Axis tone control

[mlacommare]

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I've played the Axis guitars and love them and I am planning on getting one. Have any of you guys added a tone control? I'm one of those guys that likes to use it a lot on the neck pickup. Is there an easy way to do it replacing the volume control with a push/pull pot? Just curious.

Mark

 

[peterd79]

i like 'em without the tone. IF you set your rig up right you won't need it!

I took a vintage (original 56) Les Paul and took out the tone control.

BUT as they say ANYTHING is possible... or you could go with the Axis Super Sport which has the tone control!

 

[jazzbo jim]

I would try to use a concentric pot-one pot/two dials one stacked atop the other.
(try stewmac)

 

[MN246]

My Axis has a tone control. It's labeled "volume". The farther up I turn it, the better the tone gets.

 

[beej]

I would try to use a concentric pot-one pot/two dials one stacked atop the other.
(try stewmac)

+1.

That's the easiest way to do it without having to route/drill your guitar for another pot.

 

[mlacommare]

Thanks for the responses.

To peterd79: I like to roll off almost all of the tone on the neck pickup and play octive runs on slow songs for a real spooky sound. How are you suggesting that be done? My rig goes like this: guitar>comp>wah>vol>a few OD pedals for mostly clean boosts>micro-vibe>echo>amp switcher>and then a '64 JMI Vox AC30 and a Mohave Scorpion.

PS. I live in Santa Barbara about 1.5 hours away from EBMM. Where are you?

To Beej: I don't understand what you mean by +1. Can you elaborate?

Thanks

 

[kbaim]

+1 signifies agreement with a response.

Also, coincidentally, my waist size since the last time I bought pants.

 

[beej]

Yeah, it's like "I second that" or "me too".

Hey mlacommare - have you considered the Axis Super Sport (comes with a tone control), or are you set on the regular Axis?

 

[Snake]

I know what you mean by getting that tone on your neck pickup. The way I do that now (since I got my Axis) is with an EQ pedal. It actually works better than a tone control, and doesn't rob your tone like a tone control would on other settings (a guitar with a tone control seems to have less "bite" to my ear than a similarly equipped guitar without one).

 

[Norrin Radd]

I know what you mean by getting that tone on your neck pickup. The way I do that now (since I got my Axis) is with an EQ pedal. It actually works better than a tone control, and doesn't rob your tone like a tone control would on other settings (a guitar with a tone control seems to have less "bite" to my ear than a similarly equipped guitar without one).

+1!

Just trying to help make the point. You know, about +1 and all. Plus, I think Snake is dead right on here. I LOVE my Axis, nothing has tone like it. And I know exactly what he means by "bite". Funny, Snake using the term "bite", I just got that myself! Doh!

 

[peterd79]

i'm not into pedals all that much. I run right into my Line 6 and let everything drive off of that... I tend to play a combonation of clean and drive and all my sound comes from my Guitars and My amp...

I own two pedals... a RAT PACK and a Delay... that's it! and I only use one of them... the Delay!

 

[jazzbo jim]

On my warmoth strat, I instaled a delta tone pot which removes itself from the circuit at full tone setting, thus giving you only the volume active.
This can also be achieved by disassembling the pot and scraping away the carbon trace at full setting, thus creating an open circuit in the tone pot at full setting.

You could try this on this pot...

stewmac pot

 

[Raz]

My Axis has a tone control. It's labeled "volume". The farther up I turn it, the better the tone gets.

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

Why not put in a push/pull and wire it so when it is pulled out, it gives you the neck pickup with a preset amount of 'tone' dialled in? I would imagine this would be easy (ish) for a good tech to do.