8 Non-FX parts of your guitar that affect tone

By Aditya Shukla - creator of the brain-based guitar method

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Strings

The material and gauge of your strings.

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Pickups

The height of your pickup, the electrical arrangement, the pots, the wiring, and the engineering.

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Pick

The material and size of your pick and where you pick on the length of the string.

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Nut, Saddle, Bridge

The Nut and Saddle break the strings vibrations, but some still remain that rebound on the bridge, which changes the tone.

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Wood

While totally oversold, the guitar's wood affects how your fingers move and what frequencies get absorbed. But they contribute very little.

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Cables

The cables, the insulation, the tolerance in manufacturing, the wear and tear, etc. It's not much, but is evident.

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Action

Action is for playabiliity, so your action affects your fingers pressure, which then changes the tone.

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Fingers

No cap. Fingers - how they  touch the guitar, the pressure, the stickiness, the sound absorption, the muting, release and landing, micromovements, etc.

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Your tone literally is in your fingers because they touch the guitar.

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