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Mar 22 2007, 03:58 AM
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QUOTE (RodneyU @ Mar 21 2007, 10:23 PM)  I've had my guitar since 94' and besides changing the strings and having a humbucker upgraded, I haven't done much with it. It's a nice Ibanez, with a non locking tremolo. It stays in tune pretty nice, but I feel there's excess noise with distortion. I have three pickups, one being a single coil and same results in each position. So the questions I have are: How often should you have your guitar adjusted/setup? Will a proper adjusted guitar get rid of those little buzzing and such? Last a question for Andrew C, since I know you have a POD XTL also, when using the Veriac Plexi (6D) factory setting (I'm just using this as an example, it's not the only one), do you get background buzzing noise when playing? I understand the muting concept and keeping things from sounding out, but even when doing that I get that noise. Thats through headphones, and amp. Hi RodneyU, I get zero noise (I assume you are talking about hum here) - but don't be too quick to blame your guitar. First, I have a variax which has PiezoElectric pickups - totally immune to buzz so its not a fair comparison. Regular pickups should be expected to get occasional hum, maybe excessive hum if you are near an interference source such as a monitor. Humbuckers should help with this somewhat. When I hook my strat up, in my old house I would get a fair amount of hum, in my new place it is fine. Hum is made worse by the amount of gain you have to use to get the right distortion levels, so it could just be the way it is with your guitar. On the other hand, you could have a problem with earthing/screening which a guitar tech should be able to check out for you. Does it get better/worse when you touch the strings? One final thought - the Pod has a noise gate which is worth using at least to keep things quiet in between notes. If the buzzing is coming through loudly even when you are playing, I'd definitely get it checked over. Hope this helps! -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
Live long and prosper ... My Stuff: Electric Guitars : Ibanez Jem7v, Line6 Variax 700, Fender Plus Strat with 57/62 Pickups, Line6 Variax 705 Bass Acoustic Guitars : Taylor 816ce, Martin D-15, Line6 Variax Acoustic 300 Nylon Effects : Line6 Helix, Keeley Modded Boss DS1, Keeley Modded Boss BD2, Keeley 4 knob compressor, Keeley OxBlood Amps : Epiphone Valve Jnr & Head, Cockburn A.C.1, Cockburn A.C.2, Blackstar Club 50 Head & 4x12 Cab |
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Mar 23 2007, 03:17 AM
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Thanks guys. You both were helpful. I just got back from dropping it off to be setup, and we'll see how that works. I'll let you know!
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Mar 23 2007, 03:20 PM
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QUOTE (Leijon @ Mar 23 2007, 06:52 AM) I´m really considering handing one of my guitars into my local shop. But, before that it would be fun giving it a shot in fixing it yourself. I mean, I can mess it up real bad and it doesn´t matter that much since I am still having it fixed. Now to the question; anyone know any good books, article, tutorials, websites, whatnots about it? I think I know the basics, but I would like to have some kind of reference. Any hints or tips are appreciated! This guy has a lot of info on his site ... http://www.fretnotguitarrepair.com/default.htm -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
Live long and prosper ... My Stuff: Electric Guitars : Ibanez Jem7v, Line6 Variax 700, Fender Plus Strat with 57/62 Pickups, Line6 Variax 705 Bass Acoustic Guitars : Taylor 816ce, Martin D-15, Line6 Variax Acoustic 300 Nylon Effects : Line6 Helix, Keeley Modded Boss DS1, Keeley Modded Boss BD2, Keeley 4 knob compressor, Keeley OxBlood Amps : Epiphone Valve Jnr & Head, Cockburn A.C.1, Cockburn A.C.2, Blackstar Club 50 Head & 4x12 Cab |
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