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I learnt something new about Gibson and Epiphone guitars.



A standard feature of Epiphone and Gibson guitars that you may not have even noticed!

After a false start purchasing the Epiphone Emperor Swingster from GAK, and having to send it back and get it replaced (see video below), I have been really pleased with my new purchase.


I have enjoyed getting to know this guitar as it is different from most of the guitars that I have owned over the years.  The closest I have gotten will have been my Epiphone The Dot guitar which was nice but I didn’t really connect with it.
With this guitar I have enjoyed the wire handled Bigsby tremolo and the range of tones that I can get from the pickups but something happened yesterday that surprised me…

As you will know, Epiphone and Gibson guitars like this one have four control knobs, two tones and two volumes.  One for each pickup.  The pickup selector switch allows one to switch between the individual pickups or have them both selected at the same time.

I thought I would have some fun trying to dial in some tones and initially I noticed that when adjusting each individual volume pot, not only does the level of volume changes but also the tone.

Then I noticed that when I turned down the volume pot for either of the pickups when both are selected, the volume for both pickups switched off!

The video below explains what I saw:



Apparently this is a normal thing and is useful for some purposes e.g having a kill switch for the whole guitar.

I am curious to know the following about you:

1) Were you aware of this?
2) How do you use this feature, if at all?

Thanks!

You can find out more about the Epiphone Emperor Swingster by clicking here.

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