Re: Describe WARM tone


Jeff wrote:
> So it occured to me that I see this all the time on here, and today the
> Salesman mentioned it at GC. So what exactly does WARM TONE relate to? What
> does it mean, if you can describe it. Is there an opposite like Cold Tone?
> Or NOT WARM TONE? I already Googled it, not a definition, just people saying
> it.

Tone is very subjective and so are the adjectives used to describe it.
What one player considers to be "warm" may not be to another.

A warm tone *to me* is generally the sound produced by a guitar with
humbucking pickups using the neck pickup plugged into a fairly clean
tube amplifier. The tone control on the guitar might be turned down a
bit. The epitome of a warm tone (again - *to me*) can be heard at the
very opening in the recording of Nat King Cole singing "The Christmas
Song."

http://albums.allofmp3.com/preview.shtml?group=6060&album=501&song=1&rnd=316507

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