How To THICKEN Your Guitar Tone | Master Your Tone #4 | Thomann

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How to fix a "flat" or thin sounding guitar tone? Today Kris shows you a few awesome ways of making your guitar tone a bit more exciting or thick. Or both. :)
Enjoy the video and leave a comment below!
Gear used: tho.mn/loo9n
Recorded in Presonus Studio One: bit.ly/S1Pro6
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Interesting bits and pieces:
0:00 Introduction
0:52 1. The midrange
1:57 2. Modulation trick
3:01 3. Time based trick
4:04 Most important +1 ever...
5:27 Everything ON - Outro playing
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@LS-wc6mr 10 месяцев назад

Never underestimate the tone knob.

@scoresandflames 10 месяцев назад

Also for EQ: always use it first to take away what you have lots of and only then try to use it to add the tone qualities that you're still missing.

@ChrisM541 10 месяцев назад

Excellent video. Totally agree about the shockingly underused (not by pros) 'simple' EQ pedal. Combine with a compressor for the ultimate in tone shaping/thickening.

@ThomannsGuitarsBasses 10 месяцев назад

100% And EQ is the one pedal every guitar (and bass) player should have. It always there to save the day. Well, okay. Tuner. Everyone should have one of those too, haha! //Kris

@Emlizardo 10 месяцев назад

For recording, I like to set aside a track with just the guitar's direct sound, and mix that in underneath the main, amplified track. The DI guitar is naturally midrange-y, with a thumping attack. It's like adding a bit of butter to the recipe.

@jnh73 10 месяцев назад

A multi-band compressor with a blend knob works wonders for me. Example: TC Electronic HyperGravity. Helps tighten up the lows and boost highs without squishing everything overall.

@g4r4is 10 месяцев назад

hey Kris amazing tips! cheers brothaa 🤘

@DieterWelzel 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for your TOP 5 to thicken a guitar tone. With the profiles in my Kemper Stage I use for clean sound a compressor and just a little more gain and for distortion sounds and especially solos I use the single delay.

@PooNinja 10 месяцев назад

I normally use cornstarch for a silky thickness but in this case I’d go with the Klon style mid boost. My lil nux horsemen is always on for that lil something that really polishes the tone, clean or saturated. I also sometimes add a lil slapback 60-90Ms to biggen up my sound. And yes I keep an eq at the end of my chain to get to 11 if needed 🤘🏽

@joermnyc 10 месяцев назад

Compressor pedal (preferably one with a clean blend)and EQ pedal (6 or 7 band are usually enough for guitar.) Best to put the compressor after any auto wah or octave pedals that need your unvarnished guitar input. Some schools say EQ before drive, some say after. Mine works for me after. Chorous pedals are also a good way to sound bigger, if set subtly. Same for reverb.

@stefanfyhn4668 10 месяцев назад

Using a D-Seed pedal on the modulation setting with the same settings described here; lower delay time, lower mix and lower feedback. Works great for fattening up via the delay, via the chorus-y modulation, and makes any clean passage or solo stand out

@tonkageorge 10 месяцев назад

Solid tips - thanks. I like to up the volume and gain a bit and pick lightly - or play with fingers. And combined with the guitar tone knob down a bit.

@ThomannsGuitarsBasses 10 месяцев назад

I love that! Thanks man! //Kris

@kunkmiceter 10 месяцев назад

I use an EHX Nano POG. A tab bit of +1 and -1 octive, blended with my dry signal really thickens the sound too.

@arzarkel 10 месяцев назад

Harmonic Trem has a similar effect as a phaser, love my Strymon Flint!

@DavidGodfren 10 месяцев назад

What i prefer to do to thicken a cleanish tone is, (what you did with the klon) put an od3. If I'm using a "british-style-chimey-amp", I'll probably keep the tone at 12 o clock, and the drive probably at around 9. Now if it's an "American-style-clean-amp", it'll be pretty much the same for the tone (maybe a notch or two down) and the drive would be around 11 or even between 11 n 12. Level matched with the amp's volume. Also, for the ge7, that's a very valuable pedal (specially "Valuable" after the recent price changes *pun fully intended). But dude!!! +1 for that intro 👌🏻, that was a long awaited roll!

@mleon1958 10 месяцев назад

Strymon Deco DoubleTracker, or a Voodoo Lab Analog Chourus does the trick for me.

@mr.rudolph630 10 месяцев назад

Here we go again...super helpful.

@ThomannsGuitarsBasses 10 месяцев назад

Thanks, glad you liked it! //kris

@efesenyilmaz 10 месяцев назад

Very well explained in less than 6 minutes 👏👏👏 Humble suggestion to add: Compressor

@ThomannsGuitarsBasses 10 месяцев назад

Thanks a lot! Yes, totally! Compressor is worth gold, especially for low gain and clean tones! Cheers //Kris

@curtevans838 10 месяцев назад

Andy Summers taught the world the power of a chorus pedal. His use of modulation taught me how to fill a lot of sonic space when needed.

@SombraDeLaMosca 10 месяцев назад

Since I'm using a Boss compressor (all knobs at 12 o'clock) my strat sounds really more fat especially when played clean =) Nice video, thank you!

@fathuman 10 месяцев назад

Yeah same, and more sustain which can be lacking on Strats.

@MassimoSchiavetta 10 месяцев назад

I use my old Boss Super Chorus, especially on clean and solos

@MK-tj5bf 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for the video. Question. What happens if EQ is put at the beginning of the chain in comparison with after the drives? Thanks!

@Elektronijaenis 10 месяцев назад

EQ before distortion (or overdrive or fuzz) tends to be less effective for overall toneshaping than after. You probably can't even hear smaller changes there. However it is usefull to try both. Pre-eq can change the character of the distortion. If the distortion doesn't sound tight enough, try cutting bass with an EQ in front of it. (You may have to turn the drive up a notch.) You can even compensate the loss of low end by boosting it after, with amp controls for example. Or you can go other way and boost the low end to make your distortion more like a fuzz. Try different settings both before and after the distortion and you should quite quickly find how it works. For experimenting it is usefull to try it with a bit more extreme EQ-settings than you would otherwise use.

@johnmcnamara1037 10 месяцев назад

Can i run a noise gate..delay and eq in the effects loop and what order to put them in

@ThomannsGuitarsBasses 10 месяцев назад

You absolutely can! The order I'd use in the loop would be: noise gate, EQ, then delay. Cheers //Kris

@markosimonic 10 месяцев назад

Was struggling with my tele's sound being too thin. Ended up changing the strings from 9-42 to 9.5-44. Small change, but it is a totally different beast now. Tone knob is also a very powerfull tool.

@ThomannsGuitarsBasses 10 месяцев назад

Indeed! Thicker strings sound warmer and that's especially noticeable with single coils. //Kris

@markosimonic 10 месяцев назад

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses just makes me wonder why Fender sells their guitars with 9-42 strings? 🤔

@Stoffendous 10 месяцев назад

Kris let me just mention here what a phenomenal guitar player i think you are. Wish you were my teacher!

@ThomannsGuitarsBasses 10 месяцев назад

This means so much man, thanks a ton!! 💛 //Kris

@joekruger8033 10 месяцев назад

What frequency bands to you usually boost to thicken? Or do you remove boost?

@ThomannsGuitarsBasses 10 месяцев назад

I usually check the frequencies between 400hz and 1khz. You'll find the right one somewhere in that region. //Kris

@greenslider 10 месяцев назад

And the eq pedal tweaks most half obvious and sometimes half imagined pickup swop issues put of existence. Just have to note the settings for each guitar

@kostischaveles 10 месяцев назад

Most of the times a play with my Amp’s eq section and most of the times it’s the mids.

@adhaskym.a9536 10 месяцев назад

Use powder over the strings while playing. Preferably a sweet baby talcum powder. Next, mix it with some lemongrass extract. You will definitely have a naturally thick tone.

@rnollen7270 10 месяцев назад

Where should i place the klon? Before or after overdrives?

@ThomannsGuitarsBasses 10 месяцев назад

I like the klon style pedal in front of other drives. Also, that way you can just leave it on all the time if you want to. That being said, I know others who like the klon as the last drive pedal, so it's really up to you. Cheers //Kris

@olisaush6552 10 месяцев назад

Q: what is your way .... A: practice... ;-) no, I agree on all of them. haven't used a phaser for that so far, Again, inspiring vid Chris...👍

@ThomannsGuitarsBasses 10 месяцев назад

Haha! Yeah these are just the seasoning to your tone. The way you grab the strings shouldn't be underestimated. 😅 Thanks a lot man! //Kris

@matzer8846 10 месяцев назад

Hm ... 1 gain some weight and but the Tele close to your beer belly 2 play near a black hole for heavy tones 3 visit a solar protuberance for hot tones I would love to make use of 2. and 3. but money is dire and spaceships are expansive on me wallet I tried No 1. but i did something wrong ... thus ended up with clumsy tones So i use stacked drive pedals and a compressor ...

@giorgosk2884 10 месяцев назад

To be fair with this kind of amp all you actually ever need is a tubescreamer! Plexis are awsome but they need volume and boost

@nottieru 10 месяцев назад

How about a compressor?

@ThomannsGuitarsBasses 10 месяцев назад

Always, yes! I love using a compressor, especially clean and for low gain sounds. It gives you a fuller foundation. 🙌 //Kris

@bdlosson 10 месяцев назад

Poor-man’s and/or simplified approach = mid tone knob on amp. Not as good as these ideas, but might be a consideration when buying a new amp. Making sure it has a mid knob