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I like the tone of the single coil pickups on my new CIJ Jaguar but I am getting a moderate amount microphonics. I don't get a good drop of of sound between single notes like I would expect. I get a ringing/sustaining as I play, more like a humbucker than single coils. These pickups are pretty hot and I've tried turing down volume/gain, treble and dropping in the pickups lower. I wanted to consult with the experts before I go any further. Is this common for CIJ SC pickups? Does waxing or other insultating help? Thanks.

hey dont mean to, get off topic but where in atl you live?

65erSC wrote: Is this common for CIJ SC pickups?

yes

65erSC wrote:Does waxing or other insultating help? Thanks.

yes

or you can always go for some duncan QP's.

If hey're hot enough for you get your local tech to wax 'em up for you. Should only cost £5-£10.

Remove the claws. stopped my microphonic feedbacks.

It's a shame to lose the claws as they look so distinctive, but it does seem they are to blame for a lot of the CIJ squealing.

My MIM pickups only squeal if I'm using a lot of gain and facing the amp, and not playing. So I either roll off the volume knob or tilt the guitar at 90 degrees to the amp. When I'm facing away from my amp as I would do in a live situation they are quiet as mices.

fuck some quiet guitars. squealing guitars ftw

haha, it's not the most musical squeal, even for noise rock - otherwise why would Hurb have wanted to fix it?

i'm more hardcore




tbh just less refined i wouldn't know the difference between musical squeals and non musical squeals

It's all about pitch. Microphonics are high pitched and hurt your ears.

Make any sound you want really high pitched and it becomes nasty in a not good way.

Didn't Fran have a how-to-pot on the wiki?

Yeah, potting does work to a degree. You need to submerge the whole pickup with its claw and cover into liquid wax, to fill any cavities. I melted down 7 plain white household candles.


This is the page i used.

Mike wrote:It's all about pitch. Microphonics are high pitched and hurt your ears.

Make any sound you want really high pitched and it becomes nasty in a not good way.

Yeah, the nasty microphone style feedback which cuts me to the bone. Not as cool as bass feedback on turntables. That stuff blossoms in an awesome way.

Thanks for the suggestions. I wondered if the claws could be contributing to this but aren't they supposed to cancel hum? That seems like the easiest thing to try first. They don't do much for me on looks anyway. I guess if that doesn't work, I might go for the waxing. I saw an article on how to do that on the wiki site. Thanks.

65erSC wrote:Thanks for the suggestions. I wondered if the claws could be contributing to this but aren't they supposed to cancel hum? That seems like the easiest thing to try first. They don't do much for me on looks anyway. I guess if that doesn't work, I might go for the waxing. I saw an article on how to do that on the wiki site. Thanks.

Nah they're supposed to "focus the magnetic field". They generally vibrate tiny amounts causing the microphonic squeals.

65erSC wrote: I wondered if the claws could be contributing to this but aren't they supposed to cancel hum?

They were meant to increase sustain by changing the shape of the pickups magnetic field.

dude thundercats feedsback like you cant imagine. AND YET the pickups are too weak for the instrument. WTF?

Yeah remove the claws... that should sort all probs with the microphonic feedback...

Move them claws and we'll kick your head in.

Fran wrote:Move them claws and we'll kick your head in.

Dang, where's the love

I'll let you guys know how it turns out.