Re: OT: Re: jazz on tele's etc. Tone control

[Toby G <carpet8@mac.com>]

Using an amp's tone controls *could* do what you're describing.  They're 
entirely different circuits--a guitar tone control is a low pass filter 
and 
an amp has bandpass filters.  Personally I love the sound of the guitars 
on 
Scofield and Metheny's "I Can See Your House From Here."  Very dark and 
plucky.  And running a guitar on the neck pickup through a distortion 
pedal 
is one of the most beautiful sounds on the planet.

Playing technique really doesn't do it unless you mute the strings ALL the 
time which is quite a drag(literally and metaphorically).

It's all depends upon what you like to hear.

t
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "andy butler" <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 2:31 AM
Subject: Re: OT: Re: jazz on tele's etc. Tone control


> William Walker wrote:
>
>>  It seems that one can achieve a darker tone with a tone control,have a 
>> broader spectrum acoustic tone ( particularly on a fine hand made solid 
>> wood archtop ) and still have the option for a brighter electric tone 
>as 
>> well.
>
> Help, I just don't understand that "roll off the tone control" thing.
> I've heard a lot of guitarist use it, and claim it's mellow, but to me 
>it 
> sounds muffled, as *all* the airy top frequencies which
> sound above the treble (hi-mid) harshness are lost completely.
> Surely it's better to use the amp tone controls to get a mellow
> sound without being muffled?
>
> Does it work with certain amps?
> (and no doubt I heard people use it successfully and
>  didn't know they were doing it)
>
> ...and isn't it possible to get a mellow tone by playing technique, 
>rather 
> than having to kill
> the highs electronically?
>
> andy (not really a guitarist)
>
>
>
>