Four control knobs on my guitar – Help!

[Alan B]

I have a squire m80 guitar which has two humbucker pickups (3 position switch) and 4 control knows – 2 volume and 2 tone.

I can get a variety of different sounds with this but can’t work out how the controls work. I originally thought that the 2 volume controls were for each pickup but that does not seem to be the case. One volume seems to be for the front pickup and the other is a volume for both – or maybe not!!! The tone switches are equally confusing.

Their function also seems to change if the volume on the amp is turned up

Can anyone throw any light on this?

Thanks, Alan

[Brian]

Not sure with the M-80 – but typically your 2 volume controls are 1 control for each pickup – same thing with two tone controls – and obviously the selector switches between the pickups.. so I would think your assumption is correct. Maybe they’ve created it so that there is a master volume – and then a separate volume for just one of the pickups?

I saw this post on Ultimate Guitar – this might be able to answer your question on the configuration.

[tom902]

I have a Les Paul that is set up like that and I don’t know why. I’m not the original owner, so I’ve wondered if someone “customized” the wiring before I got the guitar. I never let it bother me as I don’t use the volume controls that much anyway (I get better results from the pick attack changes for volume) so I never bothered getting it checked out.

If it bothers you, take it to a shop with a good guitar tech and get it looked over to see if the wiring is correct.

Play well and often (Sort of like “Live long and prosper” but better!)

Tom

[Alan B]

Thanks for you posts guys

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