Descriptions of Electric Guitar Tones
Juust as wine-tasters use words such as full-bodied, flowery, earthy, fruity etc to describe wines, so electric guitar players use words to describe their guitar's tone: Bite- what the tone of a good Fe nder Telecaster's bridge pickup should have. Glassy- the kind of tone you get in a Fender Stratocaster when the pick-up selector is between neck and middle pickup. Creamy- when high notes are played with a thick round-end pick like a V-Pick. Fat- Thick tone, not necessarily mellow, favored by jazz guitarists. Muddy- Mellow but not clear tone. Singing- the tone of an old Les Paul, or any guitar with long sustain. Woody- the acoustic tone of a hollow body jazz archtop. Snap- when a little bit of fret buzz sounds nice. Honky- Like the tone of P-90's or an out-of-phase pickup Woman tone- a tone first attributed to Eric Clapton's '68 Gibson SG through a Marshall amp, and typical of British Blues in the sixties. Bell-like- a Rickenbacker used as rhythm guitar Big Bo...