a thought about guitar tone

Keef Riffards already knows this. Everybody else, read on:

If you have a lot of distortion on your guitar signal, and you hit the strings lightly, it goes "GLEEEEEEERRRRR". If you hit the strings hard, it goes "GLEEEEEEEEERRRRRRR".

If you have almost no distortion, but turn the amp up really effing loud, and hit the strings lightly, it goes "schliiinnngg". If you hit the strings hard, it goes "CLANGHONNNKKK!!!" If your guitar goes "CLANGHONNNNKKK", people will Respect Your Authoritay :)