what does a tone knob on a guitar / bass do?

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Even when I turn it from 0 or 10 I can’t hear a difference, and I thought tone was in the fingers of the players?

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A passive tone knob can only cut. The majority of popular guitars and basses (strats, les pauls, P bass etc) have a passive treble tone knob. So it rolls off natural treble by filtering.

Many modern basses contain active circuits, and in an active circuit tone knobs can both cut and boost treble, bass, and midrange frequencies.

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