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Guitar Sound

by Scarlet
(Pretoria, Gauteng, South-Africa)

Stupid question I know...but: Which parts on a guitar, makes the sound differ? So which part (if at all possible) could you replace to make say a guitar with a Fender sound, sound more like a Gibson? or is it not possible to do. Or can the one sound like the other, with setting changes on the guitar or the amp itself?
Humour me...I'm a beginner, so I don't know these things yet.
Thanks




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by: Anonymous

There are a few factors that make each guitar have a different sound, ie types of wood,solid or hollow body ,neck through instead of a bolted on neck etc etc. The two main priciples of sound however are the types of pickups used on a guitar and the amp you are playing it through.Number one in my mind would be the pickups .Example being, a Gibson Les Paul has a set of double humbucker pickups, they are 2 sets of 2 pickups each mounted together side by side to reduce the humming hear through the amp that single pickups can produce.This gives a Gibson it's defintite Gibson type tone.A Fender Strat for example typically has 3 single coil pickups in a row for that unmistakeable strat sound used a lot for rock and heavy metal sounds.Some "fat strats" have the HSS pickup configuration (humbucker positioned at the bridge followed by 1 single coil pickup in the middle and 1 in the neck position thus HSS) or HSH pickups mounted to achieve a bit of both strat and Les Paul type sounds.So yes you can swap around pickups to achieve the sound you are after and sometimes you end up with something very unique.I own 30 plus electric guitars and no two sound identical they all have their own individual feel and vibe.Hope some of this helped you and please feel free to email me anytime if you have any questions.Dave

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