thanks to everyone for all the help so far. some clarification: I'm using an old Epiphone tube amp from the 60's. It's basically a Gibson GA-20 RVT. Ten inch speaker, I think like 12 watts. Not really super loud, but I never had problems with it using my strat when the volume was on 4 or 5. Now, I h...

Yeah, i've considered lowering the pickups even more, but I think doing so might negatively affect the tone. I've also tried lowering the volume of the guitar and just raising the volume of the amp, but it still happens to a certain extent. Could it be the the difference in pot. between the strat an...

Hello all, New member of this forum, but I've been reading it for a while. I recently bought a mid 2000's Jaguar that was crafted in Japan. It had the non-wax potted pickups, which were subject to a lot of feedback. I also own a strat that has three Seymour Duncan Cool Rails (singe space humbuckers)...