Explain this tone control?

[Dr. Vintage]

Being mainly a Gibson-head, I'm not as 'studied' on Fender-type guitars as I might be. I bought a loaded Tele control plate off ebay recently, and the tone control is a dual pot with a center detent. I haven't put it in my Tele yet.

Can someone explain to me what this is?

[Williams]

Do you have a pic by any chance?? I'm trying to picture it in my minds eye...

-Kevin

[photoweborama]

Yes, hard to day without a pic of the wiring.. But I think it possibly is a blender control. Or it could be a second tone. Neck and bridge separate tone... Blender pot sounds more logical though...

[curtisstetka]

It's a TBX tone control, I'll wager. I've got one in my bucket o' guitar bits. I yanked it out of my pal's Strat Plus.

The gag is that from 0 to the detente it works like a regular tone control, cutting treble. From the detente up to 10 it cuts bass. Supposed to give you a wider range of tonal control.

I personally didn't care for it but maybe that's just because it's not what I'm used to.

[Old Tele man]

curtisstetka is correct, it's a TBX tone control...which "robs" from the "bright" and gives to the "bassy." It's PASSIVE so cannot really "give" you anything, it just appears to do so...

[ragtweed]

Why would one want to cut the bass on a Tele anyway?

[Williams]

Why would one want to cut the bass on a Tele anyway?

That is a good point. I mean you don't got a whole lotta bass on a standard Tele as it is...

-Kevin

[Dr. Vintage]

Thanks for the explanations. I didn't buy the control plate for the purpose of getting that tone control - I bought it to have one to drill for a third control for my personal control scheme. Since it's there, I may as well at least try it to see if I like it...