Video Guitar Lesson: Pickup Switching Technique
Jan 2nd, 2008 by Guitar MX Admin
In this recently posted video guitar lesson by NextLevelGuitar.com, David Taub shows a technique that involves switching between the neck and bridge pickups, and using one of them as a kill switch. The trick requires separate volume controls for each pickup.
This is a technique that’s used by a lot of guitar players, most notably Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave. In this video, Tom shows how he uses the same switching technique to emulate a DJ scratching sound.
You can check out more video lessons by David Taub at NextLevelGuitar.com, as well as his new guitar course in vBook format.