how do i know what each knob does on this guitar? they are not labeled :0 i just started playin a month ago but idk what that shit is

The two knobs closest to the back of the guitar, control the back or bridge Pick up. The two closest to the pick guard control the front or neck Pick up. The top knobs are volumes, the bottom knobs are tone. The switch selects Neck pickup, (up) Bridge pickup (Down) and both Pickups, (middle.)

Five-way switch also exists, basically working the same way as 3-way selector, except the option between neck and middle, and the one between bridge and middle, toggle a diffrend kind of setup for pickups. I think 5 way selector requires at least three pickups, where 2 of them are humbuckers.

There are 5 way selectors and 7 way selectors and push pull knobs, but not on that guitar. And no, two of the pick ups do not have to be humbuckers for a 5 way selector. standard stratocaster models all have 5 way selectors

but what Superchum said is correct

I read 4 words of your profile and immediately liked you a bit.

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""Whoever appeals to the law against his fellow man is either a fool or a coward. Whoever cannot take care of themself without that law is both. For a wounded man shall say to his assailant, 'If I Live, I will kill you, If I Die, You are forgiven.' Such is the Rule of Honor.""

Where is this from?

Well, i know it's from something else, but i heard it from the Lamb of God song Omerta.

and thanks for the help guys.



i see. i still havent grasped the whole concept yet, all i know for now is that it makes it sound different xD

This post was edited by darknezz2 on May 11 2010 08:47pm

you shouldn't worry about that stuff for now...it's more about being able to customize your sound in the future when you want to expand musically.

for now you just need to focus on dem scales and learning the fret board.

Agreed. For the time being, it's absolutely fine to have all 4 knobs cranked to 10. It's when you start understanding the sound you wanna make and the tone etc, thats when you start adding a middrange of lets say 8 volume/4 tone on the bridge.

Just learn your chords - the pentatonic scale - 1 full song (rhythm section only).

Once you've done this, you will have achieved the basic award and can concenrate on all your other bits like sound!

alright sounds good. im taking guitar classes at the college im going to and i dont have any money to take classes here so ill just have to wait till college. but im still trying to teach myself