mellowgerman
Senior Member
Now, didn't I once read that Guild was not alone with that abomination? I have a faint memory that some Gibsons were equipped with something similar? My vague recollection is that back in the late 50s/early 60s there was something called the ticcy-tak sound or something like that. The suck switch was there to produce that (much-sought after) tone.
Random thought on another potential purpose or use for the suck switch: back in the day many common/accessible/affordable bass amps didn't have very much headroom before breaking up... whether it was intended or not, couldn't the suck switch have been one way to get more volume out of a less-than-ideal bass amp? Naturally cutting back on the low and/or low-mids would allow you to turn the amp up louder before getting distortion and mud.
Also, could have saved a lot of speakers from a low-end-induced demise, right?
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