If you don't add a tone control to your guitar .....

axisus

would it be at max treble? I'm thinking of leaving it off as these days I usually have tone on max treble.

TTony

There's be nothing to filter away the unwanted frequencies, so effectively yes, max treble and possibly a little bit more (which is why sometimes blower switches are fitted to bypass vol and/or tone pots in the circuit).

(is my understanding).

peteri

Yes that’s my understanding. 

And its certainly worth thinking about. I use my tone control quite a bit. But have a wonderful Feline Guitar that doesn’t have one. 

Never missed it 

You just find another way of doing the same thing 

ICBM

Yes, it's the same as turning a tone control up to 11 and leaving it there .

Winny_Pooh

I've had this on two of my guitars. It's great and you can just slightly roll down the volume to cut the highs if you want a darker tone.

prowla

Assuming it's a passive, leaving out the tone circuit (ie. a pot and a cap) will be the same as having it on full treble.

I've been making a partscaster and haven't got 'round to putting the tone pots in yet.

FelineGuitars

Think you get about 2dB more volume without a tone control loading the system down as well.

JayGee

Fender Cabronitas are wired like that, and yes, they're kind of in-your-face sounding. I've occasionally wondered about taking the treble bleed cap off the volume control on mine so that it darkens up a bit more when the volume's rolled off. Or maybe a preset tone circuit on a push-pull volume pot, which I believe is what the horribly expensive custom shop originals had... 

Rocker

My Gibson Melody Maker has no tone control fitted. Great for punk type sounds and, strangely enough, country if the volume is rolled back a bit.

Gagaryn

I fitted one of them no load pots to my tele - I like it.

Funkfingers

JayGee said:

Fender Cabronitas are wired like that, and yes, they're kind of in-your-face sounding. I've occasionally wondered about taking the treble bleed cap off the volume control on mine so that it darkens up a bit more when the volume's rolled off. Or maybe a preset tone circuit on a push-pull volume pot, which I believe is what the horribly expensive custom shop originals had... 

Er, there is no treble bypass network on the 2011 Tele-bration La Cabronita model. (I just looked to make certain.)