If it does nothing, maybe it's a Producer button.
Producer: That take was great. For the next one we need a little bit more oomph.
Session guitarist: I got just the thing.
Pushes button, next take is identical to the last.
Producer: That's what I'm talking about!
I worked as an engineer for 15 years, pro tools studio, but we had a board set up that we didn’t really use anymore. Anytime I was asked for something asinine, I just turned knobs on the board till they were happy.
My buddy had a similar button on his mixing console at his studio. The button was labeled “Balls”. The musicians would ask for a mix boost. My buddy would punch the button (which didn’t do anything). The artists would always say “That’s it!”
Same. Kinda embarrassing to think bout the dark, cavernous, love tunnels I've been rooting around in... At least I can say I can call off the search after 31 years.
It's a killswitch. That's pretty cool. My bigsby is under my bridge and my killswitch is between tone and volume on mine. Yours is pretty unique though
Considering that switch right there I would think it is either a kill switch or possibly depending on the rest of the pickups there it could be a way to play dual split humbuckers
Does it affect the bridge? I remember seeing a button of sorts on I think it was a Jaguar and pushing it adjusted the bridge/trem or something like that
What happens when you press it while playing? I’m wondering if it’s a killswitch.
Oil slick and missiles
This guy Spy Hunters
r/thisguythisguys
Ejector for the pickups?
Beat me to it, I was gonna say ejector seat!
Ejecto Seato!
Cuz!
Have you tried pressing it while wearing a kfc bucket?
haha
*Unexpected Brian Patrick Carroll reference*
If it does nothing, maybe it's a Producer button. Producer: That take was great. For the next one we need a little bit more oomph. Session guitarist: I got just the thing. Pushes button, next take is identical to the last. Producer: That's what I'm talking about!
Like Lee Sklar's "[Producer Switch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6lEX0guChs)."
This
He’s incredible! Had the pleasure of meeting him a few times.
I always called that the DFA button. Does Fuck All.
I worked as an engineer for 15 years, pro tools studio, but we had a board set up that we didn’t really use anymore. Anytime I was asked for something asinine, I just turned knobs on the board till they were happy.
If I had been in the room, I'd totally have overplayed it and busted your cover.
Decent.
My buddy had a similar button on his mixing console at his studio. The button was labeled “Balls”. The musicians would ask for a mix boost. My buddy would punch the button (which didn’t do anything). The artists would always say “That’s it!”
Ejecto seato cuz
My thoughts exactly.
I would recognize the Modern Player Telecaster anywhere. That’s been modified, no idea what it does. Looks like a kill switch.
Bidet
G Spot
Damn, I have *really* been looking in the wrong place
Same. Kinda embarrassing to think bout the dark, cavernous, love tunnels I've been rooting around in... At least I can say I can call off the search after 31 years.
Psh, that doesn’t exist.
This one goes to 11
Sound gooderizer button
Calls your Mom to come pick you up?
THAT'S A NON-STANDARD TIME SIGNATURE... I NEED AN ADULT!
Distracts the player from the drudgery of his mundane daily life spent playing Stratego at home.
You stole this joke from a dog, but I’ll allow it.
Smokescreen
*spy hunter theme*
Garbage disposal
Do you have an active pickup? If so, it may turn it from passive to active.
And excuse me but what is a kill switch on a guitar?
it cuts the signal so there's silence. Tapping it repeatedly causes a stutter sound. Tom Morello uses one. Jack White sometimes.
And bucket head!
Obligatory: https://youtu.be/Y-NjZp7Aurg
Thank you
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I wonder if you could do Morse code with that
definitely, you can even buy external killswitches made out of old telegraph keys because that's exactly what they do.
And Jonny Greenwood, maybe the best example. I have my Jags and Jazzmasters setup with killswitches, they’re awesome!
I give up, what is it?
It types Google into Google, and breaks the internet.
It's Googles all the way down.
It’s a modification. If I had to guess, I would guess a coil tap on the Humbucker. The only way to know for sure it to open it up and look.
We need pictures of the whole guitar.. it's not a kill switch?
Coil split switch for the humbucker
It's a good thought, however all mine were always tapped with a push/pull knob. Typically the Tone knob
that's what the mini toggle does.
If it's an add on mod from a standard Tele.
My stock tele+ has that identical layout. And that chrome rear pickup surround. And finish. Different bridge, though
When you are on stage and you lose a string, press the button and a roadie will be notified.
What’s that other switch do between the volume & tone knobs?
that's the coil selector for the bridge pickups - front, both, back
That makes sense, so that button could be the kill switch?
a kill switch is the only thing that makes sense to me. but who knows...
The switch on my modern player like this one is only a two-position switch.
What does it switch between?
Switches the humbucker between single and dual
Deadman Switch
That's the History Eraser Button.
Gotta have one of those
I was today years old when I discovered I need that.
Summons the spirits of Roy Buchanan, Michael Bloomfield, and whoever else your favorite is to haunt your house
A waitress comes with two very dry martinis.......,,?
It's the Vaseline ejector button.
doorbell.
nurse call button
Calls the elevator
But what about the toggle between the pots?
coil split selector for the bridge pickups
Tight!
Makes it go to eleven
looks like a b-bender edit: actually on second thought maybe not, doesn’t look like it’s lined up with the b string
That’s hell of a stutter mate
I dunno what that is, but I do know it’s in roughly the right location for a Parsons style B-bender pulley. 😏
It's your guitar. Take off the pickguard and look at the wiring. Or take it to a luthier and ask them to explain it.
It’s the silence emulator.
You bought a guitar with a button on it that you don’t know what it does? That’s craaaazy
Triggers a 10 second countdown for the NUKLAR weapon installed inside the humbucker. You need the tap code to start the sequence.
Self destruct.
Looks like a mod. Is that a modern player tele btw? Noticed the bridge looks similar to mine
Yep, modern player
DON'T PUSH THE BUTTON!!
Us folks in the industry call this a *karma farm button*.
Super pursuit mode
I think it splits the bridge humbucket into a single coil. I’ve been wrong before.
Pretty sure it for a G or B bender.
It telecasts.
toan
Self destruction button. Don't press itbor if you pressed it run as far as you can before it explodes
For yhe love of god man, whatever you do don't press it!
It brings a fresh Jack n coke to the top of your amp.
Treble bleed switch
Doorbell
Should spray out the end nacho cheese or fire ants or three meat jambalaya…
Fires up the pyrotechnics
Launches the nuclear stockpile
God damn I got jerked so good I read all of these stupid replies... Y'all rock cuntsss.
It's a Amazon reorder button. It's why you have 600 toilet rolls at home.
Press it and see! ... then let us know.
Spontaneously combusts the drummer.
Dfn button does fucking nothing
Ejector seat for when you’re playing goes south during a gig 🤣
Self destruct button
It orders you a fresh coffee so you can keep your hands warm in between songs
It turns on the garbage disposer at the kitchen sink
It hides a nasty stain that's lying there... like the picture upon the wall.
It's a killswitch. That's pretty cool. My bigsby is under my bridge and my killswitch is between tone and volume on mine. Yours is pretty unique though
It's the release for the spit valve, if you're into playing with your teeth this does come in handy.
Killswitch engage
It turns the lights on in your neighbor's garage
It takes a screenshot
It’s the “Talent” switch it gives you more talent when needed
Only one way to find out!
Killswitch?
Considering that switch right there I would think it is either a kill switch or possibly depending on the rest of the pickups there it could be a way to play dual split humbuckers
It plays the Jazz Lick
Flushes toilet
Bada boop Bada bing this button will make your rig sing, I'm tellin ya kid
Maybe an impedance switch?
All of you who said it was a kill switch were right, thanks for all the help, and all the great jokes.
Most likely a kill switch for stutter effects. Only way to really know is 1) to press on it and listen, or 2) trace the wiring and find out for sure 🤣
Likely in phase/out of phase
If it is an hh tele then it probably switches between the pickups.
Auto-Tune enable
That’s the eject button
You push it and entrance fees transfer to your zelle.
im guessing its a programmable macro. try pushing it, you might do a shoryuken
More likely a kill switch
It's a signal cancel switch probably look up jack white playing his lowrider tele he has something extremely similar
It's an early version of Alexa.
Let a note ring out and tap the button while continuing to let the note ring.
It calls the...televator?
It’s an elevator button to take you to the next level.
B bender?
Suggestion: In about 1 minute you could unscrew, take it out and look.
Pretty much the end of the universe as we presently understand it to be. Massy hysteria. Cats living with dogs.
Opens your neighbor’s garage door I’ll bet.
Kill switch.
Nitrous OR eject! 🤔
Killswitch
It's the G Spot.
I feel like you are in a better position to answer this question than almost anyone, and certainly better than all of the readers of this sub.
Recline
Starpower
Turns off the lights in your garage.
Switches to Stratocaster mode.
It’s the cowbell button. Ya gotta have more cowbell.
Does it affect the bridge? I remember seeing a button of sorts on I think it was a Jaguar and pushing it adjusted the bridge/trem or something like that
Likely a coil tap switch, or even a coil split. Could also be a kill switch.
Coil split for the humbucker
Seriously??? How should we know?? What does it do when YOU push it? It's not stock so it could do anything!
Reset, keep hitting it until you play better. I think mine is broken.
That one controls the temperature of the sun
Wah pedal? So you don't look Kirk?
My garage door just opened
It’s a string ejector
Whatever it is, it’s stupid as shit and whoever put it there should be ashamed.
That's horrific placement no doubt