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P guys, where do you set your tone knob?
- Thread starter Holy War
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full on...you get more tone that way, wish it went to 11
Tone knob is either all the way up or at 1/2 for the mellow stuff.
My amp EQ is always flat. I like my EQ like I like my women. The flatter, the better!
My amp EQ is always flat. I like my EQ like I like my women. The flatter, the better!
It depends on how old my string are.
If new string tone knob is almost off.
As string get older, I add tone till I reach about half way.
It's song dependent, but my tone knob is usually rolled off quite a bit. The only time I turn it up is when I do the occasional slap on it.
Just got my first passive P about a week ago, I'm using it at about 1/3 tone, with rounds and a piece of foam folded under the bridge. Still has a big of dynamic but the sound is so even all across the board 
Isn't this called the suck knob? I leave mine full open all the time because, well, I don't suck.
The reality is that there's a 'sweetspot' on a Precision. They're all a little different and our ears are all a little different. But if you've had a P for any length of time, you KNOW where to find it. Just a few degrees in one direction or another and it's not quite right. For me it's the same 6/8ths or 7/8ths rolled back as some have noted...but never quite the same for different instruments or set ups.
+1. BurningSkies nailed it.
I put a .022 mfd cap on mine and it rolls off the top end just enough. A tip I got from my friend, the late Dan Armstrong.
