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ludashoeless · February 13th, 2012, 09:21 PM

what is the point of this?

spauldingrules · February 13th, 2012, 09:23 PM

Who knows.

DavidP · February 13th, 2012, 09:32 PM

and I use the other hole for Deaf Eddies Fat-o-caster rotary switch!

ludashoeless · February 13th, 2012, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidP

and I use the other hole for Deaf Eddies Fat-o-caster rotary switch!

??

Guitarmadcat · February 14th, 2012, 04:58 AM

To adjust the tone?

Joe Sailor · February 14th, 2012, 12:43 PM

Strats have tone?

jtees4 · February 14th, 2012, 01:00 PM

It's like modeling for tone controls, only it's analog...but anyway....think of it as having two possible presets.

audiohatemchine · February 14th, 2012, 01:08 PM

Two? Psh. My old mates strat has 3!

No volume, because the wires have either somehow managed to intersect or come away from their solder points.
We are both awful with soldering irons and all things electronic, so we're leaving it to continue its little super tone knob escapade.

Wally · February 14th, 2012, 01:35 PM

My personal 'strat' has a treble control and a bass control. When lil '59 is in SEries humbucking mode...think Les paul sonics---and I am pushing an amp, sometimes that bass cut allows me to eliminate some muddiness/increase the articulation of that overdriven signal.
Adn...not all STrats have two tone controls. Bill
CArson, who was instrumental in advising LEo Fender and Co. on the design of the Strat, had his personal Strat built with only a volume and one tone...moving the volume knob away from the strings and thereby avoiding the problem of accidentally adjusting that volume.

StoogeSurfer · February 14th, 2012, 02:11 PM

I just replaced the second (middle) tone control on my '62 AVRI with the Fralin blender pot. It mixes the neck and bridge pickups to any degree you like. It's a simple, worthwhile mod, but it won't take an ordinary Strat bridge p/u and turn it into Superman. For that you'll just need a different kind of pickup.

JoeNeri · February 14th, 2012, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Sailor

Strats have tone?

Hopefully you're joking.

Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, SRV, Guy, Cray and a few thousand other Strat players disagree with you.

Telesavalis · February 14th, 2012, 02:18 PM

Good point. I modded my Strats so that they have one tone knob (the middle knob) that functions with all pickup settings and the bottom most knob is a blender pot. Much better

JoeNeri · February 14th, 2012, 02:35 PM

Fender's original design was to have one tone knob for the neck pup and one knob for the middle pup, with the bridge pup being permanently "dimed" as far as tone was concerned. This was before the 5-way switch and was intended to allow a Strat player to cut through the band mix with his bridge pup for solos.

Many modern players like a little more control over this flat-out approach. Mine is wired so that the bottom tone control works on both the middle and bridge pups. A very common and incredibly easy mod.

Stuco · February 14th, 2012, 02:41 PM

I prefer a master tone/master volume setup on a strat with a killswitch or whatever you like in the other hole.

bcarter_1 · February 14th, 2012, 06:09 PM

And here I pictured knobs that were two different colors, I feel silly.

chippertheripper · February 14th, 2012, 06:16 PM

Wanna hear something really crazy?

Les pauls have 2 tone knobs AND 2 volume knobs.

"OH MY GOD!!"

Ricky D. · February 14th, 2012, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Telesavalis

Good point. I modded my Strats so that they have one tone knob (the middle knob) that functions with all pickup settings and the bottom most knob is a blender pot. Much better

My strat is set up the same way. Master tone covers all three pickups, and the blender allows me to use bridge and neck together.

notyalcer · February 14th, 2012, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeNeri

Many modern players like a little more control over this flat-out approach. Mine is wired so that the bottom tone control works on both the middle and bridge pups. A very common and incredibly easy mod.

I have a slightly different take - using a 5-way super switch I have the center tone on the neck only, and the bottom tone on the bridge only, with the three middle positions not connected. I also use no-load tone pots. I leave the bridge tone always on about 7 to take a little off the top.

Phostenix · February 14th, 2012, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by chippertheripper

Wanna hear something really crazy?

Les pauls have 2 tone knobs AND 2 volume knobs.

"OH MY GOD!!"

Does that mean they're twice as good as a Tele?

fieroturbo · February 21st, 2012, 02:26 PM

I never understood why they did it like this with 2 tone controls for 3 pickups.

This is why I like the Blacktop strats; 2 pickups, 2 tone controls (except for new the HSH version).

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StoogeSurfer Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: virginia Posts: 1,013	I just replaced the second (middle) tone control on my '62 AVRI with the Fralin blender pot. It mixes the neck and bridge pickups to any degree you like. It's a simple, worthwhile mod, but it won't take an ordinary Strat bridge p/u and turn it into Superman. For that you'll just need a different kind of pickup. __________________ I'm looking down on Wayne's basment But that's not Wayne's basement Isn't that weird? -Garth

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Telesavalis Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Deep in the Heart O Texas Posts: 3,327	Good point. I modded my Strats so that they have one tone knob (the middle knob) that functions with all pickup settings and the bottom most knob is a blender pot. Much better __________________ If musicians ran the world there would be no wars...just an occasional battle of the bands.

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Guitarmadcat Banned Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Colchester, England, UK Posts: 1,169	To adjust the tone?

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Wally Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lubbock, TX Posts: 13,732	My personal 'strat' has a treble control and a bass control. When lil '59 is in SEries humbucking mode...think Les paul sonics---and I am pushing an amp, sometimes that bass cut allows me to eliminate some muddiness/increase the articulation of that overdriven signal. Adn...not all STrats have two tone controls. Bill CArson, who was instrumental in advising LEo Fender and Co. on the design of the Strat, had his personal Strat built with only a volume and one tone...moving the volume knob away from the strings and thereby avoiding the problem of accidentally adjusting that volume.

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JoeNeri Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Clarkdale, AZ Posts: 1,356	Fender's original design was to have one tone knob for the neck pup and one knob for the middle pup, with the bridge pup being permanently "dimed" as far as tone was concerned. This was before the 5-way switch and was intended to allow a Strat player to cut through the band mix with his bridge pup for solos. Many modern players like a little more control over this flat-out approach. Mine is wired so that the bottom tone control works on both the middle and bridge pups. A very common and incredibly easy mod. __________________ http://www.joenerimusic.com/

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fieroturbo TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 34	I never understood why they did it like this with 2 tone controls for 3 pickups. This is why I like the Blacktop strats; 2 pickups, 2 tone controls (except for new the HSH version).

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