Guitar Tone Knob | HOW IT'S USED

The tone knob is one of the least used and commonly misunderstood elements of the electric guitar. In this video I'll explain what it does and some common musical uses of the tone knob. Be sure to check out my other videos in my HOW IT'S USED series explaining the basics of electric guitar.

For my signal chain I'm running my Strandberg Boden Classic right into an MOTU M2 audio interface and I'm using Neural DSP's Archetype: Plini plugin for all amp sounds right in my DAW Digital Performer.

0:00 - Intro
0:19 - What It Does
2:08 - Eric Clapton's 'Woman Tone'
3:10 - Audio Examples

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[thomasbrobozki]

That 1 dislike is probably his neighbor

[sohamdata]

thanks dude, you were on the point! really felt i learnt something man. tone knob was like a stationary knob to be not to be fiddled with lol

[tovarischkarno]

Me, who just got an electric guitar after playing many manner of acoustic instruments for 15 years seeing OPs guitar with no obvious means of tuning: PERKELE

[YetAnotherSentientBeing]

Very helpful, straight to the point, live examples. Thanks dude !

[indigowendigo]

I thought there was something wrong with my screen when I first looked at that guitar

[ihmomjokes]

very nice video and explanation! what is that song at 5:23???? i love the way you play it !

[braiden]

So basically, if the tone knob is lower it would work well with jazz, indie and pop, but if it's higher it'll work well with rock, and heavy metal type of songs?

[blackcitadel]

awesome. the tone level makes a lot of difference on clean/light overdrive sound.

[smebly]

cool when the tone knob is on zero it kinda sounds like its someone playing it in the next room. Also what other effects were you using when you were playing the examples?

[LucidLando]

What are you playing at 4:00 and where can I find more songs strum like that?

[NikosKatsikanis]

Is it the pick ups which kind of doing the same thing? How to combine them

[MrVyrtuoso]

It is to vary the filter cutoff frequency over time and sound like really cool synths.

[josesampaioramos]

i´m sorry to bother you but can you answer me this question? i have one pickup guitar and, is it possible to use a 2 way switch as a tone control rather than change the pickups? by doing this i´d have a totally open or a totally closed tone. Thank you.

[maximumliberty]

What's the song he starts at 3:40? Sounds great.

[NikosKatsikanis]

13 years later, time to learn about this

[rosewood]

Thanks for this. Great demo. I could hear the difference. Will go play with my LP

[codysearle]

What is your set up on the demo? Sounds AMAZING

[glovesfsot_]

What is a good amp setting for the woman tone?

[carterweaver]

Excellent video I understand this well now

[mariayanez]

Hi, im here because basically I think that the tune control from my new guitar does not work, could you help me on how would i know if it works or not?