The last London Show I went to there were times where it felt like my whole head was resonating with the volume wars.
Somehow there needs to be a way for people to play the amps at a level suitable to hear the kit, but not directly facing someone else who wants to hear their kit too!
Well, the normal position on the new ones is that the series treble cap is bypassed, for the "modern" sound which also means the treble pickup is louder, but you can pull the treble knob to get the "vintage" sound.
Oh lawd - that one again.
Despite all the grumbling, he seems to set it up pretty well in the end and half of his trouble seemed to be remembering which gin bottle he'd left his tools behind.
(I wonder if he complains about Gibsons & other tune-o-matics too?)
One other thing re. the one-trick pony signature sound...
I went into Wunjo (Denmark Street) a few months back and going down the stairs there was a big expansive sound like a double bass playing; I went into the room and it was someone on a Ric through a Markbass!
Mind you, I do go for the clatter & clang myself...