Guitar Pickups Vs Amp Transformer Noise, Anybody know "out of this world" tips? |
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Sep 15 2013, 08:32 PM
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Very interesting topic Darius - tell me, are you constantly modifying the distances between pickups and strings or getting as far as possible from the amp?
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Sep 15 2013, 08:43 PM
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Sep 15 2013, 08:44 PM
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I use one of these ...
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Dec...CFQ9BQgodVAkAiQ The best out there in a guitar pedal. *Having said that there are some clubs I will not bring a single coil pkup guitar to. I have also found that using a high quality power supply for your pedals definitely helps. Voodoo Labs PP2 and T-Rex 'fuel tanks' are really great. Dunlop 'brick' and 1-Spot type pwr supplies are super convenient and inexpensive (I use 1-spots all the time) but they will amplify noise from the funky power inherent in clubs that don't have isolated power for the stage area. -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Sep 15 2013, 11:37 PM
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Been a loooong time since I've been on stage
 what about shielded cables rather than classic ones?http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_p...k_Shielded.html |
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Sep 16 2013, 06:00 AM
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There are situations and settings where, with single coil pickups (or mismatched humbuckers), there will be noise - no matter how good your gear is. If the power is dirty at the venue (wherever that may be), there's nothing you can do. That's why I sometimes use a noise gate (ISP Decimator).
This post has been edited by klasaine: Sep 16 2013, 06:02 AM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Sep 16 2013, 02:07 PM
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If it's not the building power where power conditioning can help, then look at
http://www.ilitchelectronics.com/strat-bpncs/ -------------------- My SoundCloud
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Sep 16 2013, 03:52 PM
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QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Sep 15 2013, 11:34 PM)  Hey Ken - do you have the pedal or the rack one? I am using the pedal and it is a great addition to my pedalboard. I found that for the gear that I have and in most of the situations, if I keep it somewhere at 10-11 o clock, it works super - the notes don't stop too abruptly and the noise canceling works as well. The pedal, and I set it almost exactly as you do. *The Illitch system (video above) is very good but in really noisy environments your single coils will still hum. The more gain you use the worse it is. It's a good re-design of what used to be called a 'dummy coil' (google dummy coil). It can be tuned for one's needs but at a certain point your tone will change. You also have to rout your guitar for it and not have a reverse wound middle pickup (reverse wound middle pkup is the normal way a 3 single coil axe works). So you'd need a custom wound set of pkups or at least a custom wound middle pkup. This post has been edited by klasaine: Sep 16 2013, 04:05 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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Sep 16 2013, 04:20 PM
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Good topic Darius. This is the reason why I don't use single coil for dirty sounds. I'm very curious to know if there are effective solutions to this issue. However I haven't seen many high gain guitarists using these type of pick ups live.
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Sep 16 2013, 11:25 PM
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I don't use high gain...rather crunch but it's enough to destroy my small club peace
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Sep 17 2013, 08:34 AM
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How does Malmsteen do it? I guess that he uses rather high gain and he also plays in clubs and he plays single coils - Correct?
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Sep 17 2013, 09:09 AM
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Could be worse, you could have p90's!
I think a lot of guys who want to use their vintage style single coil pickups get very used to putting up with hum whilst playing and rolling volume down when not playing or switching to 2 or 4 position -------------------- My SoundCloud
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Sep 17 2013, 09:19 AM
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If you can run your AC leads perpendicular to any mains power cable
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