Wednesday, March 18, 2026

27 thoughts on “Tommy Emmanuel’s Simple Tip for a Better Acoustic Guitar Sound

  • This has to be the best advice ever!

    I played guitar from about 8 years old till my mid-20s, and although technically I was good… I had bad tone.

    When I stepped away from guitar, I played drums in various bands… and over recent years, I played keyboards.

    In the past few months, I've returned to guitar.

    My brothers were the first people to comment on how much better my guitar playing is today.

    I agree… because today tone is absolute priority.

    My sense of rhythm and timing is a lot better.

    I have a FAR better ability now, to hear my own playing, and make adjustments to ensure my guitar sounds smooth, dynamic, melodic, and clear.

    It doesn't matter how technical you are.

    What matters is how good what you play, sounds.

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  • Where were the tone from a guitar come from if it’s not from your hands? It’s not from your nose dammit

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  • Did Tommy just say you have to be aware of your tone? I wasn’t sure if he has ever heard his own tone behind all of that terrible buzzing of his strings with every note he plays.

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  • I've seen some people take some of the crudest pieces of homemade contraptions and make them into instrument that sing. Artist always find ways to create art.

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  • I have problems with acoustics that doesn't sound like i want to,so i quiet myself playing,to try to adjust, to find that other or second best sound,and it usually doesn't work. Because I can't relax and then i sound bad.

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  • That's what's interesting about guitar because it's biofeedback that is self selected. The architecture has to fit hands, and ears. Then you're mind has to make sense of it. In architecture like housing now you see everyone with super large spaces because of banking and finance even if it doesn't make rational sense. If you do that with a guitar you'll go deaf or your fingers will bleed. You kind of see people's personality regardless of relative ability. you can see their approach to it and if they get better. It's none more black, and you can see yourself in both sides.

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  • He’s absolutely correct! And by the way that single speaker amp behind him is all you need. I don’t care what size venue you’re playing, if you get it miked up thru the p a system and monitored that’s all you need!

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  • With a guitar for 200 $ or a guitar for 3.000 $ the difference will be heard even when you play with your feet.

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