Guitar tone knob
- Thread starter Session 5
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That's a Fender TBX Tone Control shown in the image above.
Tone control has very little to do with the pot and a lot to do with the capacitance .
Except don’t you rotate that knob that’s connected to that pot that adjusts said capacitance?
Edit: I get what you’re saying. A pot is a variable resistor. It in itself doesn’t change capacitance. But in my mind it sure affects tone by rolling off the treble as you turn down to zero.
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The pot has more to do with the rate at which the tone is rolled off and where in the pot's range of motion the effect begins.
The pot has more to do with the rate at which the tone is rolled off and where in the pot's range of motion
BFT Gibson
Ambassador of Originality
my tone knob is critical to me used in tandem with my volume..its like a million pedals at my finger tips. I guess its like a gas pedal & advance in my cars.. lol how & when i want it to hit
Jethro Rocker
Ambassador of Live & Loud Action
I hever use mine. On any guitars. I set amp how I like n the romne is never touched. I have no need to lower the high end that way mid song.
I would suggest you guys take a look at Fender's TBX Tone Control.
gball
Ambassador of Boogie
Same here. I set my amps so they are on the edge of getting out of control with the guitar volumes and tones wide open and then back everything on the guitar off. Most of my favorite tones in a Les Paul are somewhere in between.
I will on occasion crank the tone controls way down. Like 1 or 2. Go for what EC calls his “woman tone.”
Also gives you a jazzy sound…. If that’s what you’re looking for.
OP
Session 5
Ambassador of Strings & Wings
One of my favs to play..
On some projects, I'll use a lot of tone manipulation to get an unusual sound.
gball
Ambassador of Boogie
I pretty much live between 5 and 7 on the volumes. Will back them down to get a "clean" tone but rarely open them all the way up. Soloing I will punch up a bit sometimes during a really dynamic section of a song. I do work the volumes a lot while I play.
DirtySteve
Ambassador of Hold My Beer
I use the tone knob on the neck pickup or when both pickups are on, but never on the bridge pickup by itself. I wish there was a way to have the tone knob only on the neck pickup when both pickups are on.
IMHO that's is one fUGLY guitar in the vid.
IMHO that's is one fUGLY guitar in the vid.
I like the middle position on the G400. Usually do 10 on the neck tone and somewhere in the middle on the bridge tone. Then play with the two volumes to get what I’m looking for. Sometimes I have the neck cranked and the bridge volume low. Or I’ll crank the bridge and keep the neck low volume.I use the tone knob on the neck pickup or when both pickups are on, but never on the bridge pickup by itself. I wish there was a way to have the tone knob only on the neck pickup when both pickups are on.
IMHO that's is one fUGLY guitar in the vid.