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Topic: Red button on old Fender T-8 |
John Rosett
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Missoula, MT
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Posted 18 Feb 2011 10:03 pm |
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I'm buying this Fender T-8 that was cut down to 2 necks. What does the little red button do? Thanks.
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Andy Sandoval
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Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2011 12:28 am
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| I'm gonna guess and say it's probably a Speedy West effects button. BTW, is it the same guitar talked about in this thread? Click Here |
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Jason Hull
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Posted 19 Feb 2011 2:18 am
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| That's the self-destruct button, but only if you choose to accept this mission. |
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John Rosett
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Missoula, MT
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Posted 19 Feb 2011 7:41 am
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Andy- It's not that one. It's been cut down to a D-8, and there's no evidence of any kind of changer anywhwere.
I was kind of hoping it was the legendary "anti-suck" button, but I guess an interrupter is almost as good...
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 19 Feb 2011 7:44 am
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It is most likely a kill switch, so you can do stutter effects.
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Gene Warner
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Texas, USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2011 2:39 pm
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It may have been a "boo-wah" button. I had a red one on an old steel that was still working, and that is what it did.
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Peter Huggins
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Van Nuys, California, USA
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Posted 20 Feb 2011 12:28 am
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I used to have a double 8 that someone added a doorbell button to. It functioned as a kill switch. I was thinking about adding the doorbell, but ended up selling the thing... 
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John Rosett
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Missoula, MT
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Posted 20 Feb 2011 10:20 am
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Thanks for the replies.
Just one question: When you say "kill switch", who does it kill? The bass player?
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Billy Tonnesen
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R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 20 Feb 2011 4:42 pm
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| I have no idea what it is for. But, if it was me I would use it to turn on all the necks at once when I wanted to jump necks for a differen't chord voicing during a specific song I was playing. |
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Peter Huggins
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Van Nuys, California, USA
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Posted 20 Feb 2011 7:28 pm
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A "Kill" switch cuts the signal off, but only momentarily while being pressed. A "Do-Wah" switch cuts out the tone control when pressed allowing a quick tone change, from "doo" to "wah".... Some Gibson consoles have one of each switch, a red and a black one.
An "Anti-Suck" switch would be really cool, but most of us wouldn't know when to use it <G>
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