GAS Cure. "Where does the tone come from in an electric guitar?"

Creed_Clicks

I love this video! It has almost cured my GAS.

Creed_Clicks

Funkfingers

Better late than never. 

AK99

Creed_Clicks said:

That's not a bad vid at all
I like the guy's quiet methodical approach to tackle a bit of mythbusting.

roberty

It's quite convincing and I am all for pyschoacoustic myth busting

But I've tried several pickups in my Les Paul Custom recently which is making me think differently again. The guitar has the same scooped and percussive character no matter what pickups I've tried in it. This matches the acoustic sound of the guitar. The pickups just flavour the sound

Likewise my Yamaha Revstar, it's really big in the low mids and both sets of pickups I've tried have had this same essential sound

I've tried all combinations of these at volume with my band and both guitars have retained their distinct sound through pickup changes

It could all be bullshit, or it could be a coincidence of pickup selection. I suppose the only way to know is to actually record and A/B

Basically I'm still open minded

That being said, an ES-330 does not sound like Junior

LastMantra

There's so much bullcrap talked about this stuff it's unreal. 
One thing that made a big difference, to my ears, was pickup height. I go as far as adjusting the individual polepieces (where I can) which imo makes for a better sounding guitar. I started a thread about that a while back but nobody was interested. Whereas threads about "tonewood" go for many pages. Go figure. 

Creed_Clicks

I can defo hear the difference in a hollow body v solid body, but the tele vid was interesting. Puts to bed my thoughts on wood and tone and wankery.

LastMantra

Creed_Clicks said:

I can defo hear the difference in a hollow body v solid body...

Interesting 

AK99

Creed_Clicks said:

I can defo hear the difference in a hollow body v solid body, but the tele vid was interesting. Puts to bed my thoughts on wood and tone and wankery.

"Wood-tone & Wankery".

That's far too good a phrase/title to let go to waste.  Should be copyrighted

Kittyfrisk

We have been here (or close) a few times before.
This one had a good degree of objectivity. 
Sadly Gringopigs test was lost after he left.
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/154301/