Overblown by the wonders of the electric guitar

Peeps,

I have just made the leap from Accoustic to Electric and have a Les Paul Standard, I can make a noise, it is just defining the noise.

I understand the difference between rhythm and treble (distance from strings to pickup) but how is this incorporated with tone control and what differences will it make.

Apologies for demi-intense question.

S

The rhythm pickup is the one closer to the neck. The treble, or lead, pickup is the one farther away from the neck. The strings don't sound the same at the two points (someone else can explain the physics of this better than me), and in many guitars the two pickups are different models, which further colors the sound and creates more differences between the sound of the two.

Two of the four pots are volumes for each PU, the other two are tone controls. Meaning that in the middle toggle-switch position you shape the sound with all four pots.

the treble pick up will give you more of a rock crunch, where as the neck pick up will be thicker, fuller sounding for clean sounding chords. jus to define their purposes