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randyrhoads
10-25-2005, 08:45 PM
I was reading in another thread that bucket head uses a kill switch what does it do and what are some guitars that have a kill switch?
xhaereticusx
10-25-2005, 09:06 PM
It's just a switch that basically shuts off your guitar.
randyrhoads
10-25-2005, 09:15 PM
what's the point of having one then?
Used666
10-25-2005, 09:18 PM
what's the point of having one then?


Its to create a stutter effect when switched back n forth quickly or simply to cut out any output on your guitar when your not playing such as between songs :thumb:
deathscreamingsheep
10-26-2005, 10:09 AM
It's a tool really for live shows. Pretty much the killswitch shuts off your guitar just so that it doesn't hum etc between songs. It can be used as stated above to create a cool stuttering sound. Also if you're having a non-guitar section in a song e.g. a keyboard section the killswitch is useful to shut out feedback etc.
Ephemeral
10-26-2005, 11:27 AM
If you want a type of killswitch but don't want to install anything on your guitar, have a look at the Planet Waves Circuit Breaker cables. Really good cables and they are gaurenteed for life.
Marcus Martini
10-26-2005, 11:56 AM
Im lookin at some tabs on here and i need some good ideas to print off i dont no what i wanna play any sugestions?
A pig in a cage on antibiotics
10-26-2005, 12:27 PM
Hey speaking of bucket head. who is he, I heard that he's larry out of primus. any truth in that?
Evil Peavey
10-26-2005, 01:00 PM
Buckethead's real name is Brian Carroll.
A pig in a cage on antibiotics
10-26-2005, 02:36 PM
Oh rite. thanks man. He was playin with Primus before and Larry wasnt there so I jumped to that conclusion because Primus' old drummer is drumming on the new GNR album.
random666
10-27-2005, 02:39 PM
that new GNR album isn't going to be the same
mcmurray
10-27-2005, 03:19 PM
you can also make a kill switch without installing anything on a les paul or other guitar with a 3-way toggle switch. just turn the volume on one of your pickups off and switch as you please. this works best on epiphones with slightly sloppy wiring
jake plays guitar
10-27-2005, 08:49 PM
Im lookin at some tabs on here and i need some good ideas to print off i dont no what i wanna play any sugestions?
thread hijacker. your under arrest!