Hi,
I play guitar straight to amp and clean up with my guitar volume / roll on more with more crunch. I also love playing on the Middle position on a LP and tweaking both volumes to taste and use the tone pots when playing with the pups out if phase.
So I'm using all 4 for pots on the LP but I would also like a strat-style master volume control pot - so I can set my treble/rhythm volumes and clean up with but a single flick of my pinky.
Oh and I don't want to mutilate the guitar body at all and consider pedals of any type tone-sucking works of Belzeobab!
Best I can come up with is a push /pull in one of the current volumes or a concentric double pot - neither of which appeal.
Any better ideas?
The answer was never 42 - it's 1/137 (..ish)
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I need both tones to fine tune the phase cancellation when in 'Peter Green' mode, both pickup volumes AND the master vol?
pots.
Otherwise it's time to break out the router and the drill.
Anyone know of a concentric push /pull pot out there? ..I use the tone pots less, so I could double stack them to fee up one position for the master?
Surely you could get away with a master tone control?
He won't wear any pedals!
Figuratively and literally, I imagine.
Out of phase, small changes in the tone controls can take you from nasal honk to mud - millions of tones in there!
In all seriousness I really like having the extra master volume control near the bridge on my john birch and will be installing one on my zematis clone for the same reason.
On a normal lp I would be going for the dual concentric tone pot.
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One of the issues I've always had with Les Pauls is that the volumes are badly placed for quick changes - Strats and PRSs are what I'm used to. A pedal definitely solves that and leaves the guitar looking 'right'.
http://www.schattendesign.com/Product_Images/BB-03 Pics/BB-03Hand250.jpg
Maybe a tiny bit awkward to reach quickly though.
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