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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 4:05 am
by Justyn
Shield it, pot the pickups or swap 'em out for something noise cancelling
If I ever get a Japanese jaguar or something on the cheap, I might put the Billy Corgan rail pickups in it.
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 5:35 am
by millagurnzie
Justyn wrote:Shield it, pot the pickups or swap 'em out for something noise cancelling
If I ever get a Japanese jaguar or something on the cheap, I might put the Billy Corgan rail pickups in it.
Those rails chick arse, massive output!
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 7:49 am
by Mike
Nah it's microphonic feedback, not the "good" kind.
Generally caused by vibration which is why getting the claw off or glueing it in place is a good idea.
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:03 am
by Thom
laterallateral wrote:Apparently, the claws were an attempt to brighten the pickup by "focusing" the magnetic polepiece's response in a certain freq. range...
I'm not sure if there's any practical value to that but that's what the claws are supposedly meant to do.
Interestingly when I sent my Jag pups to be rewound, Tim at Bare Knuckle said that the claws would actually add bass - acting like a baseplate that is an option on their pickups.
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:58 am
by stewart
They certainly don't 'shield' the pickups in any way. They look nice though.
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 1:04 am
by riskybizz
I have a CIJ jag with some new Seymour Duncan antiquity pups with the same problem. The feedback is really harsh. Anyone here have any experience wax potting?