Great Guitar Tone Starts Here!

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🎸 In this lesson, we'll learn the very basics of how to get the perfect tone on the guitar. We'll learn what's the best string gauge for the sound you want, explore guitar pickups, and much more. Yes, I'll also compare my Custom Gray Guitar with my Gibson SG - you wanted that, eh? :) 👉 My Guitar Courses Are FREE! Choose Yours: www.justinguitar.com/guitar-le... #justinguitar #guitarforbeginners #justinguitargrade3
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00:00 Guitar Tone Demo
00:50 Justin - how do you get that sound?!
01:30 Guitar vs. Amps vs Money :)
01:55 The best guitar for you!
02:35 String Gauge & Guitar Tone
05:00 Guitar Pickups - Humbucker, Single Coil
08:30 Guitar Pickups Explanation
12:30 Volume Knob - Electric Guitar
16:18 Tone Knob - Electric Guitar
18:45 Pickups, Strings, and Controls - My Gibson SG!
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@justinguitar 2 жыл бұрын

🎸Full (FREE!) Course Here: www.justinguitar.com/modules/practice-exploring-gym

@matthewshunk7925 2 жыл бұрын

I have watched you for more than a decade. A strange connection to say the least. I am taking this moment to say that even though I only know you as a KZfaq guitar instructor I must say your heart comes through so loud and clear.. you seem so cool with yourself I admire that quality in your character. Thanks for all the great lessons. What I really appreciate is your uncanny ability to build confidence in me by being so transparent and how easily you express vulnerability. I relate so easily to you. If I am ever down under I might turn up on your doorstep just wanting a handshake.

@joshg3835 2 жыл бұрын

Man you gotta be the best guitar teacher on youtube. Really good job on breaking things down simply for beginners and including alot of insightful tips. I know it's been years but I hope you keep going, as long as you're having a good time

@stlyrface 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent deep dive Justin. Looking forward to future installments of this series. Thanks mate!

@michaelmerrullo2043 2 жыл бұрын

👏This is much needed. Thank you for addressing this. Electric guitar sound is so vast. A big part of iconic songs is the sound almost as much as the notes and chords played. Thank you for addressing this. If you don’t know understand tone your at a great disadvantage

@justinguitar 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Thanks for your comment and happy 2022!

@erikhendrickson59 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! No matter how decently I can play Comfortably Numb, that solo just never sounds as good on my LP.

@casper116X 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thanks so much Justin. You explained in half an hour what Ive been trying to understand for 30 years!

@patgaff3886 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you a ton. Much needed lesson. More like this. Happy New Year.

@leandroferrini641 2 жыл бұрын

I bought my first guitar fender fa-135 acoustic electric on Saturday and started your beginner course that same day! Still on module one, but I've gotten up to 24 chord changes between D & A already! Been practicing everyday! Thank you so much for everything man, truly appreciate it!

@macwas5900 Жыл бұрын

Hey man that's awesome! I started his course a couple months ago. Where are you at now, over a year later? :)

@cristianferber5834 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks for explaining so thoroughly these things

@julieshoneybee 2 жыл бұрын

If it wasn't for Justin, I would have put my guitar down a long time ago. Great teacher, great musician and a really nice guy.

@mwfxtechnicalanalysis9136 2 жыл бұрын

This is going to be an amazing series!!

@flaminx0r 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Justin! I've been playing for 20 years and it's easy to skip the creativity of tone adjustment, this video has inspired me to play around with some settings on the guitar later :) have a great weekend.

@mortini185 2 жыл бұрын

Most excellent Justin. As a newbie, this session was very helpful. Gonna go and experiment some. Thanks

@lilystrong9870 2 жыл бұрын

I'm impressed you're still active. You're most probably the first youtuber I learned guitar from.

@stevechadbond3009 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Justin for this often overlooked information, really looking forward to the rest of the series. Yes Gibson do do coil splits, my Les Paul 100th anniversary has push/pull volumes to split both humbuckers! as per factory setup, not modified. Happy 2022, keep up the excellent work.

@davemetzler1 2 жыл бұрын

The best teacher and a great human being, really admire his whole philosophy and attitude. Well done mate.

@johnnywrjackson 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see you having fun!

@christopherguzzi1316 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic and very comprehensive tutorial on this topic!!!

@lifeasitis3937 2 жыл бұрын

Great video...many things got cleared out!

@dreamscuba 2 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year and great video Justin. That Custom Gray Guitar you play is something special. There are so many tones you get out of that. Wonderful demonstration of many of the key dynamics in guitar tone. I love to play with the volume and tone controls these days. The guitar volume control is an often overlooked feature by many, especially me for so many years... I have also seen some scientific videos on string gauges that demonstrate no loss of tone with lighter strings. Like you, I put 10's on all of my electrics...but may explore going lighter.

@drewdietz2115 2 жыл бұрын

Most excellent lesson, thanks Justin, thanks.

@bigbokiptd 2 жыл бұрын

Great (as always I have to add) video Justin. Happy New Year and thank you so much for all your work, instructions, music and most of all inspiration!

@justinguitar 2 жыл бұрын

Happy new year! Thanks for ur support! Cheers

@biteofthedog 2 жыл бұрын

Love your tutorials.... This "simple" lesson in understanding tone became way to complicated when you chose a guitar with 3 completely different pick-ups. Keep up the great work thanks

@mpearce888 2 жыл бұрын

Really useful video! Thanks for making it

@Lee_Hall 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great video Justin. Very interesting to see how you can get completely different sounds without touching your amp. Nice playing as well 🙂

@flouisbailey 2 жыл бұрын

Justin, I have never seen you do a hollow body class in tone or style, you have so many great videos and your website gets better all the time. You are teaching multiple generations to make music, your friend from Kentucky and a 70 year old advanced novice.

@tmsglobal5848 2 жыл бұрын

Great topic and thanks for sharing the details. Exploring and knowing these facts is a tremendous help on the journey for the individual’s tone. It’s not magic. The journey is well worth it.

@ryanh4975 Жыл бұрын

Yup. Exactly the video I needed. Thank you, Justin. Get confused with all the different sounds I can get. Well, mostly overwhelmed.

@jofusmojilliken9854 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Justin for covering this

@davidgross9751 2 жыл бұрын

I greatly appreciate this video. I think I've always played with the tone & volume buttons, string position, etc, but didn't know technically what I was doing. More of a trial & error for the right sound. Thanks, Justin. David G

@mk00918 2 жыл бұрын

i really dig the sequence at 16:48 : the room neighbour playing power chords. I watched it over and over ... so funny!!

@geraldwest3428 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, thank you! JJ Cale had more toggle switches than anything I've seen! lol Love JJ Cale!

@noodle845 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Justin, good stuff to know about 👍

@lucienne66 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Justin! I hope you’ll do more installments of this tone series. Suggestion: How about a video of suggested licks for trying out guitars and amplifiers with the different pickups and settings? I’m still learning about all this and always feel awkward in the store and don’t know what to play to try gear out.

@guitargriff3490 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as always Justin

@mrgrilledpotato3103 2 жыл бұрын

Great lesson!

@janrandles8683 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Justin as always. Now I want a Gibson!! But then again I am a Derek Trucks fan and he plays a Gibson. Love and learn so much from your videos and your courses. Looking forward to more on the pedals.

@eduardotrillo3519 2 жыл бұрын

thanks Justin!

@AnthonyGrau 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Justin, Very nice lesson ! I truly need the next steps (amp...)

@glynjames5948 2 жыл бұрын

Justin this is just what we need to be taught please hurry up with the next instalment thanks again for your time and efforts.Glyn

@jimamsden 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you could have covered the pick’s effect on tone: type of material, shape, play with the point or on the side, beveled or not, how you hold the pick, hybrid or finger picking, etc. These all provide interesting tone options.

@Blanketstatements 2 жыл бұрын

You’re a legend. Absolute legend.

@joshthomas25 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for all your tutorials sir - you are a legend!!!

@pawelzajac1399 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea!

@guitartuna8307 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been craving for this type of content

@07045730 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Justin. very inormative. looking forward to you r next video

@georgevanasch7212 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Justin great lesson. greetings from Antwerp.

@notharry 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, really useful lesson for me who has spent 3 years not understanding how to get the sound I want from my Fender guitar! Amp hints would be great!

@emerybraun4698 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree, I have a hard time getting my amp to sound how I want

@frankzappa951 2 жыл бұрын

Wish I had this vid when I first started :) you are a good un mate. Sound great as usual mate. Thanks.

@valuedhumanoid6574 2 жыл бұрын

I recently did the Billy Gibbons ( Reverend Willy) 7 gauge challenge. Some KZfaqrs were trying them out and I got to say after going from 10s to 7s is like a totally different instrument. It actually required a truss rod adjustment and a set up change. You can bend up 3 whole tones with no effort. The heavy gauge = better tone is a myth. There are so many legends that use light strings. Yes, SRV and his 13 thru 60 set is a man's set, but for most lighter is better. And the best 8 gauge set I have found so far is the D'Addario NYXL brand. They sound huge and last so long. I will go back to them once I am done with the 7's. Those are just a little to thin for my hamfisted right hand

@tonyc44 2 жыл бұрын

Great job, awesome video

@carlor.s.4742 2 жыл бұрын

Watched a video over at Rick Beato where they did 9s,10s & 11s on a guitar & evaluated which sounded best. Conclusion(agreed by all) was that 9s sounded best.

@BitsOfEternity 2 жыл бұрын

I have a 2020 Epiphone Les Paul Classic. The neck pickup volume control is also a push/pull pot to turn it into a single coil on that pickup, and the bridge pickup volume control does the same for the bridge pickup. Also, the neck tone control is also a push/pull pot that shifts the phase of that neck pickup. I have a lot of possible combinations (13 different options in all, and that's not counting turning the volume or tone pots up or down), I usually play in the middle position, with the neck pickup volume rolled back to clean it up, and if I need even more cleanup, I'll turn the bridge pickup volume down somewhat.

@ingodueckminor3403 Жыл бұрын

Awesome lessons👌keep on 🎸teaching✅

@perro0076 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with the 'feel' thing. You got to have that. When you sling the guitar on, you should feel that you are wearing it and it's part/extension of your body. For years I mostly had a guitar processor that had 2 valves in it and a multitude of amp simulations because I was never sure which tone I wanted to live with. In the end I got myself an AMT Brick m-lead. For me I focus on the pre-amp as it is easier to lug around. One also has to think 'rubbish in, amplified rubbish out'. So spending a bit of money on good pickups is always a good start although it requires a lot of homework. There's even an argument for buying yourself a cheap guitar you really like the look of, then sort out the action and upgrade the pickups so nobody in the world would have the same thing!!

@davidheuser2119 2 жыл бұрын

this is a great quick lesson. I really appreciated the volume roll back, rather than the Amp settings.

@pratyushsharmaIbanez 2 жыл бұрын

Justin, that was really informative.

@karlfarren 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Justin. Re Gibson-style guitars with push-pull coil splitting, - I've got the Epiphone ES-335 Pro, which has two humbuckers, both splittable. Really great guitar, with a great range of tones. Lots of options, - with the pickup selector switch in middle position, splitting both pickups, or just one, - really versatile.

@timchalmers1700 2 жыл бұрын

I have a guitar with HSH pickups that I played for 25 years, but things were wearing out, so I bought an Epiphone SG with some flaws at a great price. I wanted to learn about the electrics and I didn't like the sound of the stock pickups, so I replaced the pickups, volume and tone controls with coil splitting. Great education and great upgrades to turn a cheap guitar into a player. I could have spent the same money and bought a better guitar but then I wouldn't have learned anything.

@briancoyne6700 2 жыл бұрын

that filtertron sounds great in the neck position. Great idea!

@brianwalker5843 2 жыл бұрын

You re-inspired me, the best video on Tone I've seen,thanks man.

@justinguitar 2 жыл бұрын

Yay! mission complete :) cheers!

@jamesfallman5323 4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@MrDjkdave 2 жыл бұрын

Haven't seen anything good lately but I will follow on the tone business with Justin.

@jamesm.3967 Жыл бұрын

My head is going to explode. 👍 so many creative options. Thanks Justin.

@reliveit6196 2 жыл бұрын

You are a good teacher. Thank you.

@justinguitar 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

@SolidSantanero 2 жыл бұрын

Happy new year Justin. Have a great year.

@justinguitar 2 жыл бұрын

Happy new year!

@georgeperillo6421 2 жыл бұрын

I use mostly10's on my guitars and 11 on others, usually Boomers. In the 70's I used Ernie Ball Super Slinky's 8ths. The tone wasn't an issue for me but it was harder for me to play cleanly because they were so light.

@mattevans060972 2 жыл бұрын

Justin you read my mind. This is exactly what I’m looking for.

@tallpaul8880 2 жыл бұрын

I think somebody just wanted to rock! Nice lesson thanks ✌🏻🇺🇸

@heftyjo2893 2 жыл бұрын

The focal point for the zoom and white balance sensor is a very narrow cone that projects out from the center of the frame of the camera. Imagine a small circle in the very middle of the picture frame. This is why many cameras have a small circle or a square superimposed in the middle of the camera viewfinder. Always be cognizant to have the item you want the camera to focus on right in the middle of the frame of the camera. The camera wasn't focused on the guitar in the corner, it was focused on the blanket behind you which was in the middle of the frame.

@dereklong801 2 жыл бұрын

And that's why I like my Gretsch with those Filtertrons. Growly!

@ingodueckminor3403 Жыл бұрын

Danke!

@justinguitar Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the thanks 😊

@aaaaas2484 2 жыл бұрын

And for a good tone the pickups are very important.If you want a good pickup at a reasonable price I will go with YJG pickups

@thefirstdude 2 жыл бұрын

Justin, you truly rock! Been doing my best to promote your lessons-I wish you the best for 2022. 😎👍🏼

@larsdahl6594 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I love the laid back, non-scripted, non-BS, style. I just bought a Boss Katana amp, and learned that you get "that sound" by complaining on Katana's FB page that the random heavy metal patch you're using on a drop A# tuned 7-string sounds muddy when you run it through a pitch shifter, a day after you bought the amp and having fiddled with it for all of 10 minutes. Then somebody tells you off.

@44scoots 2 жыл бұрын

Careful with that Katana, you’ll spend hours messing with it trying to get “your sound”. Find a simple tone and leave it.

@larsdahl6594 2 жыл бұрын

@@44scoots I know, right! During the initial learning curve (3 days in) you spend more time messing around with it and the associated BTS than you do actually playing and practicing. The anecdote I alluded to isn't autobiographical, BTW; just an observation. 😆🎸

@000gjb 2 жыл бұрын

I use 10 gauge strings. 8 and 9 Gauge strings are good for slicing Salami and finger tips.

@michaelgaurnier3108 2 жыл бұрын

I think it should be mentioned that the quality of guitar makes a huge difference once you start discussing altering the tone and volume controls knobs and pickup selector switch. Depending on the guitar, this can be on or off, or almost endless nuances... The guitars you are using a wonderful for that. btw, I love the guitar your buddy built for you! That SG is just amazing for tone!!!!

@Deliquescentinsight 2 жыл бұрын

I have been playing since 1971 and I have taught people along the way, this is an excellent lesson, you are a very natural tutor. I like the Gibson middle position, it is another option, especially for rhythm work

@ssm445 2 жыл бұрын

I started out with 11s. It's good for getting calluses fast, bending hurts a lot, but that's about it. 9s on Fender scale lengths, 10s on Gibson scale lengths. Rule of thumb that works great for me. No point hurting your fingers when it gives you less fat sound and less sustain.

@capsel22 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Justin. As ever very informative. I think when people ask you on your tones during your song lessons, is not to get exact settings, but to just get an idea what effects you are using. I agree everyone's gear is different so that's impossible. But, you know, just an idea on effects, chorus, delay, reverb, maybe what kind of distortion you used. Just to give us any hints.

@christoguichard4311 2 жыл бұрын

Ive been playing 50 years and have settled on 9's for electrics and 11's for acoustic. Tried many different guages over the years, and those are the best compromise for me.

@jfar3340 2 жыл бұрын

that's light you should try a higher gauge

@Nowo78 2 жыл бұрын

@@jfar3340 To what end? That's some cocky BS talk right there, if it feels right, it is right.

@jfar3340 2 жыл бұрын

For better tone especially acoustic; he ll thank me later

@marc8vino 2 жыл бұрын

Kemper MB-62 D'Lux 6 is what I have been using a lot lately as well. Love Michael Brit and Tone Junkie

@Wildmutationblu Жыл бұрын

I used to gig with 8's but moved up to 9's after breaking too many strings. I own an SG and it's my favourite to play as it feels so easy.

@Elsagitario Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this interesting video. I sure love the sound of that Gibson GS. Btw: My HSS Yamaha Pacifica also has the split function on the Humbucker. (switching by tone button)🙂

@JD-rv7sf 2 жыл бұрын

I've always wondered about that pink strat

@dobiqwolf 2 жыл бұрын

To change the brightness of the guitar, you can just use a thinner pick, .5 will make the guitar sounds very very bright. I use .73 for bright and 1.14 for darker sound but don't take my word for it, give it a try. Picks are so cheap and you will be surprise of the effect they have on the sound of your guitar.

@gins8781 2 жыл бұрын

I have noticed that with my acoustic guitar. It’s even more pronounced since I added a humbucker Neo D and Tonewood Amp.

@justinb.1674 2 жыл бұрын

For the knobs on the guitar, I was always told, and through years of experimentation, leave your knobs on the guitar on all the way (at 10)., if you adjust them at all, then only down to around 8 atleast! That should be your default sound.

@TomTom-kv5nf 2 жыл бұрын

Really cool lesson....one on dialling an amp in across a couple of guitars would be useful too?

@Reddog7937 2 жыл бұрын

Work smarter not harder. I will keep my 9’s. Great stuff!

@burieddreamer 2 жыл бұрын

Man, playing the guitar decently is a lot of work. Justin is just so comfy doing it. I'll never get there.

@giannapple 2 жыл бұрын

All those guitars and a Miles Davis’s portrait… 👍

@michaelj3959 2 жыл бұрын

Angus Young uses Ernie Ball Super Slinky's which are 9's. I saw a rig rundown from AC/DC's guitar tech on KZfaq.

@Big_Bag_of_Pus 2 жыл бұрын

I love Filtertrons.

@dshowmusic 2 жыл бұрын

Talking pickups also experimenting with pickup height can make a difference

@nigelduckworth406 2 жыл бұрын

I have a 62 strat with 12-54 gauge Golden Sixties strings. I use that for vintage tone on instrumental numbers from the early 60s. I have other guitars with 9 gauge to 11 gauge strings on- for variously Blues, Rock and Pop. String gauge make a big difference to tone and playability in my opinion. 9s for big bends and fast playing, 12s for for hitting hard for max tone compared with 10 gauge on the same guitar. Obviously, though, the 11s and 12s are much harder to play and to play fast. And the fingers suffer.

@ellebhee5045 Жыл бұрын

Tone chasing with single coils is a bit of a headache but it can be done!

@brettneuberger6466 2 жыл бұрын

Super helpful! So I tried eights on my SG (Epiphone) and tuned up using my amp. It sounded like sh#! and made the entire guitar feel foreign. After an hour or so, I’d had enough, and ditched them for my usual nines. Much better!….I also found being tuned in the proper octave made a world of difference as well. 🙄

@theghastlygamer5326 Жыл бұрын

Rhythm on bad moon rising is middle pickup on les paul. Actually most of the Rhythm when fogerty plays live now is his son playing les paul on middle position through a fender 65 deluxe reverb

@44scoots 2 жыл бұрын

Justin, I believe your choice in picks (plectrums) also plays a big part in both your comfort and your tone.

@fairyliquid6864 2 жыл бұрын

I think there could be a entire video about the different picks/plectrums

@johnnytightlips991 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@jfar3340 2 жыл бұрын

@@fairyliquid6864 there is; bluechip all the way

@startrekmike 2 жыл бұрын

@@fairyliquid6864 Picks are (usually) so inexpensive that it is probably best to just tell new players to buy a bunch of different kinds and try them out as they go along. Eventually one will settle on a specific pick or a specific range of picks that feel and sound right.

@fairyliquid6864 2 жыл бұрын

@@startrekmike yeah that's fair enough, it's what i did!