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What do you guys think the quot;THREEquot; biggest factors of having a good tone are? I mean like amp, wood, technique, pickups, neck scale, strings?

Fingers, Wood, Amp

In that order. Crap in, crap out.

player, amp, guitar

Player,guitar,pickups,amp....

Amp, pickps, guitar (disclaimer: obviously the player has to be competent, but I don't personally buy into the quot;tone is in the fingersquot;. If that's the case, why are we all here and why do the top end guitars sell so well?).

amps. a toss between guitars and pickups.

Fingers, pickups and amp.

Player, amp, pickups.

In tune, player, amp.

IMO, its the whole system you have put together- all factors, amp, guitar- technique. strings and picks don't make all that much difference. Guitar (including the pickups you use) amp,speakers, and fingers.
I mean, give EVH a cheap strat copy,a cheap 10 watt SS amp, and he's still gonna sound like EVH- it may not be all that pleasing to the ear, but he will still sound like EVH


Originally Posted by marvarIMO, its the whole system you have put together- all factors, amp, guitar- technique. strings and picks don't make all that much difference. Guitar (including the pickups you use) amp,speakers, and fingers.
I mean, give EVH a cheap strat copy,a cheap 10 watt SS amp, and he's still gonna sound like EVH- it may not be all that pleasing to the ear, but he will still sound like EVH

thats true

Straplocks. Schallers sound WAAAAY better than any others


Originally Posted by JB_From_HellSchallers sound WAAAAY better than any others

Agreed

I would say... Player (technique), amp, pickups/guitar wood... not in any order. But I also agree that tone is NOT in the fingers.

Player, amp, guitar in that order.

There are so many factors that make an instrument quot;workquot; in the hands of someone who knows how to work that instrument. When I was a kid I always wanted a Rick 4001 because McCartney, Squire, Geddy and Lemmy played 'em. When I got mine (a really cool one), I couldn't get it to sound good for the life of me. I held onto it for 6 years, and it never worked for me. In the years since I've played dozens of them, but I can't coax that tone out of them.

All things being equal, an amp is going to have more impact on a guitar's tone than the guitar, pickups, hardware or anything. A good amp will make a crappy guitar sound decent. A crappy amp will make a good guitar sound like crap.

Pickups, IME, are great for fine tuning an instrument- but the instrument is more important.

knobs, more knobs and bigger knobs

- A good ear- Fingers- Amp


Originally Posted by greendy123Player, amp, pickups.

1 Player, amp, pickups, model of guitar, kind of wood, quality of wood, then the small stuff like strings, tubes, guitar setup, cables, pots.

ears, brain, creativity.


Originally Posted by seafoamerears, brain, creativity.

... and straplocks.