The ToneQuest Report

Got told about a great online subscription mag: The ToneQuest Report. In a previous issue, there is a great interview with Neil Young's guitar tech, Larry Cragg (pictured with Young's Old Black).



Here's an excerpt...

TQR: Some might wonder why go to all that trouble
instead of just turning down the guitar volume…

Are you kidding me? No! When you turn down the volume
of your guitar you’re dumping so much of the tone and high
end to ground that it’s just a terrible thing to do. A volume
pedal does the same thing. You’ve got to leave the guitar volume
on 10 and control it from the amp. Remember that both
volume controls on the tweed Deluxe are interactive, so we
have controls on both volume pots. With the volume on the
input that the guitar is plugged into cranked, you get some
something extra special from the second input being turned
up as well, in a very special way. The idea for all this was
Neil’s, and it was up to us to figure out how to make it work.

There are some sample issues available for download and subscription info can be found here.

C.