Gibson Les Paul Tone & Volume Control / Knob Tutorial / Guitar Lesson
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- Опубліковано 21 кві 2012
- Tutorial about how to make the best out of your tone and volume control knobs on your electric guitar. Backing track for jamming along available here: / for-you-backing-track
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I'm a 60 year old beginner. Got my first Led Paul traditional. Thank you for this video. You sound awesome
I love it. Proof that we can learn anything at any age.
The sound of a LP : tribute to Gary Moore ua-cam.com/video/WgbFKGNfYR0/v-deo.html
Keep rocking dude! 💕
Dennis you better still be practicing
Lest pol**
As a professional player myself, I have to say this is a great tutorial. I see so many modern guitar players with a HUGE board of pedals. It's just not necessary. Watch videos of Gary Moore. He is constantly changing his volume and tone positions, and it's very effective.
Wow, great tutorial. I must admit, I have played guitar many years at home and was/am clueless on really using the tone/volume controls. You have opened a big door of knowledge for me. I am 65 years old...never too late to learn. THANK YOU !
We're in the same boat. :)
I still remember when this video was released. I must admit this video changed my whole life, and it's not a joke!! It REALLY changed the way how I play guitar. I really thank you for this information :)
FerMetalHead1 rhythm and lead tones with just the volume knob :D
I don't understand how can anybody click dislike on this video. There are some idiots out there just like to hate on people for no good reason. That was a great video and very informative. Thank you
Guess they lookin at e screens upside down 👍👎 😂
I am blown away by this guy. I have been playing, on and off, more so since my mid twenties. Anyway, I have become a pedal junky since I got my 1982 Les Paul xr-1 back in the early nineties. I have always thought this was the only way to go, and my pride wouldn't let me believe anything else. However, this guy in this video has finally opened my eyes wide to all the money I wasted and how lazy I have grown. I am going to change this from now on. Thanks for that and thanks for the video. I am now a subscriber and proud to be so,
Wow. 15 years playing Epiphones and Gibsons, and nobody ever told me anything other than "just crank all of it up". Thank you so much.
This is one of the best videos I've seen in many days. So knowledgeable, cheers.
By far and away the best information I have found to improve my playing. My wife thought someone else was playing my LP, she was surprised. Thanks for the excellent demonstration!
Holy shit! Finally someone that goes Into full details on these knobs. I’ve watched 24 videos and not a single one explains this in detail like you do! You got a sub! Thank you!!!
Thanks for this video Mike, very helpful and clear. It's good to know that people like yourself are creating useful tutorials like this.
I need to take a moment to thank you immensely for taking the time and making this video. Thank you!!!!
Mike, you play beautifully. Nice lead. Very soulful and emotive. Good vibrato.
Long time guitar player... and I'm just now learning how to adjust the sound with the knobs. Great video. Very helpful.
One of the more educational and easy way to play videos on the youtube channel. He was direct, clear and assertive. my Respect
Beautiful sounding instrument and nicely played and demonstrated as well Mike. Good job!
Thank you SO much, Mike! I am new to guitar. I have been learning on acoustic and have always wanted an SG. So, I got one. And I had (past tense) NO CLUE what to do with the switch and the knobs! This video is exactly what I've been looking for for quite a while! Thank you so much!
Bit of a masterclass with the demo there! Fantastic! This is something that modern players don't really understand sadly. A huge part of the skill with electric guitar, the bit above and beyond touch sensitivity and technique, is managing your controls. In my opinion it is part of learning an instrument, truly getting to know it; as any two Les Pauls will be completely different in each position. The bit about cranking your amp and using your volume especially is how all the great players did it in the 60's and 70's. That 'amazing tone' everyone is chasing with a pedal or a PAF was largely the result of power stage distortion on pre-master volume amps pushing tubes and speakers in to their 'natural habitat'. Its there, just most people never hear it because they're slamming the front end with pedals and throttling their speakers with the master volume knob on 2 or 3. My hero Paul Kossoff was once asked what pedals he used and he just shrugged and said: guitar, lead, amplifier.
Very inspirational video! Thank you for putting this video together! I shared it with the rest of my friends that play guitar also!
Wonderful video. Very informative with the added bonus of some terrific playing. I look forward to watching more of your videos. Thanks for sharing.
I'm just a fan of classic tools of the trade. I don't even play but appreciate the Les Paul. Your video demonstrating was amazing how the sound changes without distortion boxes and all I wanted to know was how the knobs worked. Well done.
Well Done Sir!! Finally a very clear explanation for the new guys. I am old school and does the same during live. You are a very good guitar player Sir. Thank you for your demo.
Wow. Thanks! Excellent instruction. Came here to learn about all the knobs on my LP. Entirely new to guitars. Learned tons. Please keep up the good work.
Thank you for the post ...what a great little tutorial!
I've been playing in various bands for many years, but I found this to be a vary sober approach to guitar tone, and made me look little closer.
Cheers from Canada!
Hell yeah man! I’ve been playing acoustic for years, and am starting to learn electric. I just got a really nice Les Paul as a gift but I’m stuck with a shitty amp. I’ve always wanted to learn what effect the knobs can have and this changes everything!
Thank you for this explanation 👏 I just bought my 1st les paul and figure it out what the knobs diference,now one of my favorite guitar
I watched this video a few times.
That's just great tutorial to work out!
Thanks for a great lessons and playing!
Rock on!
Danke Mike- this is a perfect explanation and demonstration of how to use of volume and tone pots on a Les Paul-outstanding!
Hi Mike ..and congrat for your useful video. Great tone and nice playing! 👏🏻👌🏻
Just an outstanding overview---really well done, super informative, awesome!
Well said & I agree!
great video, you are the one who let me discover the variations I can make with my Epiphone Less Paul. Thanks Mike
Thanks Mike! I really Enjoyed your post! Love Your sound and love your playing. I grew up with a Les Paul in my hands. Its been over three decades and I am still in love with the Les Paul. You did a wonderful job! Very informational and inspiration. Best wishes!
I am a beginer, so I've watched a lot of guitar vídeos on UA-cam about Guitars, Amplifiers, Pedals, Presets... and then you show up with this simple setings and BOOM!!!
Thank you for share your knowlodge and experience!!!
Thanks for your feedback. :) Comments like yours are my driving force. ;)
This was a very good and understandable presentation, well done!
I have been playing since I was eight years old (I'm 70 now, still hammering out tunes), and have been through just about every guitar from before that and since then, but the Les Paul models and a few Telecasters, and of course the inevitable Gibson SG have that special something you can bring out with what you have shown here very well.
Cranking up an amp has been the standard way of making sure you get noticed good or bad, and learning that this is not the way to do it took me a long time to learn.
You have kindly shared this very good video of how to get your tones and volumes sorted out showed me some things I never knew before this excellent presentation.
Thank you so much for bringing these things out for easy understanding and grasping.
You truly brought out more incredible tones from an already incredible guitar!
Best regards< John.
Excellent video!! Very informative and an extremely friendly and easily explained lesson. Thanks Mike
Thank you for your straightforwardness, and simple answers. Most people just want to show off and never actually tell you anything about how to actually use them properly. Now, I get it, thank you! 🎵🎶
Excellent video and explanations. Just what I needed. Thank you sir!
I agree Tim...you don't need a whole lot of pedals to achieve the sound you want...this guy sounds great with NO pedals...love it..
The funny thing is that millions of players are buying high end stompboxes to make it sound like this:)
Awesome video! I just picked up an Epiphone Les Paul yesterday and this made everything much more easier to understand with the knobs. Thanks!
great teaching here, i just bought a les paul custom and your video has really helped me achieve better and more creative tones from my guitar. thank you so so much !!!
Thanks my friend! I have never understood how to properly use the push / pull pots on my Les Paul correctly to achieve the tones you describe here. It makes so much more sense now and really helps me see I can save my cash on gear if I just better understand how to use what I already have. Thanks so much! 👍🏿
I couldn't agree more! :-)
This video is gold , you are a great guitar player !
I really appreciate your time and effort to show/explain what the guitar can do. I haven't seen another video that does this. The pace is very helpful and you make it very pleasant to watch even just for entertainment (I don't play guitar but I wanted to know the things you show, and enjoy some chill time too).
This is probably one of the best, and most useful, guitar video I've seen in a long time. I love this back-to-the-basics stuff - very useful. Thanks!
Thanks what a great video, beautiful guitar, excellent playing and good as gold advice.
13/10/2019 - 1st time watch this video & this is so so so good explanation about how all the 4 knob works.. Nice video Sir :-)
Thanks for the Video. I recently bought my first LP and was trying to understand the use of the knobs to achieve those awesome LP sounds we know and love. You have really helped me to understand it better!!! thanks
Excellent video Mike! Some years ago I put a full all the buttons on my lespauls and sgs. I researched a bit and now with your video everything changes. Thanks and keep doing more videos like this. Greetings from Ecuador.
You just opened a whole new world excellent video
I am a 52 year old beginner and just bought my first Les Paul. This was really helpful thank you.
Congrats! They are beautiful guitars.
Even after all these years I still think about this video. Thank you for the well worn practical knowledge 🙏❤
Been looking for quite a while on how to get more out of my les paul... Excellent video and demo of how to actually get better tone.. Thanks man!!! Oh, and nice work on the lead work. Mad respect!
Beautiful music , Mike. Thank you.
Most useful Les Paul tone tutorial out there
Awesome thanks, Mike. I'm one month into the Les Paul world and this was a lot of help. Gracias from Texas.
Oldie but a goodie, still one of the best videos explaining using controls for a les paul, thanks!
That technique is not taught or talked about!!
You sounded better than a $400 pedal board!!
Gotta start practicing this!!! Thanks a million!!
One of the several helpful videos along other pretty commercial and useless videos on UA-cam now ! Thank you !
The best video that i saw about guitar controls. As a beginner, i can say that it's very helpful. Thank you
You good sir are one of my you tube favorites . THANK YOU.Great vid and great playing as always.
Beautiful playing !
Great video ! Great instructor !
That was very very educational, I've been going through different youtube sites and there some really great players that show how to play this song or that song , but don't talk about how to get the tone with just the plain basics of guitar, cable, amp and of course how to use the hands when playing. I greatly appreciate your instruction thank you.
WOW !!!! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH !!! I searched & searched for someone to break this down for me. Don’t know why u didn’t come up 6 months ago when I bought the Less Paul special. I put it back in the box & in the closet it has sat. I definitely will subscribe. Thank you again for this video & for clearly showing examples each time !!❤️
DUDE!!!! Make some videos of you simply playing!! I love your style. SUBSCRIBED!!
love my Les Paul.... the tone/volume knobs add so much more than most know...this video had me stripped down to my guitar, cord and amp and loving it....
Fabulous demonstration on the use of guitar tone knobs. I am a newbie and have been wondering, but reluctant, to effectively experiment with them. Thanks a lot for giving a boost that experimenting is required for developing goo dear.
Thanks I usually play a Fender strat. Not tonight wasnt planing on it.but Les paul fill into my lap at good price so i purchase my 1st Les Paul about an hour.ago been playing it for 30mins... knobs had me scratching my head. Google sent you over...Crazy isnt it .😎😁..Only in 21st centruy..
Thanks you for show me.. My 1st set of tricks..I'll keep them close by and up my sleeves..🎸🎼🎶🎶 Nice Touch Thats really nice sound you have. from the Grand Canyon state of Arizona Thanks Again ✌ .
This is a gem of a video!
Thanks for stopping by! :)
Greatest tone video on UA-cam , top playing and definitely helped me to find that tone in my brain 👍
Been playing a long time but never really understood my Les Paul's control knobs until now. Thanks and nice playing.
I'm going to say this is the most important guitar video I've ever watched. I've played electrics for 14 years, and I don't even have a Les Paul. I've been chasing tone with guitars and pedals all that time but my tone was pretty bland. I usually played with my volume on 10 (like an idiot, but no one had ever told me not to), and kept the tone knob pretty high. My very first practice session after watching this video, I was getting really disgusting, thick tones out of both pickups. Again, not with a Les Paul but just my Schecter C-1 with humbuckers. I started picking with my fingers but once I figured out the technique my flatpicking sounded much better too. Thanks so much -- I wished I had watched in 2012 when this was first posted.
For me there's nothing better to know, that my video/s help other guitar players to be happier players with a better understanding of the capabilities of their guitars. :) And yes, what I said in my video applies also for many other guitar models. Just to be on the safe side I also did a volume/tone-control video for Stratocasters. :) ua-cam.com/video/kRJgGfZaUpk/v-deo.html
@@MikeBurn Well, I have a Les Paul and this is the video I needed :-) I think it will solve my problem with getting a good sound using my multieffect - I somehow decided to keep the four knobs at full all the time, but I guess it feeds too much treble to my effect (and amp too) and it is hard to get a good sound this way :-) I will start experimenting with the knobs :-) Thanks a lot!
Great tutorial - thank you. Subscribed.
thanks, just got my first les paul specifically for its ability to produce such a wide spectrum of tones. Awesome, a true fan!
Fantastic video and BEAUTIFUL playing and tone, Sir.
A secret handshake along with great playing.
Still very much an amateur who plays small gigs, church groups, etc. but I keep in mind something a player said who I was playing along and learning from who was considerably better. Paraphrasing but the gist is this: Whether a volume knob, tone knob, pre amp knob, or pedal, it can be a bit like cooking. Even small changes can adjust the flavor of a dish quite significantly while large changes drastically so; too much and the dish is inedible, but not enough and the dish is bland. Every dish is different in the kind of salt, spice, texture, etc that create a beautiful blend of all those characteristics, and the best chefs are the ones who learn where “just right” is for each dish. That was his analogy on how to use those controls, and I’ve learned that learning first how to control volume and tone through my fretting/picking hands and through the guitar volume/tone knobs, then the preamp controls, can pay dividends and often may be the only thing you need, particularly for the typical before-preamp type pedals like boost and distortion.
Thank you very much I just got myself an ebony finish Gibson St.Paul and This has been extremely helpful. I was almost lost with all the knobs and sounds. I appreciate it
Thank you Mr Mike Burn, finally I've found someone that goes into full details of these Knobs.
I want to get someday a Les Paul. I didn't know it has so many sound variations. Thank you very much.
me neither
Good video! All the old school players use their tone and volume controls!
This is one of the best videos on UA-cam. Thanks Mike!
Wow this is actually a great video!! I sat with my red Gibson Les Paul which looks pretty similar and followed everything you did. Such a great tutorial. I loved it
Holy crap this is the best video I've ever seen, for real. Thankyou I'm going to have to rewatch and subscribe. Have you done similar video with stratocaster? Just a great straightforward explanation
Thanks for stopping by. :) Indeed I did a video for Stratocaster-players too! :) ---> ua-cam.com/video/kRJgGfZaUpk/v-deo.html
@@MikeBurn oh man thanks buddy, you don't mind if I call you buddy? Or friend?
Hello Mike. I have a replica (Antoria) Les Paul Gibson Sunburst. Neck pickup is as yours, bridge pickup is a double, cream/black. Three people have done something with the electronics but what you showed us does not work on mine. Thank you for the information. It was very helpful. P.S..I didn’t hear a bad note!
Stuart Humphries Not mike, but may I ask what kind of amp you have? I think his trick works better on tube amplifiers where a loud volume distorts your guitar :)
Great Video on the Les Paul knobs, I was one that fully cranked everything. After watching this and trying it out on my Les Paul, I am in love with my guitar all over again. I didn't realize it contained so many sounds just by adjusting the tone and volume knobs...thanks!!!!!
you have been very helpful in this this video and i can wait to watch more of your lessons,,,great teacher,,very humble,,may god bless you
Thank you! Finally understand it
Mike.... Danke, Danke, Danke.... I came across your UA-cam presentation on using the Tone and Volume knobs while searching why my 1996 Guild/DeArmond Les Paul model was acting strange when the selector switch was set in the middle and I wasn't getting any sound. Turns out I did not know that if you had one of the volume knobs either the neck of the bridge set to zero, all sound was turned off. (well I figured that out) But what I really appreciated in this video of yours was how to fine tune my Les Paul for a warm jazz sound using both pickups.
I'm hearing searching for basic info using the exact same year model. 96 Les Paul Standard. How bout that lol.
Nice points! So easy to forget the basic truth that our sound and tone are first in our hands and what is between our ears. You made me think of the times a friend of mine used to take me to the Krone in Darmstadt and shame into playing with the house band. I had my own guitar that I traveled with but working with the limited equipment at the Krone required me to do the things you demonstrated here. Nice job!
Great video. your explanation and tutorial were awesome and make sense. your sound is great uncluttered. You gave me a lot to experiment with rather than fighting the amp to shape my tone. Thank you.
And that's why I love a Les Paul
Hmm, is there a bit of reverb/delay coming from the amp? I can't seem to get closer to any of the tones you demonstrated on my orange crush 12 😭
Ich bin erst seit kurzem von Strato auf Les Paul umgestiegen - wunderbar was es nun für Möglichkeiten gibt - gut gemachtes Video Mike - dank Dir
Wow, a five year old post, but timeless. I bought a 2008 Les Paul Studio this summer, and this video is very informative. Well-done!
Two important things to pull from the video, the Les Paul guitar works best with a decent quality valve amp with some gain. Valve amps are typically more powerful so a 30 watt and up should work well. I use a Marshall DSL 40 Vintage which aims towards providing 60s style tone, accepted with modern components ( although I've replaced the valves for better ones). The second point made so well here is that the tone and volume change the shape of the sound dependent on their position and in relationship to each other I.e. It doesnt just raise the volume like on some guitars, it takes the LP towards a more raucous overdrive. Going the other way you can get a mellow almost 335 jazz tone ala Larry Carlton. On top of this you can blend the two pickups by rolling off the volume on one or other, toggle in the middle. I am learning that this guitar is quite incredible and need I say it the pedals are going. I add a little reverb ( the DSLs is fine) and then have a TSDX set to TS9 on the mode and use the level control to pre- amp a little ( drive / crunch off, tone neutral) and a Dunlop Wah for certain songs. That's it. All you need to gig and light to travel. Thanks again for the video. Appreciated.
Useful, in a world where most things are not.
Great video. This has given me so much more control and better understanding. Awesome.
You rock sir! The information you present is just eye opening and refreshing. I feel you have provided me with a good dose of "Less is More", and "learn to use your electric guitar, not just play it" - I have never heard such insights from any one else. Thank you - much appreciated.
very good advices....i will be remember it
It's Very good ADVICE. Not Advices. There is no such word.
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informations? or information??
Smartass!!
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If he learned something from it it, then Yes.
What on earth is a 'right-twat move'??
***** yeah fill that hole with the momentary feeling of superiority that comes from dishing out grammar corrections to strangers on the internet. Grammar-nazi's ftw, right? bye now