5th knob on basses.

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 6:27 am

5th knob on basses.

As we know, all the 4080, and the GOOD 4005’s have the 5th knob, (Just kidding John Wi. and Jeff).

I was curious how other forum members use the 5th knob.

When I play live, I turn it to the full bass sound. What do you guys do???

rickinroma · Post by **rickinroma** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 6:40 am

almost full bass

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:09 am

Nyaa, Nyaa, Nyaa,!!! Jwilli's and mine are special!

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:10 am

5th knob want-a-be-r's

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 8:54 am

5 knobs?

Thas one more innit?

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 11:21 am

I use mine to back off the neck pup slightly for that growl.
Turn the rest "to eleven"

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:35 pm

Ditto with Kevin and Francesco.

Sometimes full on bass, though.......

sabbath_of_bass · Post by **sabbath_of_bass** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:53 pm

What is it even? At 1st i just figured it was a pan pot(sp) rather then a 3way switch... but You still have the pickup switch. So whats the 5th one do?

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 5:20 pm

When I have the other 4 "regular" knobs full on, turning the 5th knob one way can make it a very full bass sound, turning it the other way will make it more bright sounding or tinny....

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:01 pm

What it is really is a second neck pickup volume control without the third lug grounded like a normal volume control would be that is in series with the normal bass volume control. Not only that, it is wired up backwards from the way a normal volume control would be, so when you "turn it up" the neck pickup get quieter. Got that? So all you're doing is lowering the volume of the neck pickup in relation to the bridge pickup. Kind of redundant, plus you have extra series resistance on the neck pickup.

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 9:20 pm

Yeah,but you and jwilli dont have one to play with anyway.lol

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:14 am

Reminds me of a cartoon I saw in a blacksmith shop during my youth. A small girl and boy had the front of their diapers pulled out and were looking down the front. The caption read:"There's a difference in welding, too, you know!"

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 11:23 am

I thought the girl says; "I know you got one, but with MINE, I can get as many of those as I want..."

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:04 am

holy resurrected threads Batman,
I guess this would be the proper place to ask, so, why don't 4003's have a 5th (blending) knob? they have Rick-O-Sound, they have 2 pickups, right?
inquiring minds want to know

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:38 pm

I think it's a hollowbody sort of thing.

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