Fender American Standard Series Owners Manual - Page 10

VOLUME CONTROL The Volume Control allows you to control the volume level at the instrument. TONE CONTROL The Tone Control allows you to modify the instrument's tonal characteristics. Some of the American series guitars have a unique tone circuit that features Fender's new TBX Tone Control (Patent Pending). The TBX Control provides both the conventional Fender sound and unique new sounds. Rotating the knob counterclockwise from the detent position gradually filters off high frequencies, moving the sound from bright to more mellow to provide all the Fender tonal characteristics previously available. Until now this has been the primary method of making tonal adjustments on electric guitars, but with the TBX Control, you also now have the option of adding prescence and brightness by actually shifting the frequency response of the pickup. This is done by advancing the knob clockwise from the detent position. With this added capability, the TBX provides a whole new range of sounds not previously available. PICKUP SELECTOR SWITCH The pickup selector switch does just what it impliesit selects the pickups either alone or in combination. Dual pickup models are supplied with a threeposition switch, while the three pickup models are equipped with a five-position switch. 8