That caterpillar on the amp stack looks like it's desperately hungry for some massive gain

@adrianamorphous

7 жыл бұрын

Evan Prowse that's an inch worm you uneducated fuck

@keithdukavicius7626

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and I just noticed the mini bottle of Jack Daniels...

@paulleedean5720

6 жыл бұрын

'The hungry caterpillar' by Eric Carle EPIC!

@Xianpaul0523

6 жыл бұрын

That thing is called a dildo.

@jk-76

5 жыл бұрын

Cuddlefish...

Dude, I don't know what you are talking about.... All my controls go to... 11...

@TheShanesousley

8 жыл бұрын

+LukaANDkrusty thats fucking gross.

@diazconias

8 жыл бұрын

+Shane Sousley I take that you didn´t see spinal Tap then.

@TheShanesousley

8 жыл бұрын

they still didn't play everything on 11. thats a gross sounding idea

@Real_Boye

8 жыл бұрын

Shane Sousley That's because it's a parody... Satire... Spoof.... Do you want me to draw you a picture?

@TheShanesousley

8 жыл бұрын

can you even do that on here? lmao

The practical outcome of dialing back... Sound check: Vol =9, Tone = 6 Gig: Vol = 10, Tone = 10 for the entire time

@derkeksinator17

7 жыл бұрын

chris4072511 soundtech here, I hate people who just do that to be louder, because all the other equipment is set to fit yours, I can always turn someone louder no problem. But if you crank up your amp my input will clip and additionally your monitor will get louder causing annoying shrieking... Setting it up one notch is ok, but I had some assholes doubling their volume and basically pulling their sound to shit, flooding the hall and the monitors with coupling shrieks...

@justinpalmer6098

6 жыл бұрын

You sound like you know what you're doing. That's not always the case with the soundtech. Actually, let's just call those the sound guy

@kidwajagstang

6 жыл бұрын

Der Keksinator I make it a point, if I’m the sound tech in charge of monitors, to talk to each musician individually (not in a condescending or argumentative way) about their levels on stage and that once sound check is over, not to touch any volume or increase their signal in any way unless it was part of the sound check (pedals that they use that boost the signal) where I was able to dial that in as part of the settings. I make them realize that if they make those changes that it affects not just them, but EVERYONE, and that to do so would be extremely inconsiderate of their band mates and the crew. If they find they need more volume on stage, they can get my attention and I’ll give it to them so that it will only affect them alone. I find this approach works most of the time and often results in shows where everything runs much more smoothly and everyone leaves happy and not bickering or talking behind everyone’s back.

@England91

5 жыл бұрын

@@kidwajagstang love that idea

@javiceres

4 жыл бұрын

I know ^__^

"Turn my tone control down? But why would I want less tone?" (true story).

@moses1202

2 жыл бұрын

Or you can say turn low, while it is actually passing more low frequency.

@Disasterpieces_

2 жыл бұрын

At least their heart is in the right place

I've played guitar for just over two years now, and I've always been one of the "everything at 10" guys. After watching this, I decided I would finally do the unthinkable and change my guitar tone and volume. The difference in clarity is night and day, and the guitar sounds so much richer as a whole. So for any skeptics out there, this is definitely advice worth following.

Dude, this is so basic but typically bypassed by so many guitarist including myself. Thanks a million for the tips

1:28 I don't understand. :D

@Gongasoso

7 жыл бұрын

xDDDD GREAT XDD

@ontologicaldiarrhea6582

7 жыл бұрын

:-D

@neptunethemystictube

6 жыл бұрын

I was gonna make a comment about buffers vs. true bypass until I looked carefully and realized who I was talking to lol

@j.richie3558

6 жыл бұрын

MrJohnny56789 hahahahahahahahaha

@tomfoolery2082

6 жыл бұрын

Wampler Pedals 1:28,, didnt get that either.

So quick update: I reset everything in the signal chain and I'm a believer it worked really great. I turned my volume knob a bit down, also the tone knob and than tweaked the EQ on the amp and it solves my previous problem should I get a boost pedal. No need my volume knob can do it. And it didn't cost me any money! Thanks Colin. You have a new subscriber.

@ScienceofLoud

8 жыл бұрын

Great to hear that you are putting the information to good use. Very happy to have you on board.

@ShadowMosses

8 жыл бұрын

+CSGuitars thanks for the vid

@anvil777

8 жыл бұрын

Oh I'm thankful that you are sharing your knowledge about all this stuff. I already watched some of your videos and I appreciate your willingness to share with the world about all the guitar stuff that guitarists want to see anyway an you are so professional too. Real glad I stumbled upon your videos.

@1980hardhitter

8 жыл бұрын

So you turn your guitar up for a boost? lol

@anvil777

8 жыл бұрын

Yes and while you might think this is funny, in the relief it works out just fine. Give it a try before making fun of it. It might surprise you, of course you need to adjust the amp. I recommend Colin's (this guy) video on how (not) to dial a metal sound

Rolling back the tone knob on a neck pickup is an essential factor of getting a good jazz guitar tone. Really anytime you feel that your sound is too bright or icepicky, you can just roll down the tone knob a little bit, and shizam!

@ScienceofLoud

9 жыл бұрын

The Jazz guys know the score

@MichaelRigsbyHammer

9 жыл бұрын

Ian Bourg me gider is wide open,bu i pla medal,sorrie mi pudder has some ledders screwed up.

@metalrabbit9928

7 жыл бұрын

CSGuitars what if I have 2 tone knobs what should I do

@EnriqueNuesch

6 жыл бұрын

find out which tone knob affects which pickup/combination, and apply the same principles the guy presented here.

@kimseniorb

6 жыл бұрын

Your essential sound can be achieved with any simplest lowpass filter

I don't even care what he's saying, I can just listen to this guy talk forever. Sub'd for the accent, staying for the content.

@YuxinZhou13

6 жыл бұрын

That's the tone from this guy right there.

@meesterdinglefritz2064

4 жыл бұрын

RACIST!

@aquathemage1680

4 жыл бұрын

@@meesterdinglefritz2064 this a joke?

@comajoebuck999

3 жыл бұрын

@@meesterdinglefritz2064 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

I guess it makes more sense during a live performance, but I wouldn't do it for any recording session. Cutting the signal on the source can only give you a dirtier sound, cutting it at the end will also cut the noises produced by the amp and pedals.

@SamdGG

7 жыл бұрын

Reducing the volume won't, but I can see why you wouldn't want to change the tone on your guitar

@Fromagreatheight

6 жыл бұрын

I actually agree with this. I think if your default sound is mostly something with your tone knob maxed out for full clarity of the pickups, trying to get that sound by cutting the tone in half and boosting the treble on the amp might make it a tad bit more muddy. It just seems like the more times you cut something out and then try to EQ it back in, the more your tone gets sucked. I'm not saying it's as dramatic as that, but for recording, you're aiming for the best sound, not the best control. For live though, I think Colin has a great point. I guess it just depends on preference as well.

@antoniomellone9621

6 жыл бұрын

Cristianairte.

@thatmechanicguy8773

6 жыл бұрын

MrJohnny56789, yes but if you watch guitarists like Rory Gallagher, Peter Green, Warren Haynes, Allen Collins, Derek Trucks, etc. you’ll see them constantly moving their volume and their tone knobs during live performances. Rory did this a lot during a song. I guess it would depend on the music you play, but I’m always adjusting the tone and volume while playing alone and with groups. It can help add a lot of dynamics to your playing, and more importantly it keeps your instrument part of the melody when playing with a group.

@oskarileikos

6 жыл бұрын

There are some things you can do to make your tone control more usable. 1) replace your existing tone (and maybe also volume) with a high-quality potentiometer. They only cost around 10 euros/dollars/pounds and there are also cheaper ones that are very high quality. 2) replace the capacitor of the tone pot with a better one. The caps that are in most budget guitars (small sized, look like little chewing gums) are not very good. And more importantly, use a LOWER VALUE CAPACITOR. Instead of the common .022 or .047 uF caps get a .010 or even .0068 or .0033 uF capacitor. The smaller value, the less it cuts out the treble and the bigger the usable range of the tone control is. One thing to consider also is to replace the standard treble-cut tone control with a bass-cut control. That doesn't need an active circuit and uses a potentiometer and a capacitor, just like a treble-cut, just different ones.

Every once in awhile, I come back to this video to think about how I use my tone and volume knobs. Since I started writing solos and lead lines, this video is very important to me, along with the one where you show how to adjust your amp. You are very wise when it comes to tone and EQ. Thanks a million, this video has helped a lot.

I normally have the tone sitting about 8/9. It takes the edge off and actually cleans up a bit. The volume sits about 8 too. And I can vouch for Colin. The dude knew how to work his gear. - the dude who stood back to back with him in the crowd. :p

@ScienceofLoud

9 жыл бұрын

scoosh14 I miss them days Scoosh. Those were some good shows.

@scoosh14

9 жыл бұрын

CSGuitars Indeed, we had our time in the spotlight :P Was fun.

@Soldano999

5 жыл бұрын

scoosh14 he does butnthat doesnt nevessarily work on YOuR gear.

@FreshBagelz

5 жыл бұрын

I set some of my guitars similar to that, volume and tone around 8. I find that it depends on the guitar too. Some I'll only turn either the tone or volume down, depending on the timbre of the guitar. I believe this is crucial to recording, because if you constantly change your amp settings once your guitar is mic'd up, then you mess up the tonal properties of the mic placement and levels you (or probably the engineer) painstakingly set. The amount of backlash to this suggestion in the comment section is real cringe.

When I was researching these things last year. I found videos of more than one pretty famous guitarists saying its best to leave tone and volume at max to let the pickup put out most lively sound. Then I saw BB King's video where he likes to control from his guiitar and leaves the amp at a certain setting. Seems like neither way is THE RIGHT WAY. Maybe it all just depends on what sound you want.

@ptrkmr

6 жыл бұрын

I think the aim of this video isn’t the best way to do it, as it’s all based on preference, but the best way to truly learn how to do it and what way is right for you.

@dong4176

6 жыл бұрын

Add Joe Bonamassa to the list of pros that use the knobs

@kidwajagstang

6 жыл бұрын

b a d s o y Fender Powerhouse Strat? That’s what I’ve got that has that same control.

@crigonalgaming1258

5 жыл бұрын

Depends on what genre you are playing. I play in a genre with some of my country's original songs. My rhythmn parts need to be dwelled in the overall band mix, while my solo parts demand a mid spike to stand out. Simply rolling the volume up and down for me isn't enough, because of that.

@TheGriff7628

5 жыл бұрын

@@dong4176 Bonamassa is in the list of pros that IS a knob.

100% agree, it took a lot of live shows to figure this out. Especially for me because I don't use any effect pedals. To the ability to cut or boost gain with volume, and cut or boost tone on the guitar while playing keeps things simple and easy to dramatically change my sound with just guitar controls

Thanks for the helpful advice man! I didn't realize how useful and important the tone knob was until now! Has really helped my playing!

I don't like using tone or volume knob, because if you want to change the tone immediately while playing, you need to stop picking for a second or two, and it's also hard to be precise. I already have to switch pickups from time to time, but at least, flicking a toggle switch is quick and easy. So I much prefer using my foot, which won't prevent me from playing when I switch tone, and is also much more versatile as you can choose from a wide variety of pedals to get exactly what you want, while volume and tone knobs are rather limited. You might also want to switch the amp channel, which you can't do on your guitar anyway. Anyway, it's not like you need to change your tone every 10 seconds, so you can just come back to your pedalboard when needed and then go somewhere alse after, or if you really plan on doing something special, like playing a solo in the audience, you can plan with your bandmates so they stomp the pedal for you.

I'd never really considered this before, it's quite a clever idea. The only thing that I can think of to detract from it is needing to be accurate when returning the control back to 6 (or whatever number) to get your original sound back, otherwise that's a first class idea dude.

@ScienceofLoud

9 жыл бұрын

You very quickly get used to far to turn the control and once that happens it all becomes embedded in muscle memory.

@rista22

6 жыл бұрын

Mark it on guitar with pen or something. Just in case you haven't done that already :) Sorry for bad english.

These videos are so helpful. I've been playing for a few years and am now looking at higher end picks and larger strings, in addition to this tone guide. Thanks!

sooo it's faster to set the tone and vol knob back to 7/8 lvl after the solo than to kick a booster?

@ScienceofLoud

8 жыл бұрын

+michal26691 yes

@terrycornelius4

8 жыл бұрын

That is true, unless you are someone who stays near their pedalboard and be boring.

@michal26691

8 жыл бұрын

+Music Overload or running arond the stage and coming to the booster only when needed

@terrycornelius4

8 жыл бұрын

michal26691​ That would look weird. Running around the stage sure, but going back to the booster when needed? Hmm... I don't think it's gonna work that way. Running and moving so much on stage can make you do extra planning. I'd rather use my volume and tone controls and forget about going to my pedalboard just to press one single button. Because you stay where you are and you can continue interacting with the crowd. Pressing the boost pedal after being in the other side of the stage would be far more exhausting to do, especially after a really crazy fast solo. You don't wanna go "huff huff" just because of pressing a button, running around the stage and then pressing the same button again.

@michal26691

8 жыл бұрын

+Music Overload personally I'd be afraid that after the solo I accidentally overroll my knobs and mute the guitar, but that's just me

Yeah, I'm fully with you on this, but as always it's falling down to preferences. Even volume knob has some cons. Volume pot is resistor, which is designed to create barrier to sound coming from pickups, which mean that some harmonics can not survive though it. Tone control is created to tame your guitar harshness or create guitar tone in it's root. Also any electronics create some kind barrier to sound. Even pickups themselves - they are magnetized and interfere with strings sustain, thus some guitarists remove them and leave one pickup. Same with electronics for volume and tone pots - longer road and resistance for signal, so some guitarists prefer guitars without them. I like my signal raw without coloration and I need every bite I can get into distortion, so I'm going to build my own guitar and put there actual on/of switch. I'll see how I like it in that way.

@xPowerShotx

4 жыл бұрын

You right about the volume, harmonic that cant survive, but in that also new harmonic been creating, other harmonic that again cannot survive if everything where raw. There is barrier with light to, but that does not means its not god for anything.

i've been playing guitars for well over 50 yrs and i wouldn't be without a tone control. it can be used to great effect. thank you for your words of wisdom.

With a Strat (like I always use), the tone control is vital for a good tone when you have single coils with a lot of treble, as it tames it as well as adding in mids. I like to play neck pickup on 7 into a Marshall style amp (with an overdrive for high gain) to get a good thick mid filled guitar tone.

@berkayguner

8 ай бұрын

If you don't have some sort of active pickups on your Strat, you cannot add (or boost) something that is not already there. Tone pot works as a high cut filter, and as the name implies it only cuts the high end frequencies as you dial it down.

So.. Ever since I started watching your videos, I have become a much better guitarist. I finally know how to control my tone, get a metal sound, and how to set pedals because of you. You are truly an amazing guitarist and a great teacher as well. Great videos man.

Not going to lie, "Time to play guitar..." is exactly how I *used to* play. Thanks for the tips!!

@amango7925

9 жыл бұрын

Me too

that might be true for messing around with your sound, but in a band situation, you have found a few tones you want to use, and you want to access them fast and precise. and that's where fumbling around with the pots is inferior to hitting a switch or two.

@ScienceofLoud

9 жыл бұрын

If you fumble with pots then perhaps you need more practice.

@skalarwellentechnik5744

9 жыл бұрын

+CSGuitars A+ answer mate, it still takes more time than hitting a midboost or other miniswitch on your guitar. but my favourite guitar also only has a bridge pickup, that sure means i need more practice too, right?

@bojackhorseman5367

8 жыл бұрын

+Skalarwellen Technik He said you need more practice using the pots if you are fumbling with them. I don't know where you got the idea that the number of pickups on your guitar had anything to do with it >_ It takes even more time to walk over to your pedalboard and turn a pedal on or off, unless you're one of those boring guitarists who stands on the same spot looking down at your pedalboard the whole time. Also - you'd be surprised at how little precision you actually need when switching between different tones in a band situation. As long as the tone you're using is still appropriate for the situation, it really doesn't matter if it isn't quite exactly how you intended it to be. I currently plug my guitar straight into the amp, no pedals, I still occasionally mess up the volume and tone settings a little and end up with a bit more or a bit less gain or bite than I wanted for that particular part of the song... no big deal, the singer who always points out that sort of thing if she notices it has never mentioned it. On some occasions I will even intentionally make the tone a bit different than normal depending on the atmosphere and energy level of the audience. You don't get that flexibility by just flicking switches on and off.

@skalarwellentechnik5744

8 жыл бұрын

***** i'll make it really simple for you: 1 Pickup = likes his guitars simple. if i think my guitar produces too much treble, i'd switch my pickup, not mutilate the signal already when just coming from my guitar. well, i do have a booster/buffer in there, but that's a different story.

@bojackhorseman5367

8 жыл бұрын

Skalarwellen Technik yeah, but that has nothing to do with colin's original comment to you about fumbling with volume and tone pots... If I think my guitar is producing too much treble I just turn the tone down until it's not producing too much treble anymore. couldn't be any simpler.

These vids are a mine of really good information. I learn loads (and you're fun to watch). Keep them coming.

My life has forever changed. I watched this video last week. Finally had time with my brand new setup to just figure out the sound I was searching for. Started playing with my knobs and remembered all of this video's teaching and started taking control of my sound more than ever before. It is truly beautiful. Fucking brilliant. Thank you. It's funny, when you're "self-taught", but not really: I have multiple teachers, my KZread teachers! We live in amazing times.

Don't give a rat's ass about the tone knob. I'm here for your Scottish accent. It felt weird the first time but now It's like music to my ears.

@soad4ever16

9 жыл бұрын

+Jon Samuel I come here regurarly for the best of both worlds.

@JakeMoresea

8 жыл бұрын

+Best Ever Vids What do you mean by "international ears"?

@ChrisJones-vn5bc

8 жыл бұрын

+Jake Moresea (CrimDaz) he is from Australia

@bobowrathsovine.

8 жыл бұрын

+Chris Jones in the beginning of the clip it says from Scottland

@ChrisJones-vn5bc

8 жыл бұрын

+bobowrath sovine yeah I know that comment was on another video I gave no clue how it got commented to this one.

I remember a video Joe Bonamassa made where he gets like five or six sounds out of a Les Paul gold top with just the knobs and the pickup switch. This was posted in a thread on Reddit and most of the people who responded insisted that they absolutely have to have three channel amps--or even the Axe FX--and many, many pedals in front of them and how they absolutely need all these components and can't be bothered to just tweak a knob here and there. Whew! Run-on sentence! Bottom line, I think more players should start with a basic setup and learn to make use of everything they have before expanding like n00bs.

@polpottopg

9 жыл бұрын

Michael Clavelli joe could get infinity sounds out of his les paul xD

@davidraine8686

9 жыл бұрын

Michael Clavelli Agreed..... Literally the only pedals i use is a delay and a tube screamr

@aydan1686

8 жыл бұрын

+David Raine gotta have a wah in there somewhere too! ;) haha. I keep a very minimalist board myself. Tuner, Wah, OD and then the fx loop has a delay. I have no problem covering a 40 song set.

@TheCrimsonIdol987

8 жыл бұрын

+David Raine In my previous band, I got shit from the bass player because all I use for effects is my overdrive pedal (which is always on), my noise gate, and my Cry-Baby. And it came mostly from practicality, I don't NEED anything else.

@taylors.8260

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Clavelli Was he coil tapping though?

Totally agree. Maxed out volume and tone don’t leave any where to go. It’s also nice to roll back the tone to play rhythm when trading licks with another guitar. I have the volume cap/resistor mod on my volume, so being able to roll up or down tone is essential. The tone control also radically changes the quality of old school Fuzz pedals. If you have dynamic pedals and a tube amplifier, being able to dial in the volume/tone set allows you to create real dynamics in your playing. Setting up with this technique also leaves tone shaping headroom when the drummer starts hitting harder. You can push the power tubes on the amp harder (with the volume and tone down) and save the biting treble for solos and lead lines.

dude. this was by far the most important thought I heard about guitars! right after -practice and nonono!!! that's not the way you should hold a guitar! :D

Not saying you are wrong, but there is an argument to be made for the fact that pickups sound better without a tone control. Tone pots are linear tapered potentiometers with a capacitor to maintain signal strength, and unless your pickups have a full range, the tone control is only going to be as effective as the inherrient resistance of the potentiometer. Pots are not that accurate that having a 500k pot will guarantee 500k of resistance. most are below that within a tolerance of 5-10% and can colour your sound. I still say the best tone I have ever achieved is by wiring the pickup directly to the output jack and using the tuner as a kill switch. As for pedals, i dont use them. all my tone comes directly from the guitar head and simply clicking on the solo boost, I can cut through the mix, but then my sound is very uncomplicated and I dont use effects that much. I guess your point is valid for guitarists that have multiple effects in their chain tho,

@kodyshearer6501

6 жыл бұрын

Jeff Barber I have a cheap ass epi les paul jr with a gibson 498t wired straight to the jack. Out of dozens of les pauls that I've owned and played it's my favorite tone. Granted it kinda plays like shit and feels like a toy, but damn does it sound good

you my good sir are spot on i've normally keep my tone at 70-75% and my vol at 5-7 and i play alt rock and it does wonders finally someone gets it!

I used to do this with my guitar until about a week ago. I took your advice about the tone knob, and I love it man! I never thought about the points you made, and it helped my tone noticeably in my recordings. Thanks man!

Hey Collen. Greeting from Norway. I've been watching a few of your videos. I have to say I'm impressed by the info, and the explanations behind your views on the different subject matter. Great work, keep it up! Rock on!

soundmen don't like extreme changes in volume during the show, so this trick might last for few moments untill the soundman is on it.

@reiniervanzwieten7092

5 жыл бұрын

even though i don't agree with Colin the volume changes shouldn't matter in a distorted tone. turning up the volume before a distortion creates more gain not more amplitude at the speakers.

@yappojilla

5 жыл бұрын

the sound system limiter will be on it before the sound guy :P

@thisdyingsoul76

4 жыл бұрын

But if the sound guy knows that’s how you get your lead tone, then during sound check he just has to make sure that at max volume you aren’t clipping the mic input, then set the front of house fader based on your rhythm sound. If you’ve found the sweet spot in the volume and tone controls on the guitar and have the amp and pedals set right, where you are perfectly in the mix for your solos at max and sitting back where you need to be for dirty rhythm work and clean tones when rolled off; then his job becomes easier.

Yes! Finally somebody that I can agree with!! I've been doing this for a little over a year now, and my tone has never been better!

Great advice, thanks for sharing. I started doing this with my volume knob but never thought of doing it with the tone control. I am definitely going to give it a go.

Videos like this are why I love KZread. I've never heard anyone talk about this, and I have/had a lot of friends who also play guitar and ALWAYS said you have to keep your tone at max level. But they would never say why.

Your accent is badass

@ScienceofLoud

9 жыл бұрын

Mason King Thanks :)

@diegoaxexxx123

9 жыл бұрын

CSGuitars I read this with your accent hahahaha

@dhill05

9 жыл бұрын

Mason King Don't forget to subscrabe

@steampunkknight

9 жыл бұрын

DRockTheIllest where are u from in scotland? there are so many differant accents in the UK, im trying to figure out regions

@oliverfernie5821

6 жыл бұрын

steampunkknight Sounds like Edinburgh to me

I've been playing on and off for 23 years. I have a feeling this video is going to greatly improve my sound. I always just put everything on 10.

@pekkatervala8476

2 жыл бұрын

My more experienced band mates in 70's taught me to always turn guitar pots and eq pots on a SS combo amp at 10. -Later I've cut some bass and treble, leaving mids at 8-10. The older I get, the less need for a lot of bass and gain.

I never thought of it that way. Very good cogent points, amigo! I'll definitely try it out. keep up the good work!

Thank you thank you thank you. This makes perfect sense. I’m tired of stomping on pedals and trying to find a sound when I know that my amp can do it all by itself. I will try this technique out tomorrow with my tubes cranked when the sun is up and neighbors aren’t sleeping. I play mostly rock and country.

I actually learned this by accident one day, had knocked my tone knob to midway on my bridge pickup when taking it out of the case and I was getting a much better tone during jam and had a better cohesion with the other guitarist. Looked down, went "Ahhhhh..." and then kept it around there forever now. I usually keep my neck pickup a bit higher on the tone because it's a really mellow jazz pickup, but even then I top it out at 8. Didn't really know why (not super technical) but thanks for the insight as to why.

I agree with you, but still i dont like the feel of a pot turned down. Dont like the attack it gives. So... Pedal boost or channel change for me!

@michaelinglis8516

5 жыл бұрын

Good thing there's a ton of real estate in between all the way off an all the way on......smh. Not using them tells me how your sound was back then. Still feel this way?

@chrismorse3862

5 жыл бұрын

@@michaelinglis8516 why would I want to compromise my tone for everything just to not use a boost for 20 seconds?

OMG!!! I can't believe in all my years of playing this is one of the best tips. I knew about the volume control trick but never thought to set the guitar vol AND Tone halfway for boost and cut and set the amp when the guitar volume and tone is halfway. Thank you so much for this. Seriously awesome advice. How do you do it for Les Paul type guitars with two each pickup?

Love this kind of content. Stuff you don't see elsewhere. We already have the equipment, it's about using it to the best of its ability.

Your words and advice are very good but despite what you're saying, I have no use for a tone knob. Volume yes but tone no. I'll explain why because I didn't ignore you, honest. I'm strictly a rhythm guitarist and most of the time I'm slamming out riffs on my bridge pickup with the knobs cranked, stay with me here! I've been playing for about 6 years now and despite my best efforts, leads have never come naturally to me, nor have I ever truly enjoyed trying to play leads, so the whole tone knob as a lead boost thing is irrelevant to me. I play mostly thrash and punk inspired stuff (with a mid boosted sound, btw, I hate scooped mids). I only use 2 amp channels and don't use any overdrive/boost/eq type pedals. For versitility I switch to my neck pickup, roll back the volume, use both pickups out of phase or switch to my clean channel. My darker crunch sound is using my neck pickup with the volume rolled back. I'm also improving my finger picking technique to help me out there too. Also, I'm using passive pickups, so even with everything cranked I can just pick lighter or harder for different tones. So while I am with you on using knobs for achieving different tones, I've no use for a tone knob. I have tried, believe me, but it's not for me. You raised some very good points however that no doubt will help others and did get me thinking about how I play and use my gear, so I appreciate this video none the less :)

I think wiring for the guitar is an essential part when you are a knob turner. I wire everything 50s style so I can adjust my gain from the guitar and not pedal. So much more versatile than an on off gain type.

@ZetaFuzzMachine

4 жыл бұрын

Nice! but what do you mean by "50s style"?

Nice video. Some well made points. When some one explains these things as clear as you have it looks obvious, but with so many you tube people pushing this and that, Well sometimes the common sense can get lost in the fog. Well done dude, and I like your vids

Never ocurred to me I could use the tone control this way... thanks a lot Colin! Keep up the good work mate, love your vids

More importantly, LOWER YOUR FUCKING PICKUPS. This is such a common thing metal guitarists do: they cut the mids, raise the gain, and raise the pickups way too high to get "more output" (AKA a shitty muddy tone).

I was spending the last month trying to really get into blues/jazz playing. I got some basic ideas for progressions of my own but i didn't really like the tone that comes out of my guitar. I watched until 2:10 , turned my volume and tone to 5 , switched to overdrive and set the gain at 6 and the tone was amazing for me. I have played the same progression for half an hour right now. Thank you mate , this really helped me out.

@charlieboyd2453

4 жыл бұрын

And if you need a kick ass solo you have so much room to move

Spectacular info, cleverly and entertainingly delivered. I like it. Thanks!

Been playing guitar for 14 years and honestly.. never gave this any thought. Genius video.

I don't need tone controls. I removed both the tone pot and the volume pot on my guitars. An X2N or Invader wired straight to the output jack hits the preamp like a jackhammer.

@fireflame608

9 жыл бұрын

Check your amp settings your volume and gain along with eqs might be maxed out or just not in the right settings. To fix the problem I would suggest you turn down gain and keep volume a decent amount and roll the bass treble and mids(if you have the knob) to 6 and then tweak it from there to make it sound better.

@Kynos1

9 жыл бұрын

fireflame608 What problem? I want the preamp to gasp for mercy :)

@fireflame608

9 жыл бұрын

+PugnaciousBadger Holy crap lol I replied to the wrong comment. The one I wanted to reply on is right above yours xD

@WibblyWobblyBob

4 жыл бұрын

A good compromise is to wire a switch to bypass the volume and tone pots. That way your rhythm sound can be left alone and your lead sound gets the boost instantly.

the two tone knobs on my guitar broke years ago and I've never bothered to get them fixed. Might actually change that soon

This is an excellent video that helped me learn a lot about setting up my guitar/amp. Cheers!

Never considered this. I'll try it out next practice. Thanks, man! You're channel is great.

I think a lot of people get a cheap guitar when they are young where the pots are such poor quality and do so little, people just whack everything up on the guitar and adjust on the amp, where twiddling the knobs seems to do more. When I got better guitars it took me a while to discover the volume and tone knobs were actually useful.

@ryanwilson5936

5 жыл бұрын

hammondsphoto What about quality guitars without a tone knob?

lol all this is bullshit you need to turn up all knobs on guitar and amp all the way except for the mids on the amp turn them completely off - every 12 year old line 6 spider user wannabe core guy **grabs popcorn**

@hellskreamer

8 жыл бұрын

#Relatable

@charliebear

7 жыл бұрын

HECKproductions how's the popcorn?

@ericjohnson3336

7 жыл бұрын

HECKproductions tf is a line 6 spider

@marplenarple5225

7 жыл бұрын

Eric Johnson its a amp

@HonzaCOD

7 жыл бұрын

"I PLAY WITH MAXED GAIN AND BASS AND NO MIDS AT ALL!!! IT SOUNDS KILLER!!! LIKE SLAYER!!! ALSO MY LINE 6 SOUNDS AMAZING!!!! TUBE AMPS ARE POINTLESS!!!!!!" :P :D also why to change strings? :D they sound great after 3 years :P :D

Every single video you make i learn useful info i love your channel!

Completely agree. Aside from my metal playing, I also play in the band at my church. Since I often go for several very ambient sounds, bringing down the tone knob and switching between pickups frequently is a must for me. It really opened my eyes to the possibilities and capabilities I didn't even know my $250 Ibanez had

These techniques wouldn't work for my personal guitar sound but he's got a logical point.

I started watching this video thinking you were wrong. I left thinking you are right :-)

I don't have Tone-Knobs on any of my Guitars (desoldered them, and added switches to split my pickups), but I use my Volume knobs frequently in conjunction with my pickup switch and Split switches. Which gives me more than enough control over my sound imo. But I totally get your point.

This is was very helpful to me. I noticed the huge difference in my guitar playing. Thanks!

Nice video though the irony of a stackful of pedals in the background might be lost on most people.

@ScienceofLoud

9 жыл бұрын

you'll note they are nowhere near my board. it's just nice to have a collection.

then why did Scott Grove say to keep the volume and tome knobs all the way up, all the time? He says to turn them down kills the tone, and sounds terrible.

@ScienceofLoud

9 жыл бұрын

Because Scott Grove is ill informed on pretty much everything.

@meida_fpv

9 жыл бұрын

CSGuitars Fact.

@ryanhuston9646

9 жыл бұрын

Michael Craig realistically, like colin said, its best to have it down, then be able to turn it up and get higher volumes. Even if you are doing a hendrix style song, play quietly, and when ur in a situation that u need feedback, turn up the volume and tone to get more volume/ higher feedback frequencies

@dundun8640

9 жыл бұрын

Michael Craig Check what you like, i like 10-10 i find it fitting for what i use the guitar for. And in my case, turning the tone knob down makes my guitar sound like 10m under water. When it comes to music there are no RIGHT ways of playing it, play as you like, if it works for you it works- simple as that.

@dundun8640

9 жыл бұрын

CSGuitars And what if i told you there is no right way of using a guitar?

This gave me a whole new perspective on my setup, Thank you so much!

I've always loved the way you make your point, very listenable. Well done matey!

They call it a tone knob because your tone gets worse the more you turn it down. ;) The entire concept of actually using it is flawed in my opinion. So many guitars have them, but they don't have any markers to tell you how much you're actually turning them down. So you have no idea how much you're actually using. And accidentally moving the tone knob out of position when you do find a setting you like is far too easy to do. Sure you can knock stomp boxes or your amp out of adjustment too. But knocking controls out of adjustment on those things is harder to do by accident than with a tone knob.

@terrycornelius4

8 жыл бұрын

Tone knobs are made so that they are used. If people don't use their tone knobs, then why the hell do they even invent such a knob? Strat players have their own instinct of the sound being too bright. If it is too bright, they roll their tone down. If you are complaining about 'having no markers' and stuff like that, then is it really hard? I mean REALLY, REALLY hard to freaking DIY your things? You can custom your own markers by using a Sharpie or a some correction fluid. If not, then try some permanent markers. Turn your knobs to zero, and mark them both where the zero part is, or mark it on where it is visible when you're playing. Then BOOM! Instant markers. You can even add the markings on different positions on the volume and tone knobs if you need a specific sound, and roll it until the two points matched.

@T00DEEPBLUE

8 жыл бұрын

Music Overload Tone knobs were devised around the time when genres like jazz were very popular, and it made it easy to filter out a ton of high end to attain a lot of warmth. It was particularly desirable because typically amps back then were very bright and pickups were low in output. Because just about every guitar made in the 1950's and 60's had them and with those guitars becoming so famous, all guitars thereafter had inherited them out of convention. In light of the more recent hotter pickups with less high end response, and more modern amps that reproduce low end a lot better than older amps, there's generally less of a need for a tone control. Genres like metal do have a lot of low end in them, but the kind of low end those amps reproduce doesn't create the illusion of more bass by filtering off high end, like a tone control does. It's created by the amp being able to reproduce those frequencies without attenuating treble. So they just don't sound the same. If a guitar manufacturer had put time and money into designing and manufacturing a guitar in such a way to feature a tone control, then why wouldn't they give it markers? Why should I have to put markers there myself? Why didn't the manufacturer do that from the outset? A manufacturer incorporating a control knob into a guitar when it doesn't give a visual reference for how much they're using it is just stupid. Its evidence to suggest my point that tone knobs are not necessarily put there to be used. They're put there because it's mere convention for a guitar to have them.

@terrycornelius4

8 жыл бұрын

Daniel Lomax I can see from your excruciatingly long comment that you are not much of a DIY fan. If so, then you can develop a feel for it. Simply experiment. Then you'll know how much of the tone you want to roll off. Try to play to a backing track. One that suits multiple genres. When it is time to change to another genre, roll down a bit of the tone and volume. Sooner or later, you will just be turning your Tube Screamer on and off just for the addition of gain to your tone. I love doing this. Have you even tried this when you have a TS and an Crunch Amp, turn off the TS and roll down the volume and tone? You'll get a sweet soothing jazz tone out of a shredder's guitar. And you are barely doing anything to your rig too. You only turned off the TS and there you go. The mid break-up sound that an amp makes can never be replicated with some sort of boost pedal. You will have to roll down your knobs a tad bit to get the breaking up sound.

@T00DEEPBLUE

8 жыл бұрын

Music Overload "I can see from your excruciatingly long comment that you are not much of a DIY fan." Then you'd never guess what I was doing just yesterday lol. I was modding my 6505 to run a hotter bias and replacing a dozen or so components in the preamp to more closely resemble that of a Mesa Duel Rec. The preamps are shockingly similar in design to one another from a wiring schematic. I've also done extensive modifications to my Jackson MIJ DK2M. I've put in a Schaller Floyd Rose with a brass big block, I've fitted a Tremel-no, I've refinished the neck in tru oil and I've even fitted a cute little allen wrench holder behind the headstock. Then I made the pickups splittable via a push-pull. There's other mods that I've done to my other guitars too, but I won't care to mention them here; I think you get a good enough idea that you're completely wrong in your assumption as is. I still hate tone controls for the reasons that I've already mentioned. What it does to my rig isn't conducive to what I am aiming for tonally and being able to adjust the amount of treble from the guitar is a redundant feature for me. If I want less treble, I go to my amp and/or my pedalboard. And yes I do own a TS9. I never knew I could turn it off and switch to the crunch channel. Thanks for the tip But sure, you can try to change the subject and moan about the length of my comments; though it speaks a lot for your lack of an attention span.

@terrycornelius4

8 жыл бұрын

Daniel Lomax​ Meh, sure I do lack attention span. I seem to always space out during my teacher's lectures looking at the number-filled whiteboard. You may have modded an entire rig, but complaining over a mark that can be made by literally anyone is not an excuse to say that tone controls are dead useless. Metal even needs to cut off the treble. Because if it is the time to play rhythm, treble is not the important thing. At least not entirely. What you'll need is to reduce the amount of gain. Less gain = tighter and crunchier rhythm. More gain = muddier and sloppier sounding rhythm. Sure, turning off the TS9 is one thing, but guess what? Volume and tone controls can do that too. Set your knobs to like what CSGuitars mentioned, then you can set your amp up to get the amount of gain, treble, mids, bass and presence you need to play your rhythm part. Then, when it comes down to the solo, then all you need to do is to max out the volume and tone knobs. BAM! Instant treble and volume boost to cut through your mix even though you are on one end of the stage while your pedalboard is in the other end. Much more convenient than placing a boost pedal in every place you will possibly be on the stage. I never said turning off the TS9 and switching over to crunch on the amp. I said to run your guitar into your TS9 and straight into your amp's crunch channel. Set both gain to 50 and you should be able to clean up your distortion with your volume knob at minimum. Of course while the TS9 is off. The once you really need to get some more gain, snap out of your split coils and roll up your volume. There you have it. More gain. Then you can turn on your TS for some chugging riffs if you need to. I personally keep my TS on at all times with the crunch channel going at all times. If I ever needed clean, then all I need to do is to turn off the TS and roll down my volume and roll up my tone a tad bit while switching to single coil mode (Pos. 3). That gives me the single coil twang. To go back to distortion simply flip to the bridge humbucker and roll up the volume to max or maybe at about 90% while rolling my tone down a tad bit. This gives me more low end while slightly lessening the highs to get a more chunky rhythm sound. I can even get my Ibanez INF3, S3 and 4 humbuckers (which are crappy p/ups) to actually sound good. In short, don't just stand there and do nothing to your guitar's controls. Use it and get used to it. You might even know how much tone you need to roll off after a few gigs. P.S. A full potentiometer's rotation is about as long as your pinky. You can simply use your little finger to see how much you have rolled off your tone from max. 

wouldn't be helpful if you demonstrate your words practically in the video??

@brucecharlie8613

5 жыл бұрын

No

@meesterdinglefritz2064

4 жыл бұрын

That is the most ridiculous thing you’ve ever typed.

I learned the ways of the Volume control a while back but I hadn't even considered about the tone control. Appreciate the helpful video!

I saw a video in which Angus Young of ACDC said he always sets his volume to the point just where it wants to go, then turns it up mid performance to really satisfy the audience because back in the 70's when he learned to play he had no boost pedals or anything. Really neat that you made a whole video about this overlooked subject, earned a sub from me :D

the problem is getting it back to where it was before when the solo ends. any ideas?

@steppbrooEFT

9 жыл бұрын

By holding the final note and roll those knobs back and then continue back to your rythm stuff, it fades off the lead nicely. Plus in most bands there won't be only one guitarist, am I right? :) Or combine the knobs with the pedals when needed. It's not about JUST using the knobs btw. Anyway cheers :D

@ThoolooExpress

9 жыл бұрын

blindskywatcher Well, if you're talking about actually turning the knob, a bit of whiteout can help you line it up if you don't have numbers, isn't easy to see from far away, and is easy to scrape off without scratching the finish of your guitar. As far as songwriting goes, putting a rest after your solo usually fits pretty naturally with the cool down from the climax of the solo. If a total stop and transition doesn't fit, then just roll it down bit by bit. It takes a little practice to be able to control it with a minimal interruption of your playing.

@ConstantineJajas

9 жыл бұрын

blindskywatcher I've added metal pointers on my Strat knobs (just like the ones on Les Pauls) for this exact reason.

@JohanRaphael

9 жыл бұрын

You should look at the blower switch mod dude! I think it was made right for you

@guitar19971

8 жыл бұрын

+blindskywatcher If you start doing this as a matter of course, then you very quickly develop muscle memory as to what level the knobs are set at. as a result you can finish a solo and roll the volume/tone back to your rhythm sound rather easily. It just takes a bit of practice and getting used to. If you'd like a good example of this I'd recommend watching videos of Jeff Beck.

This is exactly what Angus Young does, he always adjusts his guitar volume during lead solos.

I'm playing guitar for 15 years now and I never thought about that. Thanks for the video. I'll definitivly try that out! :)

I used to go full out on volume and tone until I built my first parts guitar (single coil telecaster). I was experimenting with different pot and capacitor values for the tone control, and noticed that the bridge pickup with the tone rolled back slightly gave me an extremely nice rock tone.

ALOT of guitarists always have their tone controls up at 10 without knowing what they can actually do with it. God bless tone.

@bassinblue

7 жыл бұрын

Pablo Rages Well you don't need one if you don't know what to do with it.

if I may share: * Rig Rundown - Mr. Big's Paul Gilbert - at around 2:10 the great Paul Gilbert explains how he uses his tone knob (after years of not having one). lowering it gives him this thick rhythm tone * the jazz dudes set it to almost zero, sounds smooth; i LOVE it * i lower my volume and my tone knobs when I play with clean tone; it just sounds, ehem, "reassuring" that way

@ScienceofLoud

9 жыл бұрын

Paul Gilbert is a guy who has learned a lot about his instrument by changing up how he plays. if there is ever a guitar player worth listening to on lessons learned about better tone and technique then it's him.

@MichaelRigsbyHammer

9 жыл бұрын

CSGuitars for sure.

Some excellent points Colin. I was brought up from the school of guitar, amp, and wah pedal.....that's all you got, everything else just complicated things. I get asked virtually every week how I get my tone, especially that barely breaking up tone, what pedals I use etc... When I tell them I'm just rolling the volume off they look like I've just shagged their maw!!!! What, no tube screamer???? How can that be????

@terrycornelius4

8 жыл бұрын

Cool, that's exactly what I do!

Your voice and way of explaining is extremely pleasing, and you have a world of knowledge.

Please, show it in the video, how you would play a song/ two with tone control and volume knob being functioned to its 'proper' use. Please. I might have my guitar wrong set up. Pots isn't always working that well unfortunately :(

"Turn your controls down, so you can sound better when you turn them up!" Wait, wat/

This just solved an issue I was having. Excellent advice! Thanks for this one.

Couldn't agree more. I was in the "set everything to 10" club for far too long. The rare moments that I ever got sounds I was truly happy with were just random chance. Now I always set my amps up with guitar vol/tone controls at 5, tweak EQ knobs on the amp until I it sounds as close as possible to the natural acoustic tone of the guitar, and set the gain on the edge of breakup. Now I can quickly nail the appropriate tone, as clean or dirty as I want it, or as warm or as trebly as I want it for any situation just with the knobs on the guitar. It's been so liberating!

Bugger. I removed the tone control from my Ibanez, filled the hole and painted and laquered over it :/

@jacknotbarakat

9 жыл бұрын

Ach ya tube!

@ThoolooExpress

9 жыл бұрын

***** Too many knobs doesn't look very nice.

@ConstantineJajas

9 жыл бұрын

Bean Dog Studios dude you didn't remove it...you buried it! Joking :) You could always redrill but...even though I agree with the above video some people just don't use it.

@jacknotbarakat

9 жыл бұрын

ThoolooExpress It about the playability and sound not the look.

@BeanDogStudios

9 жыл бұрын

Also, Les Pauls aren't the ugliest guitars in the world and they have four knobs. I only have one knob and I'm hideous.

You don't need a neck pickup a volume knob or a tone knob

@ScienceofLoud

8 жыл бұрын

You don't need arms or legs to live a successful life, but it does help.

@DisturbedteenX

8 жыл бұрын

+CSGuitars I use my neck pickup for leads and solos,the tone and volume can give me a more accoustic sound or a more crunchy less intense sound

@RichardLopez-wb9vf

8 жыл бұрын

YOU dont need them. i love neck pickups for shredding

@generalskunk6876

8 жыл бұрын

Well some of us need to volume knob to control distortion because some of us are poor and can't afford pedals

Great information in the video, Colin, and it's right on the money. I view the guitar's volume control more as a 'tone' control, too, or more accurately as a 'fine adjustment' gain control to get the distortion I want at a my preset amp gain and volume. I set things up so I can roll the guitar gain back to get a little into the background, and when I roll the gain up, I get to the volume and distortion I want. I also leave myself room to roll it up further, too, but rolling up the treble is almost always sufficient. I'm not sure I said all that particularly clearly, lol, but I hope you get the picture.

have literally been up all night watching your vid, loads of great info, advice and reviews here! could I also make a request please.. a vid on tips/advise on amp settings (mainly bass,mids,trebble knobs, maybe even gain). I ask as you seem to have a great understanding of just music itself, and your tools of the trade, and not just "this is how to METAL" lol subbed, and will look up your fb page, once I've had a nap xD

At the same time a lot of great players don't even have a tone knob on their axes. This kind of thing is mainly just preference.

@tl_nik0n353

7 жыл бұрын

Some things don't require a lot of versatility and are meant to be straightforward. Nothing wrong with that.

@bassinblue

7 жыл бұрын

But the possibility of venturing to different sounds is taken away when you don't have the tone control. Best to buy a guitar with a tone control, because if you don't like it, just leave it at 10...so at least you always have that possibility.

@tl_nik0n353

7 жыл бұрын

What's best is whatever you say it is. Music is subjective. If someone doesn't care for a tone knob, it's not needed is what I'm saying. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. To say that someone is "using their guitar wrong" because they don't have tone knobs is frankly pretty asinine.

@bassinblue

7 жыл бұрын

Crusty GymSock Music is subjective, but when I bought my first electric I didn't care about tone and when I realised from my friends guitar what a tone control can do, I was kicking myself for days. So it's cool to just have that possibility otherwise you might change your mind in the future.

@tl_nik0n353

7 жыл бұрын

I mean both my guitars have tone knobs and I do use them. Just not everyone wants or needs them and that's fine is essentially what I'm saying lol

Yeah I came to fix my spelling. Considering that you can't be always right? I don't like the picks you use but you think they are awesome. Point one: the guitarist of Red Hot and the guitarist of U2 have dozens of pedals the signal goes trough and they are doing just fine. Point two: I have seen many custom guitars lately without tone knob. Obviously people who play thrash metal and similar stuff have figured the tone knob just muddy the sound. If you play thrash you may decide you don't need neck pickup also.Some people really don't need knobs at all.

@ScienceofLoud

8 жыл бұрын

Firstly, I am always right Secondly, people shouldn't take me so seriously all the time

@aspirativemusicproduction2135

8 жыл бұрын

CSGuitars Cool, we all have preferences and we will never have one way of doing things. We all can express opinion and others could tell us why they disagree. This should be perfectly normal and people should not take offence. Have a good day :)

@aspirativemusicproduction2135

8 жыл бұрын

alvarg I don't know. I have Boss . But if you look for noise gate all I can tell you I like Decimator. Probably the best people to ask for compressor are bass players.

@alvarg

8 жыл бұрын

DJ Electro Trance Gressor i was asking CSGuitars but thank you for your input

@aspirativemusicproduction2135

8 жыл бұрын

alvarg I am sorry. You had your question in my tread and I didn't know who are you asking. But sure I like to give my opinion if I like a product. There was't too many people giving me good advises when I started buying guitars and related stuff. few thousand dollars down the road you kind of figure it's your taste and experience that matter the most. If they let you try products where you live would be the best option.

I’ve seen this video so many times. But now that I’m putting together my strat, it’s yet again helped me. Thanks dood 👍

Hands down, most enlightening guitar channel on KZread! Subbed!

I understand where your coming from... But my acoustic guitars have none of these nobs you speak of haha ! Have a nice day XD

@aruarian43

6 жыл бұрын

MusicStuffSome i feel ya mate. I have the same problem with my drums. Can anyone tell me where I find these knobs on my kit?

@lightningjimmyjoejohnson6624

6 жыл бұрын

wholesome

that headstock is sweet on that guitar it looks like a dragon tooth

@HECKproductions

8 жыл бұрын

dragons dont exist sohow the fuck does a dragons tooth look like??

@danjohn6422

8 жыл бұрын

+HECKproductions yea no shit dragons dont exist but if you type dragon into google do you know how many pictures will pop up i was obviously saying thats what i would imagine one to look like

@HECKproductions

8 жыл бұрын

daniel johnston the tooth of a dragon would probably look like the tooth of a dinosaur tho and not like that so yeah nice try

@danjohn6422

8 жыл бұрын

+HECKproductions oh shit u got me dude guess i was wrong lol

@HECKproductions

8 жыл бұрын

daniel johnston obvious pretending to realize being wrong even though still believing bullshit is obvious

Greetings awww the way fae Edinburgh! I learned this the hard way recently when I decided to 'Esquire' a Squier Tele, with the Wilkinson Broadcaster pickup running through a solitary volume straight to jack with no tone control. BRIGHTEST GUITAR I EVER HEARD. Switched the controls out to a proper 3-way esquire setup and the tone knob sits around 7 most of the time now.

I definitely see your point there and I might as well try to use my tone control a bit more. The reason why I did not embrace the possibilities of having a tone(and volume) control in the past ist that I found it very difficult to return to the same basic sound after the solo or whatever. It was easier to use the discrete channels of an amp and/or effects to generate different sounds without changing anything on my guitar. Maybe using a tone and volume control with a dedicated middle position that can be felt could solve this problem. Nice video, cheers