Pickup Squeal

Talk about your Burstbuckers and Seymour Duncans....

Moderators: Slowy, Capt. Black

Post Reply
User avatar
Olderama
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 7007
meble-kuchenne.warszawa.pl
Joined: Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:04 pm
Has liked: 971 times
Been liked: 876 times

Pickup Squeal

Post by Olderama »

Hi all

just picked up(lol yeah jk) a karina les paul copy
and its great at low gain type stuff but pump up the gain the pups start to squeal
is this becase?
1 to much gain for the pup
2 shit pups
3 any suggestions of a nice pup for not that much mular(bridge really and also practice my soldering skills)

Cheers

Oldie
:mental:

User avatar
Molly
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 24937
Joined: Sat Dec 21, 2013 12:17 pm
Has liked: 2482 times
Been liked: 2794 times

Re: Pickup Squeal

Post by Molly »

You need to pot the pickups.

User avatar
Olderama
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 7007
Joined: Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:04 pm
Has liked: 971 times
Been liked: 876 times

Re: Pickup Squeal

Post by Olderama »

Molly wrote:You need to pot the pickups.
Hangover much? :D
:mental:

User avatar
Molly
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 24937
Joined: Sat Dec 21, 2013 12:17 pm
Has liked: 2482 times
Been liked: 2794 times

Re: Pickup Squeal

Post by Molly »

Olderama wrote:
Molly wrote:You need to pot the pickups.
Hangover much? :D
Brandy drunk doesn't seem to do that like beer does. I can highly recommend it.

Yer me best mate you are. Do ya wanna fight? You lookin' at me bird ?

User avatar
Rog
The Self-Proclaimed Voice of Reason
Posts: 9258
Joined: Tue Oct 28, 2003 12:30 pm
Location: Under de mountain
Has liked: 7 times
Been liked: 57 times

Re: Pickup Squeal

Post by Rog »

Just use the wax you do your legs with ...
He hit a chord that rocked the spinet and disappeared into the infinite ...

User avatar
Olderama
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 7007
Joined: Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:04 pm
Has liked: 971 times
Been liked: 876 times

Re: Pickup Squeal

Post by Olderama »

Rog wrote:Just use the wax you do your legs with ...

Before or after?
does the hairs cause the woolly effect?
:mental:

User avatar
sirvill
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 3166
Joined: Tue Jan 07, 2014 12:54 pm
Location: Wellington
Has liked: 115 times
Been liked: 241 times

Re: Pickup Squeal

Post by sirvill »

Probably microphonic pickups - you could pot them but they're probably rubbish anyway. Replace em!

User avatar
sidewinder
Squier
Posts: 346
Joined: Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:36 pm
Location: Wellington
Has liked: 67 times
Been liked: 22 times

Re: Pickup Squeal

Post by sidewinder »

More hair = more fuzz tone

User avatar
Scooter13
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 2150
Joined: Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:24 pm
Location: Wellington
Has liked: 40 times
Been liked: 69 times

Re: Pickup Squeal

Post by Scooter13 »

How loud you playing? I had some EMGs that would squeal at gig volumes because the pickup was loose in the cavity and the screw springs weren't firm enough to stop them resonating microphonically.

User avatar
Scooter13
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 2150
Joined: Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:24 pm
Location: Wellington
Has liked: 40 times
Been liked: 69 times

Re: Pickup Squeal

Post by Scooter13 »

Note to fix that I shoved some foam underneath them.

User avatar
Olderama
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 7007
Joined: Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:04 pm
Has liked: 971 times
Been liked: 876 times

Re: Pickup Squeal

Post by Olderama »

Thanks guys

i think they are just low quality dont fancy potting them so ill head over to wanted thread :)
:mental:

User avatar
Bg
Site Admin
Posts: 43187
Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2003 12:13 am
Location: Auckland
Has liked: 2254 times
Been liked: 3873 times

Re: Pickup Squeal

Post by Bg »

Image
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

User avatar
Olderama
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 7007
Joined: Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:04 pm
Has liked: 971 times
Been liked: 876 times

Re: Pickup Squeal

Post by Olderama »

Bg wrote:Image

:o
:mental:

Post Reply