Matt Gleeson, founder of Monty’s Guitars, is a professional tone-tweaker to the bone. From his hand-wound pickups, to the upgraded wiring looms and specialist capacitors Monty’s sells, his daily round is devoted almost exclusively to making guitars sound and play better. Who better, then, to ask about the best general tone upgrades for the main types of electric guitar we all play. Before we get into that, however, Matt is careful to start with the most important tone-tweaking measure of all…
“The best approach with any guitar, of any brand or type – acoustic, bass, anything – is to get it set up
