Who actually uses the tone knob?

[ragingplatypi]

To me it seems strange that it still exists or doesn’t do both treble and bass cut. But I’m sure there are other opinions out there.

 

[Jim Soloway]

I use it all the time.

 

[Blix]

On my bucker guitars playing hard rock, never, have taken them out of the circuit on several.
On the tele definitely, and on my most trad strat too.

 

[BassetDad]

I use mine all the time as well.

 

[FuzzyAce]

I use it more now since most of my guitars have a lo cut control also. They work well together giving a few more options than standard wiring.

 

[ragingplatypi]

I use it more now since most of my guitars have a lo cut control also. They work well together giving a few more options than standard

Did you install the lo cut or did your gutters come with?

 

[FuzzyAce]

Did you install the lo cut or did your gutters come with?

I did. It's basically the same setup as the older G&L guitars, I think. So for a strat style - master volume, master tone (hi cut) and master bass cut.

 

[metropolis_4]

Yep, I use it all the time

 

[steve_man]

I use them on all of my guitars.

 

[HotRats]

I use It, not all the times but I use it.

 

[Eagle]

I do but not on everything. I have three guitars without one.

 

[newholland]

all the time. id rather dial in a little too bright and be able to dial it back on the fly than to not be able to hear!

 

[SillyOctpuss]

I use tone controls a lot. Especially on a strat, I'd find a vintage style strat to be unusable without one.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

Never really, for the kind of stuff I play.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

I did. It's basically the same setup as the older G&L guitars, I think. So for a strat style - master volume, master tone (hi cut) and master bass cut.

I really liked the bass and treble control on the old g&l legacy I had. It was about the only thing I really did like on it tbh.

 

[Eagle]

A trick on a vintage Strat to smooth out the bridge pickup with OD is default to the volume being 7. It smooths out the tone and takes the scratch off the top. Don’t expect this to make much of a difference on modellers though.

 

[Dimiguitar]

A trick on a vintage Strat to smooth out the bridge pickup with OD is default to the volume being 7. It smooths out the tone and takes the scratch off the top. Don’t expect this to make much of a difference on modellers though.

Why wouldn't it make a big difference on modellers? At least something as good as fractal units.

 

[Tenebris]

Use it all the time. On the EMGs in my Jackson I find that under high gain pulling the treble out just a tiny bit takes some mids first and clears up the sound without losing any drive. On my old Yamaha SG I use both tone knobs all thru the range because it has quite bright, hot pups and there's still decent clarity even with the tone rolled out all the way.

My FM-3 responds to tone knobs as much as the median tube amp, and I've had a lot of tube amps to do that calculation...

 

[TJontheRoad]

Yes, experimentation with the tone and volume knobs plus gain staging down the line. Lots of new sounds coming out of the same rig are available that way.

 

[Eagle]

Why wouldn't it make a big difference on modellers? At least something as good as fractal units.

Modelling misses some nuances particularly subtle differences. Things like this are definitely diminished.