stupid question

[WickedPissah]

Ok, this is gonna make me sound positively stupid. My beautiful t-bird, Becky, has 3 knobs. One's volume, I know that, but I've never been able to figure out what the other 2 do. What do they do?

 

[BadB]

Should be volume volume tone.

 

[stflbn]

Vol/Vol/Tone I'd guess if the bass has 2 pickups.

Or could be Vol/Tone/Blend

 

[Drewbacca]

need more info. 2 pups or 1?

 

[WickedPissah]

2 pickups. it's a regular, stock, never been modded, epi t-bird.

 

[ianm76]

My Epi Tbird was vol/vol/tone... If you can't tell what they're doing, maybe there's a wiring problem betwen the pups and the vol pots?

 

[dsperry]

Two will be volume controls and the third will be Tone

 

[Hugh G Wrekshin]

It might be (like fender jazzes)

Volume for neck pickup
Volume for bridge pickup
Tone

 

[WickedPissah]

Ok, one has to be main volume, I know that much. Could the other 2 just be for each Pickup?

 

[manutabora]

Dude, you don't seem to be reading the posts. One does not have to be main volume. The first knob is the volume for one pickup, the second knob is the volume for the other pickup, and the third knob is tone. I think this is the most probable configuration.

 

[bongomania]

Seriously though guy, if you have the bass, and you have a way to listen to it, you should be able to hear something happening when you turn the knobs. If the volume goes up and down it's a volume knob. If the tone gets brighter or muddier it's a tone knob. If it doesn't do either of those things, it's broken. Easy!