I just inherited this Strat and it's my first. Anyone have some ideas on what the story on this double tone pot is? There's a distinct indent when rotating it, too. This strat dates to '91 and as far as I can tell, totally stock.

Thanks!




now:
'09 Les Paul Studio (all mahogany, faded black)
'91 American Standard Strat, Olympic w/ maple
'73 Rick 4001, Fireglo
'59 Gibson ES-125
'09 Acoustic B20
'05 Powerbook w/ Logic, Guitar Rig 3
before:
'64 Mustang, Olympic
'65 Mustang, Dakota
'73 Mustang, Competition Blue
'65 Thunderbird bass, WHITE!
'78 Gibson RD, black
'78 The Paul, FACTORY LIME GREEN PEARL!
'89 Charvel Model 4, dark teal
'75(?) Flying V, black
'78(?) Peavey T-20, black
'70s Electra Less Than Paul
Ampeg SVT 450H
Ampeg 8x10 coffin
Sunn 2x18 (!!)
Randall 200W 2x15 combo (late 70's?)
Marshall 50W 2x12 combo (80's)
Marshall JCM800 50W head
Marshall 1960 slant x1, flat x1
Fender Deluxe 85, red knob
Peavey Mark III bass head
Acoustic 6x10
'65 Kustom 50W head, w/ 2x12 RED tuck-n-roll!
'70s Big Muff
'70s SuperFuzz
'70s Small Stone
early '80s DOD Flanger
early '80s Boss OD-1
Morley Fuzz Wah

Not sure about the tone pot, but that is one long gear list

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It's a TBX control.

From 0-5 it's a tone pot on a 250Kohm pot. The indent you feel is meant to be the pot completely open. From 5-10 is a 1meg ohm pot thats meant to act as a treble boost.

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TBX = Treble Bass Expander. This option may indicate that you have a strat plus - my favorite guitar! How about some pixtures?

I suppose it is, but thankfully, most of it has moved on down the road. I spent the first 10 years or so of my adult life gigging in rock bands so the gear tends to accumulate if you're a gearhead....

Cool, thanks again nikininja. looked up TBX; factory equipment it seems. I like it: maxed out it gives my a nice chimey tone that me Les Paul can't touch! I'd love to have some of the sustain from Les Paul grafted on to this Strat though: it could ring like a bell. A compressor pedal will have to do i guess...

strataholic: it's definitely not a Plus, though I wouldn't be sad if it was!



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my word, it's ok to list gear you dont own anymore????

#Here goes.
In order too, to the best of my memory.
REMOVED

That hurt my brain and in a lot of ways is a bit upsetting. I sold a load of good gear to obtain a completely useless exwife.

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HEARD THAT!

That ridiculous list was mostly just rampant sentimentality...

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Just for you mate heres the list.


Avon Les Paul.
Badger 30watt amp
Tokai Breezysound
Marlin Sidewinder
Avon Les Paul (bought it back again)
During this time there were various Jen Wah's
A tonebender (yes a real original Vox tonebender, it was the mid 80's it cost me £15)
Boss DS2 (turbo)
Boss OD2 (turbo)
Vox 1980 chorus
Peavey 15watt
Marshall Valvestate 8040
Charvel model 4
Dean custom made blueburst superstrat.
Handmade tele.
1973/4 59Plexi
1971 Marshall tremolo 10watt combo (sold for £30 )
Zoom 9001, 9002, 9050
Art SGX
Alesis quadraverb
All sold to pay for a wedding.
Encore Strat (a gift from a friend)
Fender MIM squier series strat. (Ceri's got some of that now)
Marshall 4211 JCM800
Marshall 8040 valvestate (gone, used to destruction)
Marshall 8280 Valvestate (brilliant amp, gone)
70's Hiwatt 4x12 cab (used till it fell apart)
Dunlop wah (gone)
Various cheapo drives (gone)
Various cheapo zooms (gone)
Jackson Dinky
Charvel EX120 (gone boo)
Jackson Rhodes (gone boo)
ESP Hanneman (gone yay)
Marshall 2203KK
Fender VibroChamp xd
Blues junior (now gone YAY)
Digitech Bad Monkey
FAB Distortion (dont laugh its great)
Dano Black Liquorice (gone)
Tokai Delay (83)
Mosrite ventures (stored)
76 Lp wine red (stored)
Unknown chorus (cost me £10)
Boss PS2
Ashton Wireless
Burford Mosquito
Burford BritFace
MXR zack mild underdrive
Marshall Tremoverb
Vox wah Soon to be completely gutted for a project
Jen wah
Jen fuzz wah (67)
Fuzzface (red, big yawn)
57 Hotorod Strat
04 Anniversary Deluxe strat
06 Custom classic strat.
Baja Tele
Malibu acoustic
Vintage Lemon Drop.
Marshall Powerbreak
Hayden 4x12

Thats somewhere near the order of acquisition.

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aw shucks, thx nikininja

yeah, brings back a lot, no? my charvel model 4 and the competition mustang were sold to pay for a, ahem, procedure for my girlfriend....yikes. gave the pair away for $500 due to a mistake that $1 worth of latex would have prevented.

I mostly have no regrets, as I only play for my own amusement now, but the 4001 thru SVT thru 8x10 + 2x18 was one bad rig, especially since I never played to more than about 600 people. HUGE tone + HUGE dBs = ROCK!