What's your second favorite knob after volume?

[zionstrat]

Re: What's your second favorite knob after volume?

i like tuning the pot value & taper and cap value to the guitar in question to give me a wide range of musical, usable tones. it takes a little time and effort but if you are a player that uses the controls then you can glean a good amount of value from the work

Great mind Jeremy

Unless it's a very common build, I usually run alligator clips out of the cavity and clip in tone caps to find the ones that like that particular guitar and it varies a lot more often than I would otherwise imagine...

 

[zionstrat]

Re: What's your second favorite knob after volume?

The NECK volume on a Les Paul.

Set it to 0 for a quick on/off toggle
Set it to just above barely "on" for an instant mega distort to clean switch

I like your thinking- Good one- I once put a trim pot on a switch for a client to dial in exactly that sound...

 

[allbutromeo]

Re: What's your second favorite knob after volume?

Jeremy, you nailed it- when I play a bridge only guitar, I end up using the tone control like I would normally use a 5 way-

Haven't done it yet, but have considered replacing the tone with a 5 way and trim pots to hit the sweet spots- but that's probably me overthinking

Not too odd, I have a single pickup Tele and wired the switch 1-Vol only, 2-Vol and Tone (with a .047 cap), 3-Vol only with a hardwired. 0047 cap for a more "cocked wah" sound (the Eldred mod). I usually use position 2 where I present the tone knob based on the amp and room and use that as my Rhythm tone, position one for a bright lead and position 3 in place of the neck pickup for leads.

 

[BriGuy1968]

Re: What's your second favorite knob after volume?

Door

It's a good thing that you make some of the best diagrams on sdug

Hey, I was serious… You end up having to use them a LOT going to and from gigs!



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[Chistopher]

Re: What's your second favorite knob after volume?

I don't know about you guys, but all the saucy girls I get from being middle aged bluesman really appreciate my knob...

By that I mean they like my pickup switch that I use to go from fiery rock and roll to romantic power balads.

 

[Gtrjunior]

Re: What's your second favorite knob after volume?

The NECK volume on a Les Paul.

Set it to 0 for a quick on/off toggle
Set it to just above barely "on" for an instant mega distort to clean switch

I like the way you think!

 

[Toejam]

Re: What's your second favorite knob after volume?

Playing a G&L PTB - the bass roll-off.

This. I use it all the time on the neck pup. And I like to roll off the treble halfway on the bridge.

 

[zionstrat]

Re: What's your second favorite knob after volume?

This. I use it all the time on the neck pup. And I like to roll off the treble halfway on the bridge.

Yeah that's a great circuit!

On most guitars I do a lot of pup shifts almost always when moving from rhythm to lead and back... Otherwise my beefy mid sounds create inarticulate, muddy rhythms.

But with a bass roll off, I tend to switch less, rolling off bass for rhythm and rolling in bass to thicken for leads.

Of course these approaches are rather different, but provide a lot of flexibility...

And I spin the rolloff so much that I really like the upper bout placement on a reverend... Not close to other controls so I can spin it with flat of hand without hitting other controls...

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[posite63]

Re: What's your second favorite knob after volume?

I don't know about you guys, but all the saucy girls I get from being middle aged bluesman really appreciate my knob...

By that I mean they like my pickup switch that I use to go from fiery rock and roll to romantic power balads.

Sounds like that knob is spit shined and well polished on the regular.

 

[Adieu]

Re: What's your second favorite knob after volume?

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Too many knobs is a pita and just additional signal loss