I've noticed that when i play at high volumes (with the band) I get a very low end type of feedback sound through my rig. Now don't get me wrong I LOVE feedback but this is something very different it isn't at all musical. I was wondering if any one knew what it was and what to do about it..It sounds like when your tubes go microphonic only lower..Other guitars i own don't do it..(FP,schecterA7)Any help you guys can give would be great..Itz getting very frustrating...
Have u played another guitar through your rig? If not try it solely for the process of elimination. Do u play through a tube amp? If so, it could be the tubes in the amp.
Out,
Gregory
This would be a severe case of microphonic pickups if you could hear yourself through them. Next time you are changing strings, attach the guitar to the amp and tap on the guitar body with your fist lightly. If you hear a loud knock, then they're microphonic. However, the description you gave earlier sounds like you are microphonic. This is just another test...
Yes, redip the pickups in wax and that should fix the loose windings.
yes i get a sound when i bang on the body.. we have a song where i bang on the guitar preety hard to produce a harmonic..(remember that old rudy sarzo trick) could i have knocked the windings loose? my rig is a amp modler so it can't be the amps tubez..unless its somekind of new amp modling technology and No my FP and 7 string don't do this...
So what...perifin (candle wax)? can you point me to a FAQ?
(Edited by kevinjDBK at 10:14 am on July 20, 2001)
That was REAL fun....aside from me forgetting how the damn thing was wired
anyway My sound is full and chunky again...Thanx for the input everyone...
C-ya!
Great info. Thanks for sending me the mail. Maybe next time you re-wax a pickup you can get some pictures. I think this would be good info for Brian's site.
Microphonic pickups just follow me wherever I go. I have 6 of them now. Both UVs work quite well as microphones. My old guitars are all that way too. I just don't understand what I am doing to them. I don't beat them. I turn the Legacy up to "1" and they squeal like pigs.
Time to give 'em all a dip. Greg and Chris plugged their guitars into my rig the other day and it was so nice and quiet.
You are probably inducing current into the pickups from the headphones. I wouldn't worry about it. If you play at loud volumes AND your pickups squeel like a pig, then worry about it.
I had a seymour duncan invader begin to do this on me as well, how hot should the wax be? and should I remove the tape from the pickup before I dip it? this is something I would have thought we needed in the tech section imho
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