Single volume and no tone, or should I drill?

[Newc]

Re: Single volume and no tone, or should I drill?

Get a 3/8" Forstner bit and drill yourself a Tone hole. See, the thing is, the guitar has Tone that has to be regulated with a knob, because it's all gushing out at once and it'll run out too quick without a Tone Control [img]/images/graemlins/poke.gif[/img]

And don't worry if you don't think you can drill the hole properly - neither did I, but my first try with this bit and I got this:



That's a smooooooth hole - no clearcoat chipping.

Just remember to get it spinning before plunging it into the wood. Rest the point on the body where you want the hole, get a firm grip on the drill, level it up, pull the trigger and jam it home.

[jtr]

Re: Single volume and no tone, or should I drill?

NO!!! who uses the tone control anyways?

[quiksilver]

Re: Single volume and no tone, or should I drill?

Please don't deface that guitar with a tone knob.

[toejam]

Re: Single volume and no tone, or should I drill?

Get a concentric pot so you don't have to drill any extra holes. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Newc]

Re: Single volume and no tone, or should I drill?

DRILL! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[CodeOfHonour]

Re: Single volume and no tone, or should I drill?

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NO!!! who uses the tone control anyways?

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[bibz]

Re: Single volume and no tone, or should I drill?

volume/toggle only is the best control layout,
my tone is controlled by my heart and soul through my hands connected to the guitar...

and lots of fat distortion! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Newc]

Re: Single volume and no tone, or should I drill?

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NO!!! who uses the tone control anyways?

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Well, people that know how to use them, for one [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

For that matter, who uses their volume knob for more than full on/full off?

[stevieb91]

Re: Single volume and no tone, or should I drill?

Agreed about the volume knob,Newc...I've got an import double fat strat that I wired the bridge humbucker(Duncan Detonator) to a mini on/off toggle and a momentary switch,no volume,no tone..

Hey,I thought I was the only one up this early...

[neilli]

Re: Single volume and no tone, or should I drill?

Buy a volume pedal and put the tone where the volume control is!

[model1]

Re: Single volume and no tone, or should I drill?

don`t drill that beauty pleeeease

[Budman68]

Re: Single volume and no tone, or should I drill?

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For that matter, who uses their volume knob for more than full on/full off?

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<font color="aqua">well, people that know how to hook up a "bleed" capacitor to their volume pot so that when you back off the volume for cleaner tones, you don't lose your "clarity" and it won't get muddy on you... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]


As for the neck not fitting correctly, NOTP was not imagining things as my KE3 body neck holes are not inline with a standard Jackson neck hole pattern therefore I had to slightly elongate the mounting holes for it to fit correctly. The body I have also might be a newer or older one because it did not have a neckplate, it has the counterbored screw ferrules as NOTP also mentioned. See, you're not crazy, bro.. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]</font>

[toejam]

Re: Single volume and no tone, or should I drill?

You could always just mount the tone pot in the control cavity without having to drill out. Though, it would be a pain in the ass to keep taking off the cavity cover if you actually want to use it in more than one position. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[GodOfRhythm]

Re: Single volume and no tone, or should I drill?

Leave as is, please. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[jwoods986]

Re: Single volume and no tone, or should I drill?

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You don't need no stinking tone knob! [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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+1, don't mess with it. It's perfect as is - volume knob and pup selector, that's all you need. [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]