Tones

I Just Got My First Electric, An Epiphone Es-339 P90 Pro

Problem Is I Haven't A Clue How To Set Volume Or Tone.
Is There A Basic Setting To Use?

Originally Posted by: Ron1939I Just Got My First Electric, An Epiphone Es-339 P90 Pro

Problem Is I Haven't A Clue How To Set Volume Or Tone.
Is There A Basic Setting To Use?

It depends upon what style you want to play & your amp. However, just to start with the guitar you mention, it has a bridge pickup (closest to the bridge) & a neck pickup (closest to the neck!). The 3-way switch can be set to:

1. Neck pickup.
2. Both pickups.
3. Bridge pickup.

Each pickup has 2 knobs: one volume & one tone. That's why you have 4 knobs.

The best place to start is to turn all the knobs up to 10 & the amp on very low & with a clean (non-distorted) setting. That will give you a baseline understanding of what your guitar sounds like completely unaffected.

Now you are ready to have a look at this tutorial on basic tone!

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1445

Please more if necessary & best of success!

The Epiphone Es-339 P90 Pro has coil splitting humbuckers through your push pull tone knobs That give you a few more tone selection at your finger tips..
I like to do my volume Chris's method..

Originally Posted by: compart1The Epiphone Es-339 P90 Pro has coil splitting humbuckers through your push pull tone knobs That give you a few more tone selection at your finger tips..
I like to do my volume Chris's method..

I think the "P90" designation indicates single coil P90's. That, or this is a naming coincidence LOL.

If that's the case, there will be no push/pull knobs.

Congrats on your first electric!

Guitar: Tone knob all the way up. Neck pickup for leads and solos. Bridge pickup for power chords, pinch harmonics, and twang. A mix of both pickups for rhythm and textured melodies.

Amp: Try playing around with the knobs. There is no right or wrong way, but start with the bass knob and play an open E chord or some bass notes and roll the knob until you hear a noticeable drop/increase in the response. That's the sweet spot. Then try the mids with an A chord or Am pentatonic scale, look for the sweet spot again. That should get you started.

Originally Posted by: Ron1939I Just Got My First Electric, An Epiphone Es-339 P90 Pro

Problem Is I Haven't A Clue How To Set Volume Or Tone.
Is There A Basic Setting To Use?

It's also important to know what style you play. Changes how much fiddling you need to do.