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Location: Maryland, USA | Hey guys, I was wondering if you could help me with a problem I'm having.
I'm in the school musical, and there are parts where I need to turn on lots of distortion very loudly.
However, when using my Viper, I get LOTS of squealing from it with the distortion, whether it be the humbucker I have at the bridge or the single coil at the neck.
I'm not exactly sure what the problem is, and I was hoping you guys could help.
Do you think it's the pick-ups? Or the wiring? If it's the wiring, what parts should I be looking at?
Maybe it's the output jack?
At first I thought it was my amp (which is a Vox Valvetronix btw), but full blast with high distortion my Les Paul had no squealing. |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | I notice none of the electric owners have weighed in on this, so I will venture a guess: perhaps the pickups used are more microphonic than the Gibson pickups. A feedback buster such as the Behringer Shark may be the easiest fix, if it is feedback that can be notched out.
How about some of the rest of you guys? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Since I am making the assumption that it no longer has the original pups, your guess is as good as mine (probably better)!
Like Paul said, more microphonic from cheaper pups would be my educated guess. |
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Location: Scotland | Common problem, easy fix. Get the pickups potted in wax, that should cure it. |
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Location: Maryland, USA | Well the neck pick-up is the same, it's the bottom pick-up that's non original.
I've read that over time the coils just start to go bad, should I replace the bridge pick-up?
Because even though the neck pickup squeals, I never use it during high distortion, so it doesn't really matter since it's silent when I use it for clean runs. |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Wax potting is a useful fix for good pickups, but probably not worth it on cheap ones. Either way requires removing them. That is why I recommended a feedback buster IF it is a notchable frequency causing the problem. |
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Location: Maryland, USA | The bridge pick-up was waxed when it was first made, a Dimarzio Super Distortion is not what I call a "cheap pick-up".
However, the pick-up is very old.
I know Boss makes a hum/feedback noise supressor, has anyone tried that?
Of course, I could just replace the pick-up, I've been looking at a Dimarzio Evolution 2 lately. |
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Lots of Squealing From Viper