Analyse your playing

Your playing dynamics will have a massive influence over the way your guitar sounds. From the attack of the note to the projection of the guitar, you can control your tone simply by paying attention to the power of your strumming and picking. The harder you hit the string, the further you’re activating the resonance of the top, back and sides you paid so much attention to when you bought the guitar. The key is knowing how and when to exploit your guitar’s tonal qualities to best suit the playing situation. Which can be aided by our next point.