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WHAT DO THE CONTROLS ON MY ELECTRIC ACOUSTIC DO?

There are two types of acoustic pickup system. You have the standard

The standard acoustic pickup system will capture the acoustic volume and convert it into an electrical frequency that can be amplified through a speaker system. Then there are the more advanced microphone based systems that pickups more range of frequencies (however you will generally control these with a PA system with an external pre amp).

ACOUSTIC CONTROLS

• Volume: controls the master volume output
• Tuner: Most modern acoustic controls have a built in tuner
• Presence: controls the upper high frequencies
• Treble: controls the high frequencies
• Middle: controls mid range frequencies
• Bass: controls low frequencies
• Multi-band EQ: some of these pickup systems even have equalizers built in to have more control of your tone

WHY ARE THE CONTROLS ON MY ELECTRIC GUITAR IMPORTANT?

The knobs on electric guitar controls the signal output from your guitar. Whether this is volume, tone, killswitch or a humbucker switch, you will need to have the correct setup for your playing style.

In some special cases, there are guitars without a volume they are wired for the volume to always be on full. You would require a pedal to control volume this being your setup.

On my personal setup I do not have a tone, instead I have knob that controls the amount of humbucker to the single coil I want present in my sound. I like to riff using single coils and solo on a humbucker. I also, have these controls isolated to each pickup so I have full humbucker on my bridge pickup for soloing and part single coil for riffing.

Furthermore, if you are like the legend buckethead and want some crazy tech/stutter effect then you will have to install a ‘kill switch’.

WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF SETTING OPTIONS?

You will find that there are thousands of different styles of guitars on the market. However, when it comes down to the electrics there are four designs that are common. As discussed the knobs control the pickup, volume and tone and you will experience four setups.

FOUR KNOB SETUP

A four-knob setup will include one tone and one volume knob for each pickup, totalling to four knobs.

THREE KNOB SETUP

A three-knob setup can vary depending what brand you get. For a dean and flying V will include two volume knobs that control the volume output of each pickup, and then one tone control to alter the bridge and neck pickup at the same time.

For a Fender a three-knob setup will include two knobs for tone. This will include controlling one tone knob for the neck pickup, and one tone knob for the middle and bridge pickup. Whilst there will be a volume knob that controls all three pickups at the same time.

TWO KNOB SETUP

A two-knob setup includes only having one volume and one tone knob to modify both pickups. This is what we commonly see on telecasters. I personally like this setup, as it is minimal and simple for any novice to understand.  

PUSH-PULL SETUP

A push-pull knob works slightly different to the other controls we have discussed. These work by pulling, or pushing the knob will give to access to a different setting and then further settings can be applied to modify the selected setting.

For example, some guitars will have a setup where you pull the knob and it will switch the pickup from humbucker to single coil. Other guitars like the Fender S1 switching system design will change the selector when you pull it. This means if in the pull position you can alter tone, and when in the push position you can alter volume.

Conclusion

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