Don’t Believe These 5 Guitar Myths
???? Welcome to DylanTalksTone – where we dive deep into guitar tone, gear, mods, and how to get the best sound out of your instrument.
???? Gear Mentioned:
dylantalkstone.com
???? Weekly Schedule:
• Monday – Guitar Video
• Tuesday – Podcast
• Thursday – Livestream
• Friday – Guitar Video
???? Join the conversation:
• Instagram: @dylantalkstone
• Facebook: facebook.com/dylantalkstone
• Website: https://www.dylantalkstone.com
• Podcast:https://open.spotify.com/show/5sdeLbIaMDuUUkiuelW8rr?si=rR4XKWVlRBqB-HxoJCjAeg
???? Support the channel:
• Buy pickups: https://www.dylantalkstone.com
• Merch: https://dylantalkstone.com/collections/dylanpickups-gear
• Super Thanks or Patreon: patreon.com/dylantalkstone
#DylanTalksTone #GuitarTone #GuitarPickups #GuitarMods #Telecaster #Stratocaster #GuitarTechTips
#Dont #Guitar #Myths
Originally posted by UCUMBIYslSt3wQgJwWrDP5dQ at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Utp9KFQG4
My guitar is carbon fibre and I think it sounds great.
You rock Dylan!
Tonight on Mythbusters…..
“Stop believing guitar myths”.
I am not a great player, but my ESP LTD Viper 400 with EMG pickups is my #1 guitar. It is a beast, and I can tell the difference between that and my Japanese Strat.
The more I play, the more I realize how little I actually know. But now I have figured out that I like the weight of alder or basswood, lowering the pickup height helps more than raising it, and that if I can't find a decent sound from a random guitar plugged into a random amp, that's probably on me.
I really liked this video. Thanks for making it.
I think the key phrase here is "what is right for you" regarding guitars, if it feels comfortable and sounds good you're there – having said that you cannot beat the sound of a low powered tube amp with a decent 12" speaker ! Advice to beginners, 1) don't procrastinate going down rabbit holes with special effects , spend your time learning to play, 2) always at home leave your rig set up and ready to go not packed away, leave the guitar out of its case, 3) sometimes instead of copying songs and riffs make up your own and you will find your own style.
I play since I was fourteen and when it comes to electric guitars, I realized there are just two specs where I'm even able to hear a difference:
one is single coil vs humbucker, the other one is scale length.
I moded my strat to an HSS with SD 14 humbucker, now I regret it too loud and harsh. Cant tonewoods be measured by scientific measurment?
I agree wholeheartedly. You can compensate with amp for the different wood and pickups. I like the look of nickel covered pickups so I use them. I found that I play better with lighter gauge strings and tone is the same. Toni Iommi played with 8s and he does not sound thin.
As for as wood goes, I'm more concerned with the wood's ability to hold screws and other hardware like bridge post than I am tone. Who loves a stripped screw hole? And should I mention neck cracks.
I'm mid-50s and have been playing guitar since the 80's hair metal era. I started playing guitar with tube amps and stomp boxes, but now I prefer to use AMPLITUBE and TONEX. I know exactly what tube amps sound like, but I'm not obsessed with hardwares from that era.
Personally, it's hard to understand why so many people cling to hardware, like a kind of superstition. I enjoy playing itself, and I'm grateful that advances in technology have made my playing environment more convenient.
Not much point in arguing tonewoods with tonewords. Listen with your ears, not your eyes and keyboard. I think Jim Lill's video Where Does The Tone Come F rom in an Electric Guitar? (or something to that effect) where he strings a guitar between two benches over empty air and it sounds… the dang same as when it was strung over… a guitar neck and body kinda settles the argument, if decades of people thinking players' iconic guitars were used on records when turns out they were using something else didn't already. Unless you're playing a fretless guitar, the wood doesn't affect much of anything when plugged in. But if you disagree… well, go out and listen.
Woods and string gauges matter much more on acoustic guitars than electric. Even then so much is in the fingers that once you find your own voice, you will sound like you no matter what guitar you're playing.
You mean I don't need a 1000 dollar power conditioner feeding a 3,500 hand wired tube amp, and 2 grand worth of gimmick boutique pedals amping up my 8 thousand dollar magical old growth tone wood guitar?
ON a serious note, the classics played Fender/Gibson/Marshal because it was the best at the time. Times have changed lol
What are defining as vintage? I just sold my lovely Blues Deluxe (original run) and kept my Vintage Modern solely because I've recently bought a Helix LT and didn't want a pile of gear sitting around collecting dust.
I've always had a fundamental belief of "having gear I want to play everyday." My primary is an American Standard strat I've had for over a decade along with another electric I use regularly.
For me, a Boss Katana Artist , is the best of any amps. A 10 to 52 gauge Strat with hss alnico 3 configuration with brige coil spliting boton. 100% withe on the MYTHS, By the way I have a Japenees ,MDF , Capri , tripple bindings everywhere ,sunburst, gold finish everywhere, SUPER 70'S MAXON PICKUPS….Yea Baby.!! It is the one you want to keep for ever. ..
Everyone knows tonewood is a myth ????
It’s 2025 and everyone should know that by now.
You know what I never understood was why when the tonewood club started on about the "right" woods for a Strat… why do they never consider the tonal properties of the plastic scratchplate? Because that's the only thing the pickups in a Strat come in direct contact with… #toneplastic
old growth reclaimed wood is lighter and more resonant than new cut lumber and it's way higher quality. my favorite telecaster i built weighs under 6 pounds has a reclaimed 2 peace white pine body that came from a house built in the 1840s and only weighed 2 pounds 11oz finished! its way louder unplugged and resonates way better than my other tele with the 6 pound ash body. better wood makes BETTER GUITARS AND BETTER GUITARS MAKE YOU PICK THEM UP AND PLAY THEM MORE OFTEN!..dam caps lock im not re typing that.lol guitar bodes made from hand selected antique woods that are lighter resonate better than random peaces from home depot. thin nitro finishes go great with them and make for better sounding guitars. and better guitars get played alot more often than shitty ones.
The only thing “tone wood” does to the sound of an electric guitar is add or lessen the feedback. All which can be done with wax potting or not wax potting the pickup. Chambering the guitar. All the wood is doing is making the guitar feed back more cause it’s less dense or more dense. Take the strings off the guitar and tell me what sound comes out of the pickups. None. An acoustic guitar feeds back cause it is not dense and the vibrations reflect back into the strings. Dense wood does not reflect vibrations ba k into the strings as much cause it absorbs them. The wood type don’t matter. How you use it does.
I have done all of those things. Sometimes I still do even though I know better. ????
I've never actually met anyone who can tell the difference between a tube amp and a modeled tube amp by sound alone. The modeller just might take a little more time to dial in just right.
5:48 I think the string gauge has a lot more to do with what's the most comfortable and ergonomic for your personal finger dimensions. If you manage to find what fits you well, you'll be able to take your action really really low without tone loss or buzzing, given you have the right touch.