MCG
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Re: Do you ever use the Tone Control(s) on your Guitar?
I started really using my tone knob when I was playing a PRS CE24. Paul
Reeds have greate electronics in general and the tone circuits are very flexabale.
I'm playing a tele these days and adjust the tone knob to best suit wich ever pickup selection I'm using. So yes I adjust it all the time.
MCG
I started really using my tone knob when I was playing a PRS CE24. Paul
Reeds have greate electronics in general and the tone circuits are very flexabale.
I'm playing a tele these days and adjust the tone knob to best suit wich ever pickup selection I'm using. So yes I adjust it all the time.
MCG
Re: Do you ever use the Tone Control(s) on your Guitar?
I almost always disconnect the tone controlls on my guitars.... On my Jackson that had one vol and one tone with 2 buckers i made the tone a vol for the neck..... My 76 Les Paul Deluxe is the only guitar i have working Tone pots in and they work great! The tone pots on that guitar i can use like a wah wah! Must have a higher cap value on the pots or something. I think one of my Mex strats may still have working tone pots as well...
I grew up in the 80's when Ed had single humbucker and single Volume controlls..... That has kind of stuck on me.... my Epiphones had all the electronics disconnected and i bought 1 real gibson replacement pot for them.... 1 master volume and the bridge PU is the only one that works on them.....
WhoFan
Old Ghost said:
I almost always disconnect the tone controlls on my guitars.... On my Jackson that had one vol and one tone with 2 buckers i made the tone a vol for the neck..... My 76 Les Paul Deluxe is the only guitar i have working Tone pots in and they work great! The tone pots on that guitar i can use like a wah wah! Must have a higher cap value on the pots or something. I think one of my Mex strats may still have working tone pots as well...
I grew up in the 80's when Ed had single humbucker and single Volume controlls..... That has kind of stuck on me.... my Epiphones had all the electronics disconnected and i bought 1 real gibson replacement pot for them.... 1 master volume and the bridge PU is the only one that works on them.....
WhoFan
Re: Do you ever use the Tone Control(s) on your Guitar?
Good point aleclee- Had never really thought of it from that angle, but genreally sc are brighter than hums-
But hums tend to be more harmonically complex becuase they are seeing a larger string area, so maybe my ear appreciates the cut of the upper harmonics in a hum, while the sc is more of an extreme boost in a much thinner harmonic band, so there is less of a 'plataeu'?
Or maybe I'm coloring all of this because of exciters- Recorded an accoustic track many years ago, and we had only used a close mic becuase the arrangement called for a mandelin part and we expected it would provide most of the sizzle - But had recorded that same gtr many times before getting a nice high end sound from a room mic that picked up the reflections off of the maple floor-
Anyway, the mando part didn't make it into the mix and all of a sudden we had a pretty obvious hole- so we ran the acc gtr though an aphex exciter and got a very interesting usable sound- It didn't realy sound like the room mic method- Instead it sounded like we had opened back up a tone pot that had been rolled off-
Considerign that exciters add harmonics, I've been workind this therory ever since
aleclee said:
Good point aleclee- Had never really thought of it from that angle, but genreally sc are brighter than hums-
But hums tend to be more harmonically complex becuase they are seeing a larger string area, so maybe my ear appreciates the cut of the upper harmonics in a hum, while the sc is more of an extreme boost in a much thinner harmonic band, so there is less of a 'plataeu'?
Or maybe I'm coloring all of this because of exciters- Recorded an accoustic track many years ago, and we had only used a close mic becuase the arrangement called for a mandelin part and we expected it would provide most of the sizzle - But had recorded that same gtr many times before getting a nice high end sound from a room mic that picked up the reflections off of the maple floor-
Anyway, the mando part didn't make it into the mix and all of a sudden we had a pretty obvious hole- so we ran the acc gtr though an aphex exciter and got a very interesting usable sound- It didn't realy sound like the room mic method- Instead it sounded like we had opened back up a tone pot that had been rolled off-
Considerign that exciters add harmonics, I've been workind this therory ever since
italic zero
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Re: Do you ever use the Tone Control(s) on your Guitar?
All the time, even though my guitar has ceramic .047 caps and a pretty uneven tone taper. I'll change that sometime.
All the time, even though my guitar has ceramic .047 caps and a pretty uneven tone taper. I'll change that sometime.
Boleslaw Gers 666
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Re: Do you ever use the Tone Control(s) on your Guitar?
I only use it to get clean tones out of the smokey amp. If you turn down the volume and tone a bit you can get a good clean tone out of them.
I only use it to get clean tones out of the smokey amp. If you turn down the volume and tone a bit you can get a good clean tone out of them.
CompleteGuitard
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Re: Do you ever use the Tone Control(s) on your Guitar?
i usually remove them from the circuit but leave them there for aesthetic purposes. i dont like tone controls
i usually remove them from the circuit but leave them there for aesthetic purposes. i dont like tone controls
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
Unseen
Re: Do you ever use the Tone Control(s) on your Guitar?
I have returned to knob twisting mode as well, seems to work well on my strat, and I also use the volume quite a bit now, it really ads to the whole deal...they are all true bypass and made with fossilised components....
I have returned to knob twisting mode as well, seems to work well on my strat, and I also use the volume quite a bit now, it really ads to the whole deal...they are all true bypass and made with fossilised components....
That90'sGuy
DyzaBoyzologist
Re: Do you ever use the Tone Control(s) on your Guitar?
I'm not a big tone control guy. I do find myself adjust volume controls often though. With the Gibson, I like putting it on the middle pup selection and rolling back the volume on the neck pickup to thin out the tone a bit.
With some pedals (like the Clay Jones I have), I like running the pedal through my clean channel for high gain lead and rolling back the volume to get Dumble type tones. It's great being able to vary the gain with a knob on the fly.
I always match my amp settings to work with my guitars with the controls turned all the way up. I will use a tone control every once in a while if I want just a slight change in tone for something like a jazz type song, but most of the time it's all the way to 10.
I'm not a big tone control guy. I do find myself adjust volume controls often though. With the Gibson, I like putting it on the middle pup selection and rolling back the volume on the neck pickup to thin out the tone a bit.
With some pedals (like the Clay Jones I have), I like running the pedal through my clean channel for high gain lead and rolling back the volume to get Dumble type tones. It's great being able to vary the gain with a knob on the fly.
I always match my amp settings to work with my guitars with the controls turned all the way up. I will use a tone control every once in a while if I want just a slight change in tone for something like a jazz type song, but most of the time it's all the way to 10.
