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    Jackson Professional Knob question

    Hi,

    I have a Jackson professional and I have a question about the knobs.

    The guitarI have looks like the one on the left in this picture:

    http://audiozone.dk/guitargallery/?c...4-95Page04.jpg

    It has 3 pickups and the double coiled pickup has a plastic cover. It also has the battery which I read is for the active EQ.

    I really don't know what the third knob on this guitar does. If I turn it to 0 and I go to pickup postion 2 I get a really nice strat sound. I would like to better understand what that knob does. I pretty much either put it at 0 or 10. I really like the sound with this knob on 0 and it gives the guitar a single coil sound that I associate with a strat.

    Thanks for any info on that 3rd knob.

    Steve
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  • #2
    The 3rd is just a tone knob, unless the guitar has been modified...
    1996 Jackson PS-4 Performer - Trans Green flame
    1997 Jackson DX1 Professional - Black
    2001 Jackson DX10DFS - Trans Red - Soon to be Bubinga Burl!
    2006 Jackson DK2M - Inferno Red
    2007 Jackson DXMG - Black
    2011 Charvel Desolation DC-2 - Trans Black
    1978 Fender 12 String Acoustic
    2004 Alverez Acoustic/Electric
    2011 Fender 4 string Jazz Bass
    1995 Ibanez 4 string ??? Bass

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    • #3
      Originally posted by silar View Post
      The 3rd is just a tone knob, unless the guitar has been modified...
      It seems like the second knob is the tone knob. The 3rd knob I thought had something to do with the active EQ. It hasn't been modified at all. I bought it brand new. It definitely gets more strat sounding when I turn that 3rd knob down to 0.

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      • #4
        My bad.. Actually the Ad says 'Volume, Mid, Tone'. Does any of the knobs push/pull? I am guessing it's like the Ad says.. Volume, then Mid, then Tone.
        1996 Jackson PS-4 Performer - Trans Green flame
        1997 Jackson DX1 Professional - Black
        2001 Jackson DX10DFS - Trans Red - Soon to be Bubinga Burl!
        2006 Jackson DK2M - Inferno Red
        2007 Jackson DXMG - Black
        2011 Charvel Desolation DC-2 - Trans Black
        1978 Fender 12 String Acoustic
        2004 Alverez Acoustic/Electric
        2011 Fender 4 string Jazz Bass
        1995 Ibanez 4 string ??? Bass

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        • #5
          Originally posted by silar View Post
          My bad.. Actually the Ad says 'Volume, Mid, Tone'. Does any of the knobs push/pull? I am guessing it's like the Ad says.. Volume, then Mid, then Tone.
          No, none of them pull.

          It sure seems to me like knob number two is tone. It goes totally low end when I put it to zero. Similar to putting the tone on my Les Paul to zero. But that 3rd knob is odd. It increases the volume when you put it up to 10. If I hit a note and crank that knob up to 10 the volume swells. It actually sounds like it might be a mid boost. But putting it to 0 has the very cool effect of making the guitar sound very strat like.

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          • #6
            Have you opened the cavity to look at the wiring? Can you post a pic of it?
            1996 Jackson PS-4 Performer - Trans Green flame
            1997 Jackson DX1 Professional - Black
            2001 Jackson DX10DFS - Trans Red - Soon to be Bubinga Burl!
            2006 Jackson DK2M - Inferno Red
            2007 Jackson DXMG - Black
            2011 Charvel Desolation DC-2 - Trans Black
            1978 Fender 12 String Acoustic
            2004 Alverez Acoustic/Electric
            2011 Fender 4 string Jazz Bass
            1995 Ibanez 4 string ??? Bass

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            • #7
              i have the same guitar and i have the same question :think:...this is a picture of the wiring of my guitar:
              http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/7004/img5429j.jpg

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              • #8
                Should be volume, tone, mid boost.
                I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.

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