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Topic: new member tone question

Hi everyone I'm new to forums chat rooms guitars and most importantly Joe Bonamassa  i came across Joe on YouTube when  looking up Miss Etta James  i was blown away buy his guitar playing and that tone! It was amazing I went out and bought the CD before Thanksgiving  and i cant stop playing it! Especially  "i'd rather go blind and " ive got to take care of you" those tones are other worldly there so RAW, POWERFUL and PERFECT they lift you up and hold you there i cant stop listening to them over and over and over I just started learning the guitar third lesson tonight! I play a gibson SG with 490s if i install Joe Bonamassa pickups will that help in getting that TONE! Thats in those two songs that sound is not on every song thanks for any help with my question and any advice on how to be a great member of this forum-ffcsean

2 Reply by cindyron (edited by cindyron 2013-01-03 09:46:50)

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Re: new member tone question

ffcsean wrote:

Hi everyone I'm new to forums chat rooms guitars and most importantly Joe Bonamassa  i came across Joe on YouTube when  looking up Miss Etta James  i was blown away buy his guitar playing and that tone! It was amazing I went out and bought the CD before Thanksgiving  and i cant stop playing it! Especially  "i'd rather go blind and " ive got to take care of you" those tones are other worldly there so RAW, POWERFUL and PERFECT they lift you up and hold you there i cant stop listening to them over and over and over I just started learning the guitar third lesson tonight! I play a gibson SG with 490s if i install Joe Bonamassa pickups will that help in getting that TONE! Thats in those two songs that sound is not on every song thanks for any help with my question and any advice on how to be a great member of this forum-ffcsean

Hi first welcome to the forum where all things Bonamassa can be found. Congrats on taking lessons. The best advise at this stage is do not give up keep pushing forward. The tone thing will come into it's own as you improve. You see at the end of the day 90% of your tone is how you approach your guitar playing, the way your fingers connect to the strings and once you have some playing time under your belt it boils down to how your soul connects to the instrument. Obviously it helps to have unnatural talent and dedication as Joe does also. The amps and pedals and stuff do come into play but it all starts with you. Try to get great tone without the guitar plugged into anything once you like what you hear things will begin to fall into place. Well welcome aboard many very nice folks on board.
Cheers Ron

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  • From: Montreal, Canada
  • Registered: 2012-12-10
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Re: new member tone question

Hello ffcsean and welcome to the forum. Cindyron already gave great advice and here is great advice from the man himself wink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTima9QLKj8

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Re: new member tone question

cindyron wrote:
ffcsean wrote:

Hi everyone I'm new to forums chat rooms guitars and most importantly Joe Bonamassa  i came across Joe on YouTube when  looking up Miss Etta James  i was blown away buy his guitar playing and that tone! It was amazing I went out and bought the CD before Thanksgiving  and i cant stop playing it! Especially  "i'd rather go blind and " ive got to take care of you" those tones are other worldly there so RAW, POWERFUL and PERFECT they lift you up and hold you there i cant stop listening to them over and over and over I just started learning the guitar third lesson tonight! I play a gibson SG with 490s if i install Joe Bonamassa pickups will that help in getting that TONE! Thats in those two songs that sound is not on every song thanks for any help with my question and any advice on how to be a great member of this forum-ffcsean

Hi first welcome to the forum where all things Bonamassa can be found. Congrats on taking lessons. The best advise at this stage is do not give up keep pushing forward. The tone thing will come into it's own as you improve. You see at the end of the day 90% of your tone is how you approach your guitar playing, the way your fingers connect to the strings and once you have some playing time under your belt it boils down to how your soul connects to the instrument. Obviously it helps to have unnatural talent and dedication as Joe does also. The amps and pedals and stuff do come into play but it all starts with you. Try to get great tone without the guitar plugged into anything once you like what you hear things will begin to fall into place. Well welcome aboard many very nice folks on board.
Cheers Ron

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Re: new member tone question

Thanks for responding ill definitely take your advice im enjoying the site

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Re: new member tone question

Welcome to the forum. Based on my own experience one bit of advice I would give (which perhaps not everyone will agreed with) is learn some music theory as well as playing the instrument. Get to know the chromatic scale like the back of your hand and the main scales (I started with the major, major pentatonic, minor, minor pentatonic and mixolydian scales). Learn chord theory e.g a major chord is made up of the 1st, 3rd and 5th notes from the major scale.

You don't have to learn music theory but I believe it will help you in the long term.

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Re: new member tone question

Hi and  welcome to the forum. big_smile

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Re: new member tone question

Welcome to the group.....enjoy the topics

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Re: new member tone question

Welcome to the Forum.  You'll enjoy the other Joe fans here!

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