The "tone" control on my guitar...

[DURBANS]

I know that the volume knob can be used to clean up a guitar sound, actually, I do it all the time too.

But, I've never touched the tone control. When I start turing it down the sound becomes very dull, we all know this. I asked my guitar teacher some years ago about this and he said that tone controls originally were very useful on Strat like guitars because the single coils produce a very high "bite" sounding tone, and you could "round it" using the tone knob, to make it sound kinda warm, humbucker-in-the-neck-position.

I have a Gibson V with EMG's. 81 and 85.

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

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[Brett - K A L I S I A]

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[Kazrog]

Oh let the sun beat down upon my face...

 

[Lopes]

Once, I nutted in a chick's eye, and she screamed "Ow, it burns!" <Quagmire Voice>"Ohhh-Right"</Quagmire Voice>

 

[DURBANS]

Huh? Anyone serious please?

 

[commandante]

You should keep it a little more than halfway up. Like around 6...

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Seriously Durbans, you didn't ask anything, that's why this is funny

 

[SymbolicSV]

Durbans, what do u want to know ???

 

[Ermz]

You should keep it a little more than halfway up. Like around 6...

Can't stop laughing at this - best inside joke ever.

 

[evildonkeymaster]

Can't stop laughing at this - best inside joke ever.

Man if I put my gain at 6 and then I put my lead channel pre-volume at 6 and my lead channel post volume at 6 would I be truly metal????

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

Damn its fun beating a dead horse!

 

[Nitronium Blood]

Huh? Anyone serious please?

The answer is correct.

 

[DURBANS]

Oh sorry, you're right.

Well it was kinda like and obvious question. Why do we have a tone knob on humbucker equipped guitars? How do we use it and for what purpose? Any explanation on the tone control?

 

[Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral]

If you have split humbuckers its useful on the single coil mode.

Otherwise i only use it for weird Adam jones type sounds.