The One Thing Every Influential Guitar Tone Has In Common

Less than 1% of guitar players know this. 0:00 - “But What Does It Sound Like In The Room?“ 1:21 - What Is Good Guitar Tone? 4:00 - So The Sound In The Room Doesn’t Matter 5:39 - The Importance Of A/B Tests 7:16 - Does YouTube Mangle The Audio? 8:56 - But What About Room Mics? 12:09 - But What About Going Direct? 12:40 - But What About Vibration/Resonance? 13:29 - The Toboggan 15:48 - Psychological 16:15 - Influential Guitar Tones Are A Chain @jimlill on instagram All of the sounds you hear in this video were performed by me, my friends, and my heroes. Background Music Credits: 0 minutes 6 seconds into the video: Title: Blue Sky Artist: Jessie Ritter Album: Little Town In America (2022) Producer: Jim Lill Electric Guitars: Jim Lill, J.T. Corenflos Acoustic Guitars, Banjo: Bryan Sutton Pedal Steel Guitar: Gary Morse Bass: Jimmy Carter Drums: Steve Brewster 0 minutes 31 seconds, 1 minute 50 seconds, 6 minutes 35 seconds, 7 minutes 6 seconds, and 15 minutes 56 seconds into the video: Title: Little Town In America Artist: Jessie Ritter Album: Little Town In America (2022) Producer: Jim Lill Electric Guitars: Jim Lill, J.T. Corenflos Acoustic Guitars: Bryan Sutton Pedal Steel Guitar: Gary Morse Bass: Jimmy Carter Drums: Steve Brewster 1 minute 21 seconds, and 18 minutes 6 seconds into the video: Title: Staring Into The Pedal Steel Artist: Jim Lill Pedal Steel Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Bass, and Drums: Jim Lill Unreleased, go to the end of the video to hear the full version by itself 4 minutes 54 seconds into the video: Title: I’m Gonna Smile Artist: Jessie Ritter Album: TBA (2023) Producer: Jim Lill Acoustic Guitar: Jim Lill 5 minutes 42 seconds into the video: Title: Gone To See America Artist: Jessie Ritter Album: TBA (2023) Producer: Jim Lill Acoustic Guitars, Banjo: Jim Lill Bass: Kori Caswell Drums: Steve Brewster 7 minutes 29 seconds, and 8 minutes 33 seconds into the video: Title: Border Town Artist: Jessie Ritter Album: Little Town In America (2022) Producer: Jim Lill Electric Guitars: J.T. Corenflos Acoustic Guitars: Bryan Sutton Pedal Steel Guitar: Gary Morse Bass: Jimmy Carter Drums: Steve Brewster The rest is random stuff I recorded just for this video. ___ What is your favorite guitar tone? I spent years hopping from pedal to pedal, amp to amp, trying to get better and better tone. It didn’t really get me anywhere. I didn’t understand why I still had good moments and bad moments. Then one day I decided to ask myself the question “What is my favorite guitar tone?“ I wrote down a few examples and started a relentless pursuit into finding out how they were made, and I discovered that I was getting something very fundamental very wrong. This video shares the one thing every influential guitar tone has in common. -Jim, 3/20/2023