With good Tone caps installed, sometimes all you have to do is roll off Tone to 2-3 and you will find a "sweet spot" that has more warmth and less harsh bite. Playing wide open is one thing, but learning how to "dial-in" your controls for best Tone is an art...
Les Paul would not have asked for Tone controls on an LP if they weren't meant to be used. It still puzzles me how someone would spend $1000-$3000 for a fine guitar and then will not put put out an extra $30 for a pair of Primo Oil caps etc. so their guitar can sound the Best that it can?
People spend hundreds on all kinds of foot pedals thinking that will make them sound like Jimmy Page etc..
I just hosted a Wiring Seminar Saturday and had kids 8-13 years old cutting out the crappy little green chiclet caps in their epi SG's and Squire Strats. We installed Sprague Orange Drops, Sprague Q's and GOODALL Oil caps in place of the generic factory caps.
No reason a $100-$200 guitar can't get a little ToneMojo as well...
