Going down the tone rabbit hole again. Waste of time. I should be practicing instead.

[Saul Goodman]

Sometimes I get manic about these things. I have several bridges and tail pieces in a box I got for some reason, probably mostly for aesthetics. I have various Tone Pros, Gotah, (same company at one time not sure when I got these) and one unmarked, light weight aluminum tail piece. The Gotah and Tone Pro tail piece weigh between 76 and 81g. The aluminum one is on a guitar right now but I weighed it before putting it on the guitar and it was about a quarter what these weigh. I just can't remember exactly what it was right now. So I thought next time I change strings I'll change things out and see if I hear anything. I sure can't hear anything different between them in this video. But, I don't have a decent pair of headphones. I'm listening through Adam Audio studio monitors though which are great. And it may be YouTube compression. It may be that it doesn't matter as much as putting on a new set of strings. Don't know. What do you guys know?

 

[gtone]

It's all part of the journey if you ask me.  Sometimes we just have to experiment to see what works and what doesn't hardware-wise for ourselves. Next thing you know, you've passed that stage and end up with a hardware drawer full of stuff you may/may not use down the road (you can always sell/trade or share it with others down the way and build some good karma).   

Once we get past all the choices and nuances of our setup and gear,  the real player development takes place IMHO.  Playing the crap outta your favourite guitar, and playing a lot of different ones challenges your skills and abilities and makes you more adaptive. Playing while watching content/TV helps develop subconscious learning and familiarity with the entire fretboard to help aide your muscle memory. Jamming with other musicians, especially those beyond our skill/experience level, helps to develop our "ear" and to how to listen/play interactively with others, maybe even pick up a few technical bits or expand our musical horizons.   

Playing scales, learning theory and practicing our finger work is all fine and dandy, but giving ourself challenges can really pay dividends. Making a song from a single note using every kind of nuance/technique in our arsenal is a worthwhile exercise.  Exploring alternate tunings, slide work, fingerstyle, capo and partial capo'ed strings. Explore how to manipulate feedback! (YES!!).  Playing guitar like another instrument really helped me - think percussion instrument, piano, sax or horn, mandolin, bagpipes (ha ha) or whatever - world is your oyster!

Each of us has our own musical journey to take and explore.  I'm enjoying mine and I hope you enjoy yours. Guitars rock -literally and figuratively!!