Why does my guitar sound bad??

Question

i have a fender squire hhs, with a fender 15 watt amp

my guitar sounds horible when im play softer sounds, like for example "smells like teen spirit" i kno the tabs for it i now everything but when ever i try to get a clean sound from my guitar, it comes out loud and dirty (if you kno what i mean)

so how can i get a clean sound on guitar?? like in the intro for smells like teen spirit? plz help!!!!!

Answer 1

Does your amp have two channels? Normally when a guitarist wants to go between the clean and dirty sounds he switches from one channel to the other.

If you only have one channel on your amp, then the the best option is to configure your amp to get the best clean sound you can get, then use a distortion pedal to go dirty.

Or you can buy a better amp.

Saul

Answer 2

because its a guitar.

Answer 3

change your amp

Answer 4

try stumming different. you also might need new strings.

Answer 5

Probaly the amp

Answer 6

switch pickups and adjucts the pre amps

Answer 7

That's the Squire sound! Ain't it great?

Answer 8

Check that it is tuned correctly.

Answer 9

make your tune correctly

Answer 10

Its not the strings or tuning your playing on a 15 watt amp the clean channel has no headroom. Headroom is how loud your clean channel can go before it distorts so if its a 2 channel amp turn down your volume some on the clean channel and it should clean up some or buy a 30 or 50 watt amp.

Answer 11

maybe it's just the tuning? i just got the strings on my guitar replaced, it sounds 50 times better. that might be it. you are supposed to replace the strings every 6 months or 1 year, i can't remember. turn all the k***s on your amp to zero, and bring it up from there.

Answer 12

Get away from your bridge pick up and just put on your neck PU. That should help a little, next set your volume on your amp to two seperate settings, ( they have pedles available to help you do that from about 20 to 200 usd) hope I helped.