Template:Guitar tone factors
| Factor | Considerations |
|---|---|
| The player | Attack Picking style (pick or fingers) Type of pick Right-hand dampening Left-hand vibrato |
| Instrument | Fixed or floating bridge Tremolo type Glued or bolted neck Nut composition Bridge composition String gauge String age |
| Electronics | Potentiometers Capacitors Resistors Pickups: Single-coil/P90/humbucking[1] Cavity shielding Length of cable to the amplifier |
| Stomp-boxes | Distortion Compression Modulation Delay Reverb Equalisation |
| Amplification | Type: Tube/transisitor/digitial Class: Class A/B/A-B Power: 15w-100w Preamp settings Power amp settings Tone settings |
| Speaker cabinet | Open- or closed-back Speaker size Speaker configuration |
| Post-amp signal processing | Compression Delay Reverb Equalisation |
| Public address system | Mixing Foldback Volume |
| The band | What instruments What they play How loud they play Position relative to guitar amp |
| Room | Size Acoustic properties Natural reverberation How many people are in it Ambient noise |
- ↑ for the love of all that is holy let us not get onto the topic of polepiece construction and ageing of copper wire