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May 23rd, 2006
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Electric Guitar Anatomy
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I have a question about Electric guitars. I have a Fender Squier Strat, and there are dials and switches that I don't understand how to use. There is a volume dial (which is self explanatory), but I don't understand the two tone dials. What do they do, and how can I use them? Also, there is a lever that moves 5 positions (located below the three dials). Same question: What are they for?
It would be greatly appreciated it if any of you could help me.
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the lever is so u can use each pickup seperatley or in combinations, the two tone controls are so u can change tone of individual pickups when u are useing combinations, if u are useing just one pickup the just one of the tone controls should work, thats the best way i can explain it
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this "lever" of which you speak is actually a switch, it moves the current from one pickup to another, therefore letting you pick which of the (assumed) 3 pickups, neck, neck and middle, middle, middle and bridge, bridge. the more forward pickups are usually for accenting the sound of the top 3 strings. the tone knobs, are hard for me to explain, just play with them, they slightly change the sound of a certain pickup. im not sure if they cancel out or what, i always had mine turned up to 10 and it sounded good. i have a fender squire that i play all my drop C songs in, because tuning my ibanez everyime would be a hassle. hope this helped.
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On a standard wired start the two tone knobs control tone for the neck and middle pickups. The bridge pickup doesn't have a tone control since it's made for twang. I tend to run the tones all the way to 10 all the time and control the tone at my amp.
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What does twang mean?
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Twang is onomatopoeia. It describes a treble heavy sound.
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country kinda.
I pray one day I can play....Good
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[stifles a LOL over whats twang]
Of All the Things I've Lost it's My Mind I Miss the Most
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When I first got my Squire Custom Tele I put a post up at Guitar Noise asking pretty much this very same thing. So if you wanna see some other responses check out my thread here. 
I would also suggest, if you haven't already, downloading the manual for your strat. See if you can find it here.
Good luck.
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May 24th, 2006
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Originally Posted by Rockerbob
Twang is onomatopoeia. It describes a treble heavy sound.
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Next question .... so what does onomatopoeia mean? Boom boom!
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May 24th, 2006
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Originally Posted by 737blues
Next question .... so what does onomatopoeia mean? Boom boom!
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Pronunciation: "ä-n&-"mä-t&-'pE-&, -"ma-
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek onomatopoiia, from onomat-, onoma name + poiein to make -- more at POET
1 : the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss)
2 : the use of words whose sound suggests the sense
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Plug your nose and say the word---twaaaaang
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May 24th, 2006
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Next question .... so what does onomatopoeia mean? Boom boom!
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onomatopoeia is Twang... 
(at least in this case!!!) 
James V. Signorile, ASCAP
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LOL! Boom boom indeed! 
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