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wunderaj · October 22nd, 2009, 01:29 AM

does anyone do what this guy does in the video, role the tone nob instead of using a bigsby anymore or does everyone use a bigsby??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an1MG...eature=related

morroben · October 22nd, 2009, 01:35 AM

To my ears, they're completely different sounds. Tone knob swells sound more like a wah pedal type effect than a trem to me.

vinman · October 22nd, 2009, 01:45 AM

When he rolled the tone control, he was just varying the treble and bass, and the volume control would be softer and louder. the pitch change was from him bending the strings while he was doing it.
A bigsby will varies the pitch like a vibrato control in some amps. Not to be confused with tremelo which if I'm not mistaken varies the volume to give the effect.

IPLAYLOUD · October 22nd, 2009, 02:34 AM

Funny...I have 2 Esquires. A Blackguard and a Custom.
The Custom has a Bigsby. I LOVE using the Bigsby.
On the Blackguard, I find myself reaching for the Volume or Tone when I where I would reach for the Bigsby on the other.
The sounds are different...I guess I am just looking to add something.
(You can really flip them out with Tone swells.)

imsilly · October 22nd, 2009, 08:08 AM

One technique sounds like a lap steel player and the other doesn't.

I really want a footpedal for tone/volume swells, but good anti-tonesapping ones are bastard expensive. I could imagine it would sound great playing with a slide.

I might just end up getting an old De Armond one along with a De Armond tremolo. I'm anal so I like sets and it might make up for the crackly pots and loss of tone.

Cixelsyd · October 22nd, 2009, 10:28 AM

I don't know why but I really laughed when he was talking about the weight of the guitar and said "you could really knock people out if you had to."

October 22nd, 2009, 01:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
wunderaj TDPRI Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: waukesha Age: 22 Posts: 58	does anyone do this??? does anyone do what this guy does in the video, role the tone nob instead of using a bigsby anymore or does everyone use a bigsby?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an1MG...eature=related

October 22nd, 2009, 01:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
morroben Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Morro Bay, Ca Age: 33 Posts: 2,761 18 Photos	To my ears, they're completely different sounds. Tone knob swells sound more like a wah pedal type effect than a trem to me. __________________ Guitar is an odd instrument, man, because there are very few instruments you can get away with being a hack on. -Kelly Joe Phelps

October 22nd, 2009, 02:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
IPLAYLOUD Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Long Island, N.Y. Posts: 870 1 Photos	Funny...I have 2 Esquires. A Blackguard and a Custom. The Custom has a Bigsby. I LOVE using the Bigsby. On the Blackguard, I find myself reaching for the Volume or Tone when I where I would reach for the Bigsby on the other. The sounds are different...I guess I am just looking to add something. (You can really flip them out with Tone swells.) __________________ "Here's a secret...we keep Telecasters in cases to protect other guitars from them." - Bill Kirchen

October 22nd, 2009, 01:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
vinman Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: long island, ny Age: 56 Posts: 176 3 Photos	When he rolled the tone control, he was just varying the treble and bass, and the volume control would be softer and louder. the pitch change was from him bending the strings while he was doing it. A bigsby will varies the pitch like a vibrato control in some amps. Not to be confused with tremelo which if I'm not mistaken varies the volume to give the effect.

October 22nd, 2009, 08:08 AM	#5 (permalink)
imsilly Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: UK Age: 29 Posts: 634	One technique sounds like a lap steel player and the other doesn't. I really want a footpedal for tone/volume swells, but good anti-tonesapping ones are bastard expensive. I could imagine it would sound great playing with a slide. I might just end up getting an old De Armond one along with a De Armond tremolo. I'm anal so I like sets and it might make up for the crackly pots and loss of tone.

October 22nd, 2009, 10:28 AM	#6 (permalink)
Cixelsyd TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Seoul, Korea Age: 24 Posts: 29	I don't know why but I really laughed when he was talking about the weight of the guitar and said "you could really knock people out if you had to."

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