suprast Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 Dear everyone, I'm building my first guitar and need a lot of advice since i'm in Thailand where not many material are exist(available). And my question is 1. "Why do i need a volume control?" I've asked all of my friends that how they adjust the volume. all of them said they're just turn its to maximum. 2. What's it really for? Can't i just use only tone control? Thank you for every answer, Suprast Kampe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryeisnotcool Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 heck you dont need any if you dont want. but a volume knob is nice to control the output from the guitar so if you have a heavy over drive on and you want just a little breakup sound turn down your volume and you can get a diferent level. as far as the tone knob some time i turn mine down a little bit sometimes. but its a personal preference you can put one on your guitar or you can just wire it through the tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 i use my volume knob to turn off the guitar between songs to wipe the sweat off my face.and tone knobs don't enhance tone,they remove it(for warm clean sounds and such.i never use mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAI6 Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 I have never used the tone knob on any guitar I have ever owned. The volume I only use as a "kill switch", or the occasional volume swell. I like my stuff to be basic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_FR0D0 Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 I use both tone and volume a lot (but I hate GTR with more than one of each). Is a matter of personal style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyBird Posted April 27, 2003 Report Share Posted April 27, 2003 Well I use it mainly to control between song feedback and such. It's nice to be able to just cut off hte sound somehow when you dont need any. Otherwise you're going ot have a constantly ON guitar. At least have a kill switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globbits Posted April 30, 2003 Report Share Posted April 30, 2003 but can you, if you want, wire a pickup straight to the output jack, and if so, how? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Posted April 30, 2003 Report Share Posted April 30, 2003 "I have never used the tone knob on any guitar I have ever owned." What do you do with them? Do you leave them on or off? I just leave mine on their highest setting and don't really touch them. How would it affect tone if I were to rewire and bypass the tone pots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokstr Posted April 30, 2003 Report Share Posted April 30, 2003 I definately use my volume knob, not so much the tone knob. I rewired a strat so that I have an active pickup in the bridge position and passive pickups in the middle and neck positions. So, in that case I use the volume to control the gain difference between passive and active. It also allows you to adjust the amount of gain from your guitar giving you control over the distortion level on your amp. So, I guess what I'm saying is I would keep the volume if it were me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 30, 2003 Report Share Posted April 30, 2003 bypassing the tone pot does not affect the tone.it will sound the same as if the tone was all the way up.and yes globbits you can wire directly to jack.i believe it is hot lead to hot jack terminal,ground lead to ground terminal,ground terminal to bridge,but this only works for one pickup,more requires a switch obviously.by the way the tone knob works by taking output away from the pickup and sending it to ground,so by turning the knob "up" you are actually taking away it's effect.which is why there is no effect on tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulNeeds Posted May 1, 2003 Report Share Posted May 1, 2003 <snip> and tone knobs don't enhance tone,they remove it(for warm clean sounds and such.i never use mine I have a nice mid boost/cut on my strat that is actually useful, and draws no current from anywhere. Did have a circuit somewhere, but since my move not everything has yet surfaced!# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted May 1, 2003 Report Share Posted May 1, 2003 does that work like an eq?i scoop the mids out with my 12 band eq.even though i like the sound of mids in some forms of music(blues and such)i don't want to hear them when i play.taking out the mids seems to deepen and smooth out the gain,which is great for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAI6 Posted May 1, 2003 Report Share Posted May 1, 2003 "I have never used the tone knob on any guitar I have ever owned." What do you do with them? Do you leave them on or off? I just leave mine on their highest setting and don't really touch them. How would it affect tone if I were to rewire and bypass the tone pots? Well, in all honesty, when I first started playing, I did use the tone knobs. But only because they were there, and I thought I had to. I leave them cranked. Why would I want to muddy up the sound? I keep the rest set up so that I can get all the sounds needed by switching p/u or channel on the amp... And I have a guitar with no knobs on it whatsoever. One humbucker, and an output jack. Rock on!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulNeeds Posted May 2, 2003 Report Share Posted May 2, 2003 does that work like an eq?i scoop the mids out with my 12 band eq.even though i like the sound of mids in some forms of music(blues and such)i don't want to hear them when i play.taking out the mids seems to deepen and smooth out the gain,which is great for me. Exactly. The pot set at 5 on the 0-10 scale is neutral - that's your equivalent to bypassing the normal tone controls. Turning the knob towards 0 cuts or scoops the mid, quite dramatically by hte time you reach 0. Drops distortion by a degree as well if you've any operating. Turning the knob towards 10 boosts the same freqs, also boosting distortion if you're using any. I use this quite often when using a gritty sound for rhythm, as whacking the tone to 10 boosts the grit sufficiently for a solo. I'll try to dig out the circuit, but I do know I bought it pre-assembled on a pot from Torres in the UK. Very cheap, and worth every penny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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