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Which guitar control setup do you prefer?

One volume, one tone, one switch (like a tele)
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29%
One volume, two tones, one switch (like a strat)
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Two volumes, two tones, one switch (like a LP)
5
36%
Two volumes, one tone, one switch (like a Hamer)
1
7%
One volume, one tone, one 'pan' knob instead of a switch (like a bass)
1
7%
All the knobs and switches I can get (like a knob gobbler)
3
21%
 
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Post by ash »

How do you like your guitars knobs and switches to be arranged?

Myself, I prefer to keep it all pretty simple and have just one volume and one tone knob and a 5-way switch rigged for coil splitting on the "inbetween" positions.

I do see some merit in volumes for each pickup, but I prefer a master volume knob...

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Ash, if I were designing my ideal guitar, all it would have would be one volume control, with switchable pups - end of story.

Personally I find tone controls to be of use only where I have active controls, so I can cut as well as boost.

FWIW, I like the volume control where it is on my Strat, as I can easily control that with my pinky without missing a beat. However, I think I'd like my selector switch more like the LP, as I often knock it on my Strat.
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I think Gibson got the number of controls right though I prefer the strat layout - easier for pinky control.
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I'm a knob gobbler, and each one should do something different, and I could switch one each day, and a new thing would happen.
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Gibson layout all the way. I don't hit the hit the volume or the pickup selector with my pinky when I'm playing really fast. But I always do when I'm playing a strat based guitar. Infact nothing pisses me off more.
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Hey Richy - I'm just listening to Queen - We Are The Champions - and your avatar changes almost perfectly in time with that beat! Cool!
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DrRog wrote:Hey Richy - I'm just listening to Queen - We Are The Champions - and your avatar changes almost perfectly in time with that beat! Cool!
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Post by GrantB »

Ideally one volume, one tone, and a switch for pups. The tone would have a push pull for phase or s/parallel depending on single/humfucker types...agree re. pinky and Strat - ideal volume swell machine...those Lace Sensors on Strat Plus's have a great cut on the volume in which a slight tweak back gives a more vintage tone and then fully cranked you get a driven more contemporary Strat tone. Lot of bad press about them but I think they rock...but I digress from topic...
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the tele setup is the best.

Big steel knobs and one three way switch. Child proof :wink:
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Post by Bg »

child proof is good, especially when dealing with guitarists....



Bass players are another matter ;)
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Post by angry_young_poet »

bluesgeek wrote:child proof is good, especially when dealing with guitarists....



Bass players are another matter ;)
how about the Tom Delonge strat?? :)

1 volume, no tone control, no pickup switch.. :P

it's idiot proof, unless you don't know how to turn the volume knob ;)
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Post by Polar Bear »

Two Knobs and 6 switches work for me.
One volume, One Tone, Three on/off switches for the pickups and three phase reversals.

Of course the guitar i'm building at the moment is only one control and that's a volume! But I'm thinking of getting a gat together with three volumes and no switch to blend the pickups together, could be cool!
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Post by Bluesbird »

angry_young_poet wrote: how about the Tom Delonge strat?? :)
1 volume, no tone control, no pickup switch.. :P
it's idiot proof, unless you don't know how to turn the volume knob ;)
It has to be idiot proof for somebody like him to play it, although it evidently wasn't easy enough for him, because he switched to Gibson. :roll:
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Post by Gelato »

angry_young_poet wrote:how about the Tom Delonge strat?? :)

1 volume, no tone control, no pickup switch.. :P

it's idiot proof, unless you don't know how to turn the volume knob ;)
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1 volume, no tone control, no pickup switch. And it's a controversial call, but I'm going out on a limb and saying that guy can play a little better than Tom DeLonge :wink:
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Post by Bluesbird »

Not content with defacing one of the most iconic guitars in the stratocaster, he jumped ship and murdered another. The Gibson ES-335 - Tom DeLonge style ;(
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