describe your current tone, and describe the tone you are after.

you might just need to work on your eq, you might need some effects, it all depends on where you are and where you want to go, tone wise.

Yea. What are you after tone wise?

Use StellarTone Tonestyler or Redeemer Circuit. ;)

Simple stuff like guitar volume and tone pots and capacitor can make a big change. For example, 500k audio taper pots for volume and tone and a .015 capacitor instead of a stock .022 might bring it to life. Same guitar, same amp, same speakers, same cord, same player, same pickups, different tone cap and pots = new tone.

keep your equipment in good shape and like the other guys said most of its just ur playing and ur style. also u mite want to try a pedal. i have a cheap 200$ guitar and a first act amp but i can make it sound good with a good pedal

i agree with most of the thoughts here especially duane. a talented player can make a guitar sound better than someone who doesent know what they are doing with that same guitar. there are always gonna be a million things you can change and adjust but until you become at least somewhat skilled you will not have the sound you want.

I would recommend getting your guitar professionally set up (if you haven't done so) This will maximize tone with proper relief, nut, action (the higher action and thicker guage strings can improve tone), and intonation adjustments. Also i would recommend upgrading your nut to a better material, and have someone who knows what they are doing make it for you. Materials i would recommend are (from most expensive to least expensive) ivory, bone, tusq (man made ivory), or an economy solution would be corian. Getting your nut redone can make a huge difference. Try out different brands of strings then get your guitar setup with your favorite ones.

Take some butter, or even margarine, and rub it all over your chest and all over the guitar. Then roll in cinnamon and singe the hair off your arms with a beeswax candle. Finally, make love to your woman (or any woman) over a sacrificial goat while holding the buttery guitar. This will increase your tone by 2.3*10^39%

Tone cannot be measured by more or less, only better and worse. This is one of my pet peeves.

Why do people new to the forum ressurect 2-YEAR OLD threads?

Zombie thread...

why do we forum verterans keep adding to said resurected threads even after we realize it's old as the hills?