{"id":23698,"date":"2025-08-06T18:43:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T18:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/?p=23698"},"modified":"2025-08-06T18:43:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T18:43:58","slug":"you-could-argue-that-the-pickups-are-the-most-important-thing-but-in-the-end-theres-nothing-more-important-on-the-guitar-than-this-paul-reed-smith-on-a-guitars-most-cru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/es\/2025\/08\/06\/you-could-argue-that-the-pickups-are-the-most-important-thing-but-in-the-end-theres-nothing-more-important-on-the-guitar-than-this-paul-reed-smith-on-a-guitars-most-cru\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cYou could argue that the pickups are the most important thing. But in the end, there\u2019s nothing more important on the guitar than this\u201d: Paul Reed Smith on a guitar’s most crucial feature \u2013 and how it dictates your tone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Few topics can split the guitar community quite like the genesis<\/a> of tone. Some will argue it comes from the hands, others the pickups, or the overdrive pedal<\/a> that\u2019s slapped in front of a tube amp<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After championing Guatemalan fence posts as viable tonewoods<\/a>, Paul Reed Smith<\/a> has now weighed in on which aspect of the guitar is most crucial to good tone, and it\u2019s none of the above.<\/p>\n