How do you use your Guitar tone Pot?

[Scott_F]

I saw Stratman approach his tone pots very differently than I do.

He dials it all the way down dark, the brings it back up until he gets what he's after. I have always done the opposite, just turned them down to take the edge off.

After my last few wanking sessions, I'm now a convert to his way of doing it. It seems easier on my ears to add in what I want instead of taking away what I don't want.

Just food for thought. Many of you probably already do it that way.

 

[Frantic_Rock]

Re: How do you use your Guitar tone Pot?

i have everything on full blast on my les paul. But i roll the tone controls both to 9, so it just takes the tiny bit of edge off. I still need that bite.

 

[ErikH]

Re: How do you use your Guitar tone Pot?

My approach usually entails a pair of wire cutters. But not all the time.

 

[SpeedDemon]

Re: How do you use your Guitar tone Pot?

Volume and tone full, unless I am looking for a jazzy tone. Then I roll down the tone till I like the tone.

 

[The Golden Boy]

Re: How do you use your Guitar tone Pot?

Tone pots? On a guitar? :laugh2:

I never use them on my bridge pickups, however, I have treble bleed caps on my neck pickups, so the tone control is usable to me to balance the effect of the treble bleed.

 

[Scott_F]

Re: How do you use your Guitar tone Pot?

I never used them either much, but try what I'm saying and see if it doesn't change the way you view that "feature".

 

[The Golden Boy]

Re: How do you use your Guitar tone Pot?

But if you don't like bringing the tone down at all, how would it change things. I mean, I prefer the brightness and crispness that go along with the tone cap removed or all the way open- the amp serves at the EQ of how much brightness comes out, except for the neck pickup which brightens considerably when rolling down the volume with the treble bleed cap.

 

[Kac]

Re: How do you use your Guitar tone Pot?

Most times I don't have one to worry about or I just have it cranked, but on the occation that I want to dial 'em in I turn 'em all the way up, then back it off until it sounds the way I want.

Rock On ~ Kac :amish:

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: How do you use your Guitar tone Pot?

My friend that plays a Jazz Bass always starts with it all the way down, then adds brightness (blues, classic rock style)

On the Tele, I leave it around 7 and dial from there, on the Les Paul, it's full out unless I'm looking for a less edgy tone (but after playing the Tele or Strat I almost never am, especially on the bridge)

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: How do you use your Guitar tone Pot?

I rarely use my tone pot when I'm playing rythym...it's almost always full on. When I solo on the bridge pickup I'll sometimes roll the tone control down until I get that Clapton "Woman Tone" kinda thing. Lew

 

[Guitarist]

Re: How do you use your Guitar tone Pot?

I usually have those sweet spots that I know will sound good, but when I'm experimenting with it, it's always rolled off and then turned up to preference.

 

[Akrin]

Re: How do you use your Guitar tone Pot?

On my Jackson, I never ever touch the tone pot - I'll probably clip it or replace it with an EMG SPC or such at some point. On my LP, I use them mostly for jazzy cleans with the neck pickup, in which case I don't need to roll it down much (the GFS Fat PAF already sounds nice and fat...hence the name :laugh2: )

On the Tele (when I play it) The tone pot is basically never at full, I always roll it down at least a little bit.

 

[callous_frigid_chill]

Re: How do you use your Guitar tone Pot?

When I use my tele I'll roll the tone off about half way to get rid of some of the "popping."

 

[shred-dog]

Re: How do you use your Guitar tone Pot?

what's a tone pot?

 

[Davey]

Re: How do you use your Guitar tone Pot?

tone ... pot ???


you mean.. there's use for that other knob on the guitar??

:lmao:
i dont even have it installed .. my current wireing is JB -> volume pot -> output jack.

 

[bungalowbill]

Re: How do you use your Guitar tone Pot?

I roll down the tone down just a little on my bridge pup when I'm playing single note, overdriven rock ......fattens up the tone on a Strat. Otherwise they are full up.

 

[pac112]

Re: How do you use your Guitar tone Pot?

generally i use it like this :
neck bucker : turned down like 50 to 60%
bridge bucker : 80 to 100%

i used to think the tone pot is totally useless and redundant. but after using it a couple of times i found out that it is actually useful. LOL.

 

[Scott_F]

Re: How do you use your Guitar tone Pot?

looks like it might be rather style-dependant.

 

[Davey]

Re: How do you use your Guitar tone Pot?

looks like it might be rather style-dependant.

very much so

 

[LesStrat]

Re: How do you use your Guitar tone Pot?

On a Parker, it doesn't much matter which method you use...the tone pot is responsive enough to make this an easy adjustment.

On LesStrat, I use Stratman's method.