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earthman buck
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01/27/2007 7:38 pm
Originally Posted by: aschlemanA lot of people neglect the volume control on the guitar... they always have it all the way to ten..... The volume control on your guitar can work as an attentuator if you use it right... it can also work as a gain control because you'll notice that it bleeds off a lot of distortion when you turn it down... Just try that out and see how it works gfor you

That's very very true. I almost never change my amp's volume. I have it set to where I think it has the right amount of kickassness, and I control all volume with my guitar volume knob. The trick is knowing the exact point where it stops increasing the volume and starts increasing the gain.