comes from muting the string with your thumb then plucking the string. I've picked up loads of tricks watching people like Greg Koch and Tom Bukovac
I think the trouble with tone is nobody really knows what we mean by it. Sometimes we think someone has a great tone but they haven't really, they just have such a great musical expressive way of playing we think it's a good tone.
https://www.musicgateway.com/blog/music-industry/music-business/what-is-tone-in-music-everything-you-need-to-know
All of the above will combine to sound like you. Change one element eq stop relying on the minor pentatonic or not mid scooping will change your 'tone'.
Years ago I played very briefly with a guy that pulled the strings sharp. He never sounded good on any instrument.
it’s all those little aspects of a person how they hear how they interpret the attack the subtle phrasing etc.
think we have all seen the player with phenomenal technical chops and the guys who you don’t even think about what they are playing* but from the moment they play you quickly know they are the real deal.
I had a chum years ago who described a guitar as "toneless" because playing it harder or softer just made it louder or quieter, with no significant change in timbre.
Honestly I always assume anyone stating a blanket position that the player makes no difference just kinda sucks
it’s from three things-
1 the equipment - a cranked metal amp won’t allow a clean sound
2 how the player sets up the equipment - Ive noticed I set different amps up to sound similar ie to my sound
3 how the player plays the notes - how hard the string is hit, etc
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Never mind phrasing, vibrato and picking dynamics and all that stuff, fingers also turn the dials on all the pedals and amps, operates the internet searches for gear, do the soldering of components and handles all the financial transactions
I have great toe'n.
I'm leaving now.
I'm a tutor and always get that comment from learners when I pick up their guitar "that it sounds so good when you play it".
How many versions of the Comfortably Numb solo have you seen that sound good but not quite the same as when Gilmour plays it? That's because we can't clone his hands and skin genetics unfortunately as only he can make it sound the way it does. Some people can get close, very close though.
When using a plectrum I often use the side of my thumb to modify the way the string vibrates, although I normally don’t use enough gain for stealing pinched harmonics.
Now I’m not going to dispute that equipment has a big effect on sound, but put any two of us in the same room with the same equipment, and get us playing the song, and we will sound different, even without changing any settings.
It ought to. You are a professional. If it didn't, then you are in the wrong job.
For me, there is a technical level of competence and experience that any professional musician should reach, that should enable them to sound good on any old piece of junk that might get flung their way.
I always feel in these debates that "tone" basically means, recognisable technique and style, that can shine through despite gear choice. Sometimes, that technique element is also on who to use the gear to get the sound you require (obvious example the edge)
Depending on your relationship to the pulse, your brain (and other's brains) alter the "tone".
It's like sharp in pitch sounds brighter and flat sounds darker. So "tone" is about great subtleties of timing and pitch as well as about gear. Maybe not about fingers but about timing and pitching.
Maybe I used the wrong phrase. They say it sounds "different" to when they play it may be a better saying. Even when just ringing out an open E chord. Heavy handed strumming is another one that I notice.
hold the D or G string down with absolute tip of your finger, play a note
now hold the string down as a barre across all 6 strings, play the same note
Vastly different tone even though there is fret in both cases
Could you not also say that even though the two would play differently you'd technically be using the same guitar tone? As in amp/guitar settings.
Like a "tone" control on a radio effects the tone of the radio no matter what is playing.
A good musician might be able to make any old equipment sound good but that's not to say they wouldn't sound slightly different on different equipment. Other wise what's the point in having different equipment?
I really like nice gear and have been lucky enough to have some really good kit. But it’s how I use it that makes me sound good
God knows the other guitarist in band has a Silver Sky and Quad Cortex and still sounds like ass…