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Joined: Feb 13, 2007 Posts: 132 NW Fla Gulf Coast 
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Posted on Nov 02 2022 08:49 PM
Jim Lill, from Nashville, Tennessee, began an interesting video series earlier this year. So far the titles are: |
Joined: Feb 22, 2016 Posts: 439 California
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Posted on Nov 03 2022 10:49 PM
Great share! I've been following these experiments, i really appreciate the scientific approach he employs. He re-affirmed my understanding of the physics of guitars and speaker cabs. I was most surprised and interested in his findings about what makes up an amplifier's tone. He really does a great job of illustrating the importance of a "tone stack". |
Joined: Jul 26, 2015 Posts: 257 San Diego, Ca
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Posted on Nov 04 2022 09:09 AM
I saw that video a few months back. I too, appreciated his approach. In my life, I’ve owned at least 25, maybe 30 Strats, all the way from Squier imports, up to American Standard models, and other price points in between. Two in particular, could not be made to sound really good, and it wasn’t for lack of trying. One, which I owned back in the 90’s, was a ‘57 reissue, and weighed a ton; it was dull and lifeless. (Maple neck and Alder body.) Another was a 2000 American Strat Standard. Again, it was really heavy, dull and lifeless. (Alder body, Maple neck, Rosewood fretboard.) I didn’t want to get rid of that guitar, as it was very nice in every other way. It was Aqua Marine Blue, played nice, and stayed in tune well. But alas, didn’t sound good. Some of my best sounding Strats would be an early 2000’s American Strat Standard (Ash Body, Maple neck), a Highway One Strat (Alder body, Maple w/Rosewood neck), an 80’s MIJ Squier Strat (which I later gifted to a friend), and the best one of all, a 2010ish MIJ ‘54 Reissue; Medium weight Ash body and Maple neck. A Japanese reissue, go figure. (Think: Eric Johnson type tone.) So, you can see there is no rhyme or reason here. Not trying to start a food fight, these are simply my observations. So, if not from the wood, from where does the tone come? (Quality of electronics, hardware and proper setup notwithstanding.) Again, these are nothing more than my observations. -Cheers, Clark- -Less Paul, more Reverb- Last edited: Nov 04, 2022 09:24:11 |
Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 2142 Kiev, Ukraine 
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Posted on Nov 04 2022 02:37 PM
Where Does The Music Come From In An Electric Guitar? —Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine New Single is out! https://waikikimakaki.bandcamp.com/album/rhino-blues-full-contact-surf-single Waikiki Makaki https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki Lost Diver https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com Last edited: Nov 04, 2022 14:37:53 |
Joined: Apr 13, 2018 Posts: 1343 New Orleans
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Posted on Nov 04 2022 04:42 PM
A problem with the one I watched is that he doesn't test with a clean tone. I need to hear single notes and their decay, and chords and their decay. All that wanking solo crap doesn't provide any evidence. —Daniel Deathtide |
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