I'm getting feedback on my bridge pick up even at medium volumes.
I'm not very technically orientated, so any help wold be appreciated. :-[
I'm not very technically orientated, so any help wold be appreciated. :-[
Its an Epiphone LP GoldtopFrancis Viviers wrote: What kind of les paul is this? What pickups etc?
Unfortunately, it's the latter. So , how would I go about potting potting the pick ups? Its only the bridge pick up though. Bearing in mind that I don't know much about these kind of stuff :-\Alan Ratcliffe wrote: I'm in a rush today, so excuse the short response.
What kind of feedback are we talking here? Parisienne Walkways-style sustaining notes or pickup squeal? If the former, be thankful, as it's a sign of a very resonant guitar, if it's the latter, the pickups may need potting (saturating the wire coils in wax to stop them moving). Potting changes the tone slightly though - they'll pick up less acoustic resonance, so some would prefer to leave them and live with it (Neil young's LP is a good example).
You know what mate, Its a dead end, those guitars are notoriously rubbish. Tell you what, I'll take it off your hands and solve your problem ?bLuEs wrote: Its an Epiphone LP Goldtop
Blues, I would still check it out. Sometimes the problems may be intermittent, it may just come back when you least expect it, and freak you out again!bLuEs wrote: Thanx for the help guys. I don't know what happened, but last night when I played it, guess what... No feedback ... I'm guessing Alan sneeked into my house yesterday while I was at work and fixed it for me... thanx Alan. ?
Au contraire, mon ami - Early pickups were never potted, because volume and gain weren't de rigeur. Some types of pickup are actually best unpotted (or very lightly) - Tele bridge models being a good example. Most boutique winders do a light potting to solidify the outer coils but still leave some life, but some will only pot on request. Also depends on the intended application - a high output pickup will always be potted heavily while a vintage style PAF will only be potted lightly.Gearhead wrote: Ouch, I never even considered non-waxpotted pups :-[ thought that was just a sixties anecdote by now.
Well, there can only be one Poirot, n'est-ce pas?Alan Ratcliffe wrote: Au contraire, mon ami