Where guitar tone ‘really’ comes from

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[@imgonnagetbanned]

Tone is stored in the balls

[@YourDawg101]

is that why my sisters tone sucks??

[@imperialofficer5172]

​@@YourDawg101 yes

[@dbell9571]

😂😂🎉

[@bin_Laden_memes]

i don't have much tone then💀

[@imperialofficer5172]

@@bin_Laden_memes sound s like a you problem

[@davidsy18]

Tone is the friends we made along the way

[@phillipshoemakr]

No.

[@kevinthomas728]

Best comment hands down

[@Boomerangggggg]

@@kevinthomas728which one?

[@kevinthomas728]

@@Boomerangggggg "Tone is the friends we made along the way" Being a musician is a journey and honestly the friends we make along the way is one of the best parts. I have a lot of people that are way better than me that have pushed me forward in my musicianship.

[@SchecterIsKING]

Hahaa. Lmfao!!!

[@BigBrainGamer58]

Tone is in ur bank account we all know this

[@StonyTrashCan710]

doooood he has a centaur do you know the story of those its not too impressive but its cool

[@TheCollector1987]

lmao it's so true

[@beastworld8109]

This short felt like an addict announcing unprompted that he doesn't have a problem.

[@Nightland189]

Tone is the mortgage of a mic

[@kylekelson8533]

Tone is in the Van Halen T shirt

[@MidnightLightMusic]

Summed up my mans whole gimmick

[@xiiiroses4491]

*Said the man with ALL the gear*

[@bagofbagsofbags]

thats the joke genius

[@raimondspadaro8211]

​@@bagofbagsofbags I wouldn't be so sure of that...

[@carrot3420]

💀💀💀

[@hansmemling2311]

@@bagofbagsofbags yeah but those gear channels are simultaneously the ones unironically saying you don't need gear like all the time. It looks like he's parodying himself and I'm not sure he gets the irony of that.

[@michael1]

And very little skill

[@TonySop]

Really didn’t need to flex on us like that.

[@Micycle08]

The second klon was straight up disrespectful 😂

[@drdoom8793]

It's only a flex if you use gear to make up for a lack of talent

[@pnut3844able]

​@@Micycle08 that pedal sucks

[@anthonybrock9435]

Too funny !

[@FirstSkilletFan]

Tone is in the color of the pedals and the finish of the guitar.😊

[@imJusta6stringguy]

Finally someone said it I remember when I learned to distort my guitar with my hands.

[@Rael0505]

How is that done?

[@imJusta6stringguy]

@@Rael0505 Tyler basically showed us in the video it wasn't the pedals and amps and such that determined the tone it was his hands. I used to think gear determined the tone and technique and clarity is in the hands but no. all in the hands. I mastered distortion with my hands but I'm still working on flanger and chorus tones with my hands. Wish me luck.

[@Rael0505]

@@imJusta6stringguy 🤣

[@chefbanjo8139]

Tone is in the camera

[@phillipshoemakr]

Camera has no tone son

[@ludwiglanestudios]

This video is brought to you by Paul Reed Smith

[@corbindallas18]

Nice 😏

[@-cobainism-]

no cuz then it’d be tone is in the tuners

[@corbindallas18]

@@-cobainism- huh?

[@-cobainism-]

@@corbindallas18 he made a statement where he yapped about how his special expensive tuners made the tone better

[@corbindallas18]

@-cobainism- Oh yeah, that's right.

[@budder.]

Unless you have a line 6 spider

[@markosliodakis9436]

Bro I have a line 6 spider! I need an amp for sure! 😅

[@budder.]

@@markosliodakis9436 same

[@JojoFryrocks]

I’ve got an original Spider 210, I still think it sounds pretty good!

[@KillerMusicNation]

Line 6 spider is the best amp I've ever owned, it's so good for the price!

[@riffman6948]

Spiders are great, your fingers must suck

[@jpmosher6508]

Stop confusing tone with technique/style. Tone comes from the manipulation of the electronic signal.

[@nuberiffic]

"which is why I have so much gear"

[@96alenyl]

Tone is in the speakers

[@pnut3844able]

And pickups and pedals

[@96alenyl]

@@pnut3844able pickups and pedals barley do any diffrence while the speaker makes a huge difference why people think pickups matters is only because the pickup companies made everyone think it makes a huge difference

[@vincenegra2612]

And cables and picks...

[@rodrigosilvamartins4983]

And power supply

[@96alenyl]

Yeah but the fact is all the other factors don’t effect the tone that much specially picks they don’t effect the sound at all the only reason people think things like picks wood powers supply and pickups matters is because all the big companies have fooled everyone to believe they make a huge difference

[@stevenpipes1555]

Tone is everywhere! It lives in the vibrations and EVERYTHING is vibrating at all times. EVERYTHING effects tone.

[@deaddoomed2380]

but the contribution on tone in most cases is insignificant and imperceptible

[@DrunkMoblin]

The balls

[@Derekanic.]

Tone is stored in the balls

[@roosrter4749]

Tone is stored in the balls

[@guushulst9655]

Tone is stored in the balls

[@Mr._Musician_]

Tone is stored in the balls

[@jacobgetlan5609]

Tone is stored in the balls

[@dbell9571]

Tone is where the heart is

[@user-lh8my2hk1z]

never said better

[@jackbwolstenholme]

Dual centaurs 🤌

[@jeremystone2658]

He's a show off ))

[@drdoom8793]

Oh how easily a rich fool is parted with their money. Just buy an EHX Soul Food and don't look back

[@jessemartin770]

Centaurs are known to hunt in packs and are highly effective when being stacked...

[@mybrainmelted]

@@drdoom8793 i got the stew mac ghost drive, its an exact clone and hand built (kit). better than soul food.

[@goner.9989]

Fuck that, tone is in the speakers.

[@KennethDavis11]

Tone is created from the whole package, but the greatest change in tone will come from the speakers.

[@thecharlespowell]

Right hand: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@jessemartin770]

You just hooked about 25 Grand worth of equipment to your fingers😂

[@gotex2796]

Tone is located exactly at 329 hertz, just 20 hertz away from where the "Glue" lives. theyre practically neighbours. so boost 25 db at 339 hertz and you get tons of tone and glue, which translates to a stellar mix.

[@dw1784]

This is me looking at my 35 pedals on my shelf and telling myself I don't have a pedal addiction and my tone is straight from my fingers.

[@victorrivera-sink443]

Something special about the setup with the pedals. I love the whole thing

[@mt.taraen]

Ready to crank out some Nashville noises

[@johnnyd63]

I agree...Good gear are just better tools to build with. If you can't build anyway, it doesn't matter.

[@DoodlesHD719]

Tone is something you're born with.

[@Anthropomorphic]

Just figured I'd shout out Jim Lill's video about this exact topic, where he goes to extraordinary lengths to isolate and exclude different variables. He does not conclude that it's all in the fingers.

[@neliacwahs895]

It’s definitely not the wood

[@doknox]

Forreal. In acoustic guitars it matters because that's the only way to achieve a different tone unless its acoustic/electric. For electric it becomes more of a weight/aesthetic related thing. But since guitar companies know guitar players are gullible af they run with it. I would to. Lol.

[@Some_Cat_]

My motto is: "got wood? Just ignore it".

[@HYUGE]

Tone comes from experience

[@P1kaSans]

meanwhile bass: *plugs into the amp* ya ready yet?

[@louispacetime1576]

Tone is actually the journey not the destination

[@RiffosaurusRex]

*Changes fingertips*

[@runescaper1333]

Toan is where the heart is pumpin'

[@Fuzzgeneral]

How to piss off a fan base in one minute:

[@williamcampbell163]

Well said, in the fingers.Exactly right.😊

[@siggiarabi]

took me years to get a swedish chainsaw sound from my fingers

[@mr.nobody68]

Imagine Zakk playing Black Label riffs on a jazz box with no pedals and plugged into one of those super early Gibson 5-watt combo amp thingys. One of the ones that couldn't distort even if you tried. Now imagine Robert Johnson playing "Me And The Devil Blues" on Dave Mustaine's entire rig. Gear absolutely matters. But only to a certain point. Give Zakk any guitar plugged into any metal amp, and you'll get Zakk tone all day every day and thrice on Sunday.

[@thenuttednutter2669]

My friend has that identical guitar. That thing plays like magic

[@SchecterIsKING]

MusicIsWin is filmed in front of a live studio Ostrich. Tyler: Tone, is in the fingers. Gear doesnt matter. Ostrich: A ha ha!!!

[@davidcaro8217]

Sarcasm level 5000 awarded.

[@Cenakin123]

I was playing Master Of Puppets Hetfield solo in my 300$ strat.Then a friend of mine come over to my place bringed his Gibson Les Paul. I played the Hetfield solo and it was nearly the same as the studio record. So the tone is not 100% in fingers. While you playing a 2000$ and with many effects and amps, you cant say that tone is on the fingers.

[@CalamityHillMusic]

The way he plugged that jack in makes me concerned about his wife.

[@shadowjin]

Yes, the tone is in the fingers, but gear also matters.

[@pnut3844able]

Tone is in the amp, pickups and pedals. The eletronics do all the work.

[@BigBri550]

No, expression is in the fingers on the strings. Tone is the interplay between the guitar and a loud amplifier. It's also how you adjust the knobs on the guitar. Amp settings have a lot to do with it, too.

[@joaopedrosousa2513]

You are obviously correct. No sound engineering can tell you opposite. Respect!

[@tome1903]

Feel and skill comes from the fingers, not tone. You can't get a distorted tone out of a clean amp just with your fingers

[@kjoc70]

I heard that Steve Vai talked about Eddie Van Halen coming to visit. Eddie picked up Steve's guitar, which was hooked into Steve's set up, but what came out of the amps still sounded like Eddie Van Halen.

[@GeorgeRasoulisMusic]

Tone is in the cab - speakers that you use and your hands of course .

[@cln5510]

Tone is the frequency, gear changes the frequencies, gear creates different tone.

[@rodrigosilvamartins4983]

With a set of pedals like this, tone DOES matter a lot, actually. If you can go without them, I accept them all

[@gravyblue]

I did a couple of Jeff Beck albums, and he had an old digitech guitar processor plugged straight into the board. If the preset had too much reverb, say, he'd just switch to the next preset and carry on. Sounded godly

[@JonnySoundSounds]

why do people say this tone is a sum of all your parts, playing ability comes from the hand, gear absolutely matters

[@willkirby4805]

The right and left hand is the chicken, the pedals amp and guitar are the seasoning. You can flavour your chicken, buut you can't change the chicken by adding spices

[@naturalianoss]

tone doesn’t really matter because what it matters for real is the music

[@jeroen0011]

Combo of everything, but love the meme lol

[@StrawhatRye]

Tone is the technique we learned along the way 🥰

[@andrewvela9839]

It's in the speakers guy

[@megaturtle273]

In my opinion tone is actually in the right hand, with how and where you pick and all that stuff

[@scandalousbeans2591]

I swear the first part of this short is the only reason why Blues lawyers play guitar

[@NoNotMe0000]

Tone is completely in the hands. However, the right amp responds and enhances!

[@lepotat3700]

Hot take but I think it's a combination of the hands, guitar,cables, pedals, amp, and amp settings

[@Windrunner11]

"ay tone, if he dont need all them pedals... how come he's got em? heh heh"

[@Boomerangggggg]

I have eaten nothing but spaghettis for 317 weeks and I believe that has helped me achieve the greatest tone possible.

[@randywinslow9214]

Terrence Howard has decoded the mystery of how tone is activated 😮

[@joshuasbandit]

Don't you give me that Bob Ross lip, tell me where to throw my life savings!

[@FraserJohnstone1]

It’s such a silly overly simplistic thing to say….whilst there is truth in it, it’s not strictly true….. none of the great session players own just one guitar and Amp…..because they require different tones that cannot be achieved by fingers alone…..but it definitely sounds great to say 😂

[@ToxicSentinelTTV]

Tone is in the speakers primarily. Technique is in the fingers.

[@alx.8721]

Yuppp, i transitioned from classical guitar to electric (telecaster) and this is what I’m learning to apply

[@Semikolon628]

No Taylor: your fingers are one side of the medal, the other side are your pedals no. 1, 2, 3 or more and the rest of your gear, like everybody can hear!

[@morganswant9578]

I agree 100% with the first part of your statement. But gear matters!! My TS-9 and Deluxe reverb keep me warm at night!

[@hyungsuk23]

I have been thinking this like 5~6years. i found that tone comes 60%from sound system(speaker, amp ,pedalboard), 20% from guitars and 20% from hands. firstable I wanna said that even though low percentage for guitars and hands, there is minimum requirements to produce great tone like computer game hardware requirements.

[@svenmify]

That’s easy for you to say, when you’re a skilled player. I, a mere mortal who either lacks the talent or who procrastinates too much to become better, rely on gear (mostly plugins these days) to make my music sound good.

[@adamtate3953]

Only people with thousands of dollars worth of high end gear say "gear doesnt matter" play a First Act guitar from Walmart through Spark MINI and _then_ tell me tone is "all in the fingers"

[@sam-cn9gf]

The fingers only negatively affect tone! The less your fingers are involved (light touch etc) the better the tone. The less the pick touches the string the better the note will ring. We use are eyes too much playing the guitar, but sound and touch are the most important senses to accomodate. Sight should be a 3rd important, like sometimes watch your fingers to see if there’s adjustments to make in technique etc.

[@rodnyg7952]

likely one of the most honest things I've ever heard on a YTube guitar channel

[@-cobainism-]

tone is in the gear, playing is on the fingers- you can’t distort a guitar with your fingers alone

[@nathancerda4414]

tone is located in the beer bottle hitting your forehead

[@Bikewithlove]

Tone is between the brain & the fingers. Sound effects are in the electronics.

[@brianmclendon1647]

You are correct sir, great setup BTW

[@alejandrolicon8044]

Loved this video

[@JPGtampa]

It's all the above.

[@FrankOWahl]

Hands, strings, speakers are probably the biggest tone shapers. Energy in and out.

[@JoshuaBenitezNewOrleans]

to get a good solid tone you gotta put the touch: the funk, the soul, the virtuosity. also you definitely need** certain gear for certain tones

[@KennethDavis11]

You're confusing the words tone and style

[@jo3M3]

tone comes from the shape of the headstock

[@user-jh7ki9sn5h]

Tone is the sum of all the parts of your signal chain starting from your brain and ending at your ear. One could argue that its cyclical..brain-fingers, string, pickup, cable, fx, preamp, fx, power amp, speaker, the room your in, into your ear and back to the brain. It all effects tone. Theres a reason why you have so much gear. Lol

[@vincenegra2612]

Tone is where you make it~

[@MrLdvo]

Tone is on the cardboard of my katana

[@reverist.998]

that Klon might be worth more than the whole set up

[@I_would_intercept_me123]

Wearing a Van Halen shirt and then using that many peddles is sacrilegious

[@revan7383]

Tone is in the vibes

[@calebmunkirs9661]

This is a good one right here. I've heard a couple songs that use a really bad tone but it works with the vibe to be the needed tone

[@RobotronSage]

Powerful message tbh

[@stevehanson2398]

"Gear...it doesn't matter", said the guy with a room full of it😂

[@syracuse6651]

I believe tone is more in your picking hand / pot settings and pickup height on your guitar. The pressure , the attack hit on the strings and how the strings vibrate. I'm my personal opinion

[@connorpratt4897]

Correct me if I’m wrong, EVH himself didn’t practice with any pedals, at least in the early days. He just said a good guitar and a good amp is all you need.

[@stevenworyk3532]

Right . No flanger , reverb , delay or phaser because tone is in the fret hand .

[@KennethDavis11]

@@stevenworyk3532 no, it's because all you need is a good amp/speaker cab to get a good tone.

[@MorzakEV]

Tone…night, I’m gonna have myself a real good time

[@ykristianhd]

tone is in our ears