Struggling with volume/dynamics

[rct]

This thread is proof that the word "volume" is just too confusing and Leo should have put "Louder" on the front kn0b of the Tele.

 

rct

[Riffster]

Dave,

 

Nigel Tufnel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and...

 

Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten?

 

Nigel Tufnel: Exactly.

 

Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder?

 

Nigel Tufnel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?

 

Marty DiBergi: I don't know.

 

Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?

 

Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven.

 

Nigel Tufnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.

 

Marty DiBergi: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?

 

Nigel Tufnel: [pause] These go to eleven.

[Riffster]

This thread is proof that the word "volume" is just too confusing and Leo should have put "Louder" on the front kn0b of the Tele.

 

rct

 

How was he to know that guys like Jimi Hendrix would come along?

[Riffster]

So.. let's see if I get the above advise correct!

 

The way to improve skill and technique is to buy more pedals. I wish someone would have told me that 45 years ago, I wouldn't have spent all this time practicing and studying.

 

They are not mutually exclusive, Jimi Hendrix practiced a lot, had his own technique and also used pedals.