How do you set your Tele's tone control? - Page 2

teleamp · July 10th, 2008, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by impmann

Can I have a vote for 'everywhere'? I use the tone control to vary the sound of the guitar - usually varying it during the song for different colours/textures, plus I use it as a psuedo wha (a la Mr Gallagher). Its the most powerful tool in the Tele's arsenal IMHO and the reason why I think Leo's first is his finest.

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Originally Posted by spicolli

i use my tone in every position and i change alot while playing.

+1, I'm always adjusting the v & t on the fly as the music dictates.

buddywayne · July 10th, 2008, 10:58 AM

The tone knob is definitely my friend. I control tone and partly volume with it. Since I changed the wiring to the Fess Parla mod. the tone control really works great.

Jake D · July 10th, 2008, 11:03 AM

Fatman:
I wasn't calling anybody out. Just defending what I thought was a valid question for a lot of us here. I don't want to get into a flame war with you. I've been around long enough to realize it is a zero sum game.
I didn't get your joke. You didn't get mine. It happens on the 'net sometimes.

A lot of people don't fiddle with the tone knob.

lunchbox · July 10th, 2008, 11:35 AM

No offense to ANYONE but for me the tone control is the most useless knob on my tele's. I have my tech at the local shop rewire it as a volume knob for the rear pup. That's just what floats my boat.

red57strat · July 10th, 2008, 11:53 AM

I just put the tone control back into my Tele. I really like the sound of the neck pickup without a tone control.
In fact, I modded the tone control that I put back into it to have no load at full on and leave it full on. It's just there if I need it.

I do use the volume control and like that it rolls of a bit of the highs. I also use the tone controls on my Les Paul and ES-135. I feel they're required to get tone out of Humbuckers.

davidge1 · July 10th, 2008, 11:55 AM

There's so much difference in volume and tone between the neck and bridge pickups, I dont know how anyone could switch back and forth without adjusting something somewhere!

I set the amp's tone controls to where it sounds good for the neck pickup, then roll off the guitar's tone control when I switch to the bridge pickup... which ends up being close to halfway.

telesound60 · July 10th, 2008, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by tjalla

Poll is missing another important setting - *just* rolled back a hair - at least that's my default

yeah i agree...i do the same rolled back just a hair......but then i play with it a little bit in some songs......

psycho gun · July 10th, 2008, 03:04 PM

with bridge pickup : full on.
with neck pickup : almost full (3/4)

and I often play with bridge.

Dean Gray · July 10th, 2008, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by JKjr

I'm constantly fiddling about with my knob

junk126 · July 10th, 2008, 04:09 PM

3/4 or so is my usual starting place. It gets adjusted from there, usually never below 1/4, sometimes all the way up.

scoots · July 10th, 2008, 04:22 PM

i think as someone stated earlier, this depends on amp settings as well, but for the neck pup mainly no tone (bypass) but for the bridge pup (for the most part) i roll both the vol and the tone back about 1/3, + or -. it seems the vol setting on these beasts effects the tone alot as well. that is the subject for a thread i was thinking about starting actually, how volume settings effect your overall tone

Mid Life Crisis · July 10th, 2008, 04:23 PM

I have it about 3/4 of the way up - any more than that and it sounds too ice-picky.

telechance · July 10th, 2008, 05:05 PM

usually about 2/3 all the way up...true for either pickup

Fret Melter · July 10th, 2008, 09:47 PM

I have a No-load for my tone pot, and if I keep my tone on say 8.5, that makes my tele sound like a great standard tele twang. But if I put it on full blast, bypassing the tone control altogether it has a semi esquire'd, beefier tone, with almost a touch of a boost. As per the great thread about caps that was goin a couple days ago, I experimented with some different values and materials, and put a .1uf cap in my tele, and god does my tone pot work amazing now!!

tpaul · July 10th, 2008, 10:55 PM

... I turn that second little knob thingy on the flat metal piece.

Why, how do you set yours?

Fatmanstratman · July 11th, 2008, 03:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jake D

Fatman:
I wasn't calling anybody out. Just defending what I thought was a valid question for a lot of us here. I don't want to get into a flame war with you. I've been around long enough to realize it is a zero sum game.
I didn't get your joke. You didn't get mine. It happens on the 'net sometimes.

No problem, Jake D - thanks for the apology. That's cool......

And my apologies to you for calling you "Dude" - I realise how rude and disrespectful that is.....

View Poll Results: Is you Tele's Tone control...
Full On	77	52.03%
Completely Off	7	4.73%
About Halfway	21	14.19%
At that point when the mids just start to kick in	43	29.05%
Voters: 148. You may not vote on this poll

July 10th, 2008, 10:58 AM	#42 (permalink)
buddywayne Tele-Holic Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: missouri Age: 62 Posts: 574 6 Photos	The tone knob is definitely my friend. I control tone and partly volume with it. Since I changed the wiring to the Fess Parla mod. the tone control really works great. __________________ 51 luv!!

July 10th, 2008, 11:35 AM	#44 (permalink)
lunchbox Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Venice, Fl Age: 39 Posts: 503	No offense to ANYONE but for me the tone control is the most useless knob on my tele's. I have my tech at the local shop rewire it as a volume knob for the rear pup. That's just what floats my boat. __________________ TWANGALICIOUS!!!!

July 10th, 2008, 11:53 AM	#45 (permalink)
red57strat Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,112	I just put the tone control back into my Tele. I really like the sound of the neck pickup without a tone control. In fact, I modded the tone control that I put back into it to have no load at full on and leave it full on. It's just there if I need it. I do use the volume control and like that it rolls of a bit of the highs. I also use the tone controls on my Les Paul and ES-135. I feel they're required to get tone out of Humbuckers. __________________ Don

July 10th, 2008, 03:04 PM	#48 (permalink)
psycho gun TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Caen (France) Age: 35 Posts: 76 3 Photos	with bridge pickup : full on. with neck pickup : almost full (3/4) and I often play with bridge. __________________ "What is your guitar ? - A Telecaster..." http://www.myspace.com/psychogun

July 10th, 2008, 11:03 AM	#43 (permalink)
Jake D Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 178	Fatman: I wasn't calling anybody out. Just defending what I thought was a valid question for a lot of us here. I don't want to get into a flame war with you. I've been around long enough to realize it is a zero sum game. I didn't get your joke. You didn't get mine. It happens on the 'net sometimes. A lot of people don't fiddle with the tone knob.

July 10th, 2008, 11:55 AM	#46 (permalink)
davidge1 Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA Posts: 941	There's so much difference in volume and tone between the neck and bridge pickups, I dont know how anyone could switch back and forth without adjusting something somewhere! I set the amp's tone controls to where it sounds good for the neck pickup, then roll off the guitar's tone control when I switch to the bridge pickup... which ends up being close to halfway.

July 10th, 2008, 04:09 PM	#50 (permalink)
junk126 Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Alabama, United States Age: 29 Posts: 120	3/4 or so is my usual starting place. It gets adjusted from there, usually never below 1/4, sometimes all the way up. __________________ I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it. -- (Terry Pratchett)

July 10th, 2008, 04:22 PM	#51 (permalink)
scoots Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: sandstone,mn Posts: 247	i think as someone stated earlier, this depends on amp settings as well, but for the neck pup mainly no tone (bypass) but for the bridge pup (for the most part) i roll both the vol and the tone back about 1/3, + or -. it seems the vol setting on these beasts effects the tone alot as well. that is the subject for a thread i was thinking about starting actually, how volume settings effect your overall tone __________________ ...took the tube out of the v1 spot and replaced it with a dilithium crystal (like on star trek)...

July 10th, 2008, 04:23 PM	#52 (permalink)
Mid Life Crisis Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge, England Age: 42 Posts: 494 6 Photos	I have it about 3/4 of the way up - any more than that and it sounds too ice-picky. __________________ Quiet desperation is the English way...

July 10th, 2008, 05:05 PM	#53 (permalink)
telechance TDPRI Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Southern California Age: 31 Posts: 21	usually about 2/3 all the way up...true for either pickup

July 10th, 2008, 09:47 PM	#54 (permalink)
Fret Melter TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Seattle Age: 21 Posts: 54	I have a No-load for my tone pot, and if I keep my tone on say 8.5, that makes my tele sound like a great standard tele twang. But if I put it on full blast, bypassing the tone control altogether it has a semi esquire'd, beefier tone, with almost a touch of a boost. As per the great thread about caps that was goin a couple days ago, I experimented with some different values and materials, and put a .1uf cap in my tele, and god does my tone pot work amazing now!! __________________ I don't believe in rosewood-boarded Tele necks........

July 10th, 2008, 10:55 PM	#55 (permalink)
tpaul Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingston, NY Posts: 701	How do I set my Tele's tone control? ... I turn that second little knob thingy on the flat metal piece. Why, how do you set yours?