Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Hey there,

I recognised, that Tomo plays his pickups pretty low, especially on his Silver Sky's. He also did a Video on Youtube (TFGD#5) about this topic. But Tomo didn't explain how low is right and when it will be too low. I'm missing some advise like "lower until it sounds like this or that". Does anyone have an explanation on this?

I also realised that my Silver Sky loses instantly lots of the top end when I roll down the volume knob (flat amp eq). I used to think that's because John wanted it to be like this. But it sounds very different to one of Tomo's latest youtube videos with Zack. At the end they were discussing how even the silver sky sounds. Maybe this is also because of the pickup heights?

Any thoughts on this?

Thank you
BR

Here is Tomo's comment:

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Hi Ben,
This is usually typical for most volume knobs in my experience. However there is a popular mod people do to their volume pots called a treble bleed circuit. This will allow more hi frequencies to pass those even at low volumes.
Hope this helps

Thank you, this helps. I wasn‘t sure this is usual.