Strings are compared and put through trials to figure out what affects the sound of an amplified electric guitar.

0:00 - Intro
0:29 - Nylon vs Pipecleaner
1:55 - A Bunch Of Different Strings
3:12 - Strum Comparison
4:13 - Wound Low E Comparison
4:43 - Unwound High E Comparison
5:11 - String Gauge Comparison
5:38 - Brightest vs Darkest Comparison
6:20 - What About String Age?
7:37 - Canola Oil
8:51 - Vinegar
10:53 - Dirt
12:10 - Outro

My website is JimLillMusic.com.
I'm @jimlill on instagram.

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Continuing my journey toward finding out where tone comes from, I tested and abused a bunch of guitar strings to figure out their contribution to the big picture.

I hadn't experimented with different types of strings, and certainly had never recorded examples and edited them so I could listen to back to back comparisons. After the video with the air guitar I had a list of things that seem to contribute to most of the tone of an electric guitar, and one of the things on that list was strings.

Are they responsible for 99% of the tone? 1% or the tone? Could my choice of guitar strings be the reason I sound like I do, or a barrier between me and how I wish I could sound? I didn't know, so I did my best to find out.

-Jim, no string or gear deals, 2/21/22

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