Hey everyone! Here's the next episode of Brewster's Millions Of Rants with 'From Zero To Hero (Secrets Of The Volume Knob).' This lesson revolves around the very interesting/inspiring concept of physically manipulating the volume of the electric guitar, either by using the onboard volume potentiometer (or "pot") and/or a foot-manipulated volume pedal.

Historically speaking, volume swells are common in plenty of rock/hard rock/metal guitar music and this idea dates back decades ago to the early volume swell action from bands/artists such as The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix Genesis, and many others. Fast-forward several years/decades, and you'll discover modern approaches to using this interesting technique - including music from Dream Theater, Tool, Incubus, and countless others.

The song-based examples in this lesson include classic volume swell moments from songs such as the intro to the Jimi Hendrix classic 'Foxy Lady,' sections from the Allman Brothers Band 'Melissa' and 'In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed,' the intro to Van Halen's classic solo 'Cathedral,' sections from the live version of the Rush classic 'La Villa Strangiato,' the swelled chords of 'Pardon Me' by Incubus, the opening to the solo of 'The Big Picture' by King's X, and the eerie/spooky swelled intro section from Dream Theater's 'Scarred' (to name a few).

Needless to say, if you're interested in learning more about how to manipulate the volume control on your guitar (or a volume pedal) to create a plethora of interesting/inspiring sounds, moods, textures, effects, and more, not to mention learning how you can clean/service the volume/tone pots on your guitar (in detail) - this episode is totally for you!

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