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volume
- it does what is says on the knob - this is a master volume control that works smoothly throughout its range. If you don't already, try setting your amp pretty loud and then use the BluesHawk's volume control and picking dynamics to get the level of drive/loudness you want.

tone
- this is a master tone control that provides treble roll-off that comes in smoothly and evenly as soon as you back off the control. If you pull on the tone knob you will operate a switch that takes the varitone out of circuit - can be good for moving from a varitone altered sound to the pickup flat out.

pickup selector

Neck position - with the pickup selector set towards the neck

	The neck pickup is selected
	The dummy coil is connected in parallel with the neck pickup -the way the pickup and dummy coil are configured and connected means that hum is cancelled

Middle position - with the pickup selector set upright

The neck pickup is selected with the "treble bleed network"* in series with the pickups & the bridge pickup is selected and connected in series with the bridge pickup - the way the pickups are configured and connected means that hum is cancelled

Bridge position - with the pickup selector set away the from the neck

	The bridge pickup is selected.
	The dummy coil is connected in parallel with the bridge pickup - the way the pickup and dummy coil are configured and connected means that hum is cancelled.

varitone

The BluesHawk has 18 basic sounds - 3 pickup positions x 6 varitone positions.
Which Varitone position is which? - position number 1 is the most anti-clockwise (looking at the front of the guitar) - number 6 is therefore the most clockwise position. In position 6 treble/highs are strongly emphasised. In position 1 the varitone gives you the basic pickup sound.

	In position 1 - the most anti-clockwise position - you get the basic pickup sound.
	Positions 2, 3, and 4 give a range of sounds which are thicker/more "middley"/more like a humbucker?.
	Position 5 gives a more Strat-like sound (particularly with the neck pickup)
	Position 6 (the most clockwise) gives a "trebley" Telecaster-like sound.

If you haven't got a manual for your 'Hawk series guitar download one in Adobe Acrobat/.pdf format here - 552kB ... it's not brilliantly informative, but it's quite pretty - to find out more about how to setup/adjust your 'Hawk go here...

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.hintsoptimal adjustment of the BluesHawk

controls

volume- it does what is says on the knob - this is a master volume control that works smoothly throughout its range. If you don't already, try setting your amp pretty loud and then use the BluesHawk's volume control and picking dynamics to get the level of drive/loudness you want.

pickup selector

varitone

.hints
optimal adjustment of the BluesHawk

volume
- it does what is says on the knob - this is a master volume control that works smoothly throughout its range. If you don't already, try setting your amp pretty loud and then use the BluesHawk's volume control and picking dynamics to get the level of drive/loudness you want.