Rabs Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Ive been building guitars for two years now.... Today I finally realised the mistake every electric guitar company has been making since the dawn of time..... This is the real way to get full true vintage classic passive active electro acoustic tone from your guitar there you go.. discussion over!!! :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Is that one of Farns' guitars? I know he's always after more tone.... Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Surely you need to turn them all up to 10 to get the most tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 Surely you need to turn them all up to 10 to get the most tone. That may actually be too much tone for any person to handle... It would produce a tone so amazing that it would put anyone who is listening into a tonecoma... :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Surely you need to turn them all up to 10 to get the most tone. How do you know, Farns, that they are not already there?... Making assumtions is not like you! :P Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I'm sure Rabs would never position his knobs in a way that meant the numbers were on the far side of the knob from the players view. I have faith in Rabs' intelect. Nope, Rabs, you always need... MORE TONE. Cor dear, too much tone. Who ever heard of such a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Three tone controls should be plenty if you replace the fourth with a "Mojo Filter". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 I'm sure Rabs would never position his knobs in a way that meant the numbers were on the far side of the knob from the players view. I have faith in Rabs' intelect. Nope, Rabs, you always need... Cor dear, too much tone. Who ever heard of such a thing. :) Well you've heard of the "brown note" haven't you... A result of too much bass tone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Joking aside, there are more than a handful of threads over the years where someone has used, seemingly with all seriousness, the words "need more tone". If I'm honest I usally assume their mobile device has auto corrected a typo of 'talent' and got it wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 My suggestion is the use of reflector knobs saying "TALENT" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 Joking aside, there are more than a handful of threads over the years where someone has used, seemingly with all seriousness, the words "need more tone". If I'm honest I usally assume their mobile device has auto corrected a typo of 'talent' and got it wrong. I wonder if its just something we all have to go through... You buy a guitar... I have a guitar, why don't I sound like Eric Clapton You learn to play... I can play now, why don't I sound like Jimi Hendrix You get some experience.... Ok I have been playing a while and learned technique and scales, why don't I sound like Jimmy Page You buy the exact same guitar and amp your heroes played.... DAMN IT!! I just mortgaged my house for this, why don't I sound like David Gilmour yet Then after 20 years you find out... You need more tone... you annoy everyone trying every pot, cap and pickup combination to find your tone... Then you realise noting is going to work no matter what you do... and that's because YOU WILL NEVER SOUND LIKE ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU ARE YOU!!! Tone is nothing but subjective to your ears and expectations... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 My suggestion is the use of reflector knobs saying "TALENT" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 ... YOU WILL NEVER SOUND LIKE ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU ARE YOU!!! Tone is nothing but subjective to your ears and expectations... Very well put. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 What's the good of having all that TONE if you have no volume to hear it. :P :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 Very well put. The thing is that's not even the real kicker... The real kick in the face after the search for tone is that you also eventually realise that your taste can totally change.. Like all of a sudden you play your amp and don't like whats coming out even though its on the same settings as when you last played and you thought your tone was great.... Lol... that's why its all crazy... the search for tone never ends as we are constantly changing creatures. Tone = What ever the players mood is at any given time :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 This could be the subject of a whole new thread; "Instead of the familiar 'Two Vol / Two Tone' knob set-up which would you prefer?" A. Talent / Taste / Virtuosity / Un-noticed Plagiarism... B. Originality / Mass Appeal / Sensitivity / Sex.... C. Money / Money / Money / Hell, why not? More Money... D...... Etc...Ect... Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I wonder why they were named tone knobs rather than treble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joevacc Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwEsjN6BEaE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Having that many tone knobs only leads to treble. These puns typically fall flat but I’ve been told I’m pretty sharp. I'll probably scale back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 So, is the new Rabs Tonemaster for sale? I'm not really sure if I'm equipped to handle that much TONE all at once but I'd like to give it a shot and see if I live through the experience... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starpeve Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Having that many tone knobs only leads to treble. These puns typically fall flat but I’ve been told I’m pretty sharp. I'll probably scale back. He he he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 The endless variations in tone are extraordinary. I was getting really good tone tonight at rehearsal (LP with P90s), very pleased with the way the pedals were interacting but as we all know there is a minimum volume to make any amp sing....now are those settings going to work on my Friday gig in a completely different room? No - not possible, I expect to be tweaking. Anyone ever have one of the A/DA valve preamps? Or a Mesa Triaxis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L8_4thesh0w Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Your... your tone... is... great, but... I NEED MORE COWBELL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 This could be the subject of a whole new thread; "Instead of the familiar 'Two Vol / Two Tone' knob set-up which would you prefer?" A. Talent / Taste / Virtuosity / Un-noticed Plagiarism... B. Originality / Mass Appeal / Sensitivity / Sex.... C. Money / Money / Money / Hell, why not? More Money... D...... Etc...Ect... Pip. THAT's funny. LOL doesn't quite get it. I have to say, "A" is pretty close to home with me. I might even need pedals for those. Of corse, I would get serious gas for the "practice" pedal. Hopefully it's a looper pedal. With it's own daisy-chain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James ODonnell Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Anyone ever have one of the A/DA valve preamps? Or a Mesa Triaxis? Yes, still shocking them with George Lynch tween all that rockabilly bwang twanging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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