herb
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Since I started playing you had to crank your amp to it's sweet spot (or louder) and use the volume control on your guitar to get your volume and gain and the tone for taste. This was before OD pedals and was pretty much common knowledge back then. You could get a ton of tones that way. I still prefer to play that way although it's nice to get even more different tones using pedals.
The reason I'm bringing this up is that I just sold a guy one of my LPs. He says that the volume works like an on/off switch and the difference using the tone control is minimal. He's very concerned and I am thinking he wants to send the guitar back. When I had the guitar there was absolutely no issues.
Now I'm thinking he's probably playing at bedroom levels with his amp hardly turned up. I just tried that through one of my rigs and sure enough if you use it that way there is minimal difference in the controls.
Am I full of it or could there be something wrong with the controls? I had the guitar just three days ago.
The reason I'm bringing this up is that I just sold a guy one of my LPs. He says that the volume works like an on/off switch and the difference using the tone control is minimal. He's very concerned and I am thinking he wants to send the guitar back. When I had the guitar there was absolutely no issues.
Now I'm thinking he's probably playing at bedroom levels with his amp hardly turned up. I just tried that through one of my rigs and sure enough if you use it that way there is minimal difference in the controls.
Am I full of it or could there be something wrong with the controls? I had the guitar just three days ago.