4 Easy Ways to Improve your Guitar Sound! | Thomann

Tired of your muddy guitar tone? There are several ways to get more articulation into your sound when you need it! Be it to cut through the mix or to stand out during your solo, Kris has got you covered!

Interesting bits and pieces:
0:00 Introduction
0:23 1. Where and how to pick
1:55 2. Adjust the pickups
2:57 3. What about the midrange?
4:23 4. How much distortion is too much?

Visit our blogs:

[josephhughes]

Kris,
Your information is always so informative. Versatility in your instrument set up is so important. Always chasing tone 🎶

[Burnt_Gerbil]

Pro tip: Try using a thinner pick. Going too thick can cause the notes to sound slightly muffled. A thinner pick will add brightness and attack. I currently use a 0.60 Tortex. 😬👍

[szymonszymanski]

Rising your string action little bit more will make the guitar “breath” more freely. Great tips Kris 👌

[ViktorStockmann]

Cheers Kris! Very articulate in so many ways 😉

[ramyyakoutebrahim]

Nice video Kris,
speakers also play big role to change the tone.

[Todd_Roy]

You always have great tips Kris! Thank you

[PooNinja]

Dial back the gain till you hit that sweet spot!!! Then crank the power section 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
I use a NUX horseman to “cut the mud”
Having high headroom on my amp and cab makes a difference too . I’m a all my tone comes from the pre in my system unlike “tube purists “ who rely on the amp and speaker break up as part of their tone. To each his (or her) own! It’s your tone make it what you want not what somebody else tells you you should do!

Happy holidays Ery bodys!

[eoinjennings]

Great video - the pick material itself is another angle

[Magdieliando]

Didn't know this guy could be funny lol... great tips, so many topics, not too many players knows this tricks, specially younger guitar players..
It does sound way better, compared to muddy tone.. i got the point.

[Snookidoo]

Very good points. Ty. not a presentation party :) nice

[GitShiddy]

If there's one to add it's "play light". Keep both your fretting & picking hands loose & light, if you're gripping the strings as hard as possible or picking as hard as possible you're sound will have nowhere to go & likely you'll be forcing things out of tune. Softness in touch adds dynamics & feel which will make you a more fluid player and make your playing uniquely yours. As well as making the act of playing less physically taxing & more enjoyable overall.

[ilmisxx]

Using a pointy pick will give you a sharper attack and more articulate "start" to the note. Most important thing is to practice to play very clean, if your chops are on point you will sound sharp and defined even through a somewhat "washed out" sounding rig.

[SomeKindOfMadman]

Mid range is your best friend, I agree wholeheartedly

[wolfgator]

Interesting take. I have a Gibson Les Paul Faded and an Engl Ironball SE 20, which I thought would be enough to give me a good metal tone. But I struggle to dial in a sound like Jim Root from Slipknot, no matter if I dial the gain up to 10 or "just" 4, which I'm using currently. The tip about palm-muting further away from the bridge is an interesting one, will definitely try that today.

[yetimatzenightcat]

Ja, geiles intro, ich nehm eins, egal was Kris da anbietet 😄

[carlthegnarl]

What is "further to the neck"? Closer to the neck or further from the neck?

[pauldncn]

So after a lot of years I’ve learned what I’m doing wrong
Thanks Kris
No sarcasm genuinely grateful!!
👍👍👍🥴

[chocolatecookie]

Tip if you have a tube amp with master volume and pre amp volume. Put the pre-amp volume down and crank up the master to the max or a little less (finding the sweet spot). Then slowly turn up the pre-amp volume to the volume you want. I did this with a Marshall 100 watt head and it really turned it into a beast

[andreasibanez]

haha....the first 10 seconds killing me :D :D....ich hätte mich kaputt gelacht beim drehen :D

[mivani]

That amp is so awesome. My revv d20 Is on repair. Now playing on my fender frontman 10g 🤦‍♂️