OK HERE IS THE SECRET FORMULA ! !
First you have to find Ol' man Badamshoe, he usually trolls abandoned railroad tracks down in St. Luis... When I ran into Badamshoe he was playing on a fire engine red hollow body gibson, and had himself a pignose amp. Man this cat had some unreal tone, maybe it was the way he balanced the pignose on his cortaroy pant leg, but I was hypnotized. So after going over my I-IV-V repatwar, I foxed up to Badamshoe and said, "hey old man, you got so much tone, you would color on a B&W tv!". Well that sent Ol' badamshoe laffin like Jolly ol' saint nick on x-mas night, and we played the blues all night. Finally Ol' man Badamshoe stopped playing and, "Boy, Im monna pass on a secret to ya, cause I like ya style. The secret of TONE is a simpla one, but mos' folks dont unerstand. Most folk ADD tone, but thats not how ya doit,ya gots to TAKE away tone. Now I know what cha thinkin', how the hell do I "Take away TONE", ya still wit me boy? Its easy, firs' ya gotta know what pickup ya gonna go wit, bridge or neck. If its da neck, turn the tone up all the way on the bridge pickup, if its da Bridge you go the other way, ya wit me boy? Now, ya toggles switch is always in the middle. Last but not least, slowly turn UP (taking away) the tone until you reach the desired tone of choice. Now dont be afraid ta tickle that other tone knob boy, cause sometimes guitars are funny, and when all else fails, get cha self a good pair a cortaroys and pignose, ha ha !