Where Does The Tone Come From In An Electric Guitar - Reaction Video

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  @theyoganath3073 · 4 years ago (edited)

  He did a great job demonstrating Tone Air at the end of the video. Clearly american made air, probably made with oxygen from the 2020's, maybe late 2019, definetly not 1930's, the smog really clouds the high end. I'd like if you could A/B MIM/MIJ/MIA tone air,  for reference.

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• MA

  @MAGASnowFlake · 4 years ago

  I cant believe it took till 2022 for this magnificent experiment to be done this well. I watched it this morning and then got recommended this. Great breakdown of a great video.

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• RA

  @railmastercnr · 4 years ago

  I’ve always bought my guitars based on 3 factors: does it feel good in my hands, does it sound good to my ears, and finally does the look grab my attention to make me want to pick it up. That’s all there is to it.

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• YO

  @yonickfrias8799 · 4 years ago

  This made me feel so great about having a $120 squier. All I need are great electronics which are already on their way, and a setup.

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• AL

  @AlanArteche · 4 years ago

  Wow, surprising how all the ELECTRIC and ELECTRONIC components make up for all the sound of an ELECTRIC guitar

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• -D

  @-DILLIGAF · 4 years ago (edited)

  After years and years of flipping gear and spending thousands and thousands of dollars, my tone test is: would you hear a difference in a noisy bar with loud people and clanging beer bottles?  If not, it's probably negligible in the big picture.

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• SC

  @scottakam · 4 years ago

  Saw that video a few days ago and thought it was awesome! I think the saying "you can't use reason to argue people out of a position they didn't use reason to get in to" applies very well here.

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• FE

  @fezmey6117 · 4 years ago

  Once the pickup and pickup height were matched, the biggest difference I could hear was the tight versus loose neck pocket. Even then, it was SUBTLE. I have been a guitar nerd for almost 2 decades, and I can say that this has been one of the most definitive tests I have seen on the tone wood debate. If you aren’t playing clean jazz or a miked up acoustic all the time, where even then it is a fairly subtle difference in tone, it doesn’t really matter at all. I think the best advice to take from this is to have fun and “play” music/guitar.

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• GE

  @GeoffZalot · 4 years ago (edited)

  When it occurred to me that there are great sounding guitars made from plastic, Masonite, which is basically cardboard, and sawdust held together by glue, I realized the notion of tonewoods for electric guitars was nonsense.

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• RO

  @roses7541 · 4 years ago

  I always get overwhelmed when looking for a new guitar, but this has massively changed how i look at it. It’s so much simpler than so many people make it out to be.

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• DA

  @davidkyle5552 · 4 years ago (edited)

  This was never in doubt for me...it’s the basic physics of how electric guitar makes amplified sound, ie a moving conductor (vibrating string) in a magnetic field (pickup magnets) generates current in a coil (pickup windings)...the current generated is the musical signal...it’s fantastic to finally see someone demonstrate this...proof you can mod a partscaster or Squier to sound exactly as good as your favourite Custom Shop Fender if you get the same pickups and wiring harness and setup the pickups heights exactly the same...same strings gauge (because the conductor and its position in the magnetic field of the pickups matters to the current/signal generated).  Again, the physics of the system also suggest that the type and presence or absence of the body & neck tone woods will contribute to more or less sustain of the string vibration, and therefore note longevity, as distinct from tone...🧨🧨🧨

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• JE

  @JeighNeither · 4 years ago (edited)

  I'm a pro audio engineer & producer that's been paying my pricey NYC bills w/my craft for over 20yrs, so nobody is going to tell me I have an issue w/my ear.  He gets all the tones in his examples to match very closely to the Anderson.  It's not perfect, but all the major characteristics are there. If you didn't already know b4 the video; it's about the pickups, hardware, & build type. "Tone wood" is a bullshit marketing ploy & nothing more.

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