Anyone else roll their tone knob down a little?
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guitarded
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Re: Anyone else roll their tone knob down a little?
Absolutely... On my humbucker equipped Strats as well. I've got SD 59's on the Les Pauls and the Strats.
Absolutely... On my humbucker equipped Strats as well. I've got SD 59's on the Les Pauls and the Strats.
guitarded
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Re: Anyone else roll their tone knob down a little?
Is that a guitar or an MXR pedal? :naughty:
Umm...whats a tone knob?
Is that a guitar or an MXR pedal? :naughty:
GoDrex
Riffologist Extraordinaire
Re: Anyone else roll their tone knob down a little?
with my strat I've found that it sounds better with the volume turned down to 9 - - just takes a hair bit of harshness off... or when using the bridge pickup I sometimes turn the tone down to 5
with my LP copy the bridge pickup sounds really nice for leads with the tone halfway down or a little more. I sometimes turn it all the way down and then turn it up a little bit. There's a sweet spot right above all the way off that I like.
generally I like using the volume more than the tone
with my strat I've found that it sounds better with the volume turned down to 9 - - just takes a hair bit of harshness off... or when using the bridge pickup I sometimes turn the tone down to 5
with my LP copy the bridge pickup sounds really nice for leads with the tone halfway down or a little more. I sometimes turn it all the way down and then turn it up a little bit. There's a sweet spot right above all the way off that I like.
generally I like using the volume more than the tone
kramer.geetar
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Re: Anyone else roll their tone knob down a little?
Its both!! :eyecrazy:
:bigok:
Naa its Ed's Kramer 5150
<--- that one
Its both!! :eyecrazy:
:bigok:
Naa its Ed's Kramer 5150
<--- that one
guitarded
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Re: Anyone else roll their tone knob down a little?
Looks cool... That volume knob definitely got noticed !
Its both!! :eyecrazy:
:bigok:
Naa its Ed's Kramer 5150
<--- that one
Looks cool... That volume knob definitely got noticed !
75lespaul
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Re: Anyone else roll their tone knob down a little?
Yep, me too. Play with the ears, not the eyes, lol.
Yep, me too. Play with the ears, not the eyes, lol.
guitarded
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Re: Anyone else roll their tone knob down a little?
I think 30 years ago I would look at the guitar controls say... "What do I need these for?" Amp controls too for that matter.... Everything on 10 except the volume cause 10 made the speaker sound funny :eyecrazy:!
I think 30 years ago I would look at the guitar controls say... "What do I need these for?" Amp controls too for that matter.... Everything on 10 except the volume cause 10 made the speaker sound funny :eyecrazy:!
DoronEsh
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Re: Anyone else roll their tone knob down a little?
A tone knob is a shredder's nightmare and a Bluesman's Delight.
Umm...whats a tone knob?
A tone knob is a shredder's nightmare and a Bluesman's Delight.
Diocletian
BrandNewGlossologist
Re: Anyone else roll their tone knob down a little?
I like to do it for neck pickups, for playing leads.
I like to do it for neck pickups, for playing leads.
loudriver23
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Re: Anyone else roll their tone knob down a little?
I keep both volume and tone knobs around 8, I like the way I have a little extra to work with when I need it.
I keep both volume and tone knobs around 8, I like the way I have a little extra to work with when I need it.
Morior
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Re: Anyone else roll their tone knob down a little?
I like experimenting with my tone knobs. On one of my old songs, I'd use a fairly crunchy sound with a fast rotovibe simulation and a LONG tube echo, roll my neck pickup's tone down to roughly 3 and finger pick some triads over a 7/8 bassline. It sounds really nice.
Most of the time, my tone knobs seldom go lower than 7, though. I turn them down every now and then if one or more of the other instruments are playing something intricate and I want them to shine through. (Yes, believe it or not, I sometimes want people to hear other instruments than just my guitar.)
My strat had a really cool sound with the old electronics when I rolled both the neck and middle pickup tone fully off. There was some kind of out of phase voodoo juju stuff going on between the two pickups, that I still haven't been able to replicate. It sounded sort of like a wah put in a very resonant position.
I like experimenting with my tone knobs. On one of my old songs, I'd use a fairly crunchy sound with a fast rotovibe simulation and a LONG tube echo, roll my neck pickup's tone down to roughly 3 and finger pick some triads over a 7/8 bassline. It sounds really nice.
Most of the time, my tone knobs seldom go lower than 7, though. I turn them down every now and then if one or more of the other instruments are playing something intricate and I want them to shine through. (Yes, believe it or not, I sometimes want people to hear other instruments than just my guitar.)
My strat had a really cool sound with the old electronics when I rolled both the neck and middle pickup tone fully off. There was some kind of out of phase voodoo juju stuff going on between the two pickups, that I still haven't been able to replicate. It sounded sort of like a wah put in a very resonant position.
blueman335
Mojo's Minions
Re: Anyone else roll their tone knob down a little?
I gotta focus on what my left hand is doing, and going to do next. I set my PU's relative EQ's in advance (with magnets & pots) with both pots on '10', so I'm not fiddling constantly on stage. It's a distraction I don't need.
I gotta focus on what my left hand is doing, and going to do next. I set my PU's relative EQ's in advance (with magnets & pots) with both pots on '10', so I'm not fiddling constantly on stage. It's a distraction I don't need.
ImmortalSix
John Mayer's Mankini
Re: Anyone else roll their tone knob down a little?
I move the tone pot and volume pot constantly.
I have made a very conscious effort to not include "ride" and "knob" in the same sentence.
edit: damn! :laugh2:
I move the tone pot and volume pot constantly.
I have made a very conscious effort to not include "ride" and "knob" in the same sentence.
edit: damn! :laugh2:
kramer.geetar
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Re: Anyone else roll their tone knob down a little?
I wouldn't call it a shredder's nightmare at all but I do believe there is something to it having a simple setup such as 1 pickup 1 volume pot in terms of tone.
I wouldn't call it a shredder's nightmare at all but I do believe there is something to it having a simple setup such as 1 pickup 1 volume pot in terms of tone.
toasterdude
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Re: Anyone else roll their tone knob down a little?
I hardly ever tough the volume know and even less frequently the tone knob.
Never use a strat on just the bridge, and a tele bridge pickup is the only time I may cut the tone once in a while to get rid of ice pick. I usually prefer to just set the amp or patch to not have piercing ice pick highs.
Heck if I switch to neck humbucker for a lead I use a different patch to get more cut and less mud.
I do want to check out tonestylers though. The clips I have seen I dig the usable tones . . . . .
I hardly ever tough the volume know and even less frequently the tone knob.
Never use a strat on just the bridge, and a tele bridge pickup is the only time I may cut the tone once in a while to get rid of ice pick. I usually prefer to just set the amp or patch to not have piercing ice pick highs.
Heck if I switch to neck humbucker for a lead I use a different patch to get more cut and less mud.
I do want to check out tonestylers though. The clips I have seen I dig the usable tones . . . . .
