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Re: [TGC] microphonic pickups


Both pickups, but especially the bridge pickup.


--- In The-Guitar-Cafe@yahoogroups.com, Simon Allaway <simona@4...>
wrote:
> Randy wrote:
>
> > The question is, do all Tele's do this? My Les Pauls don't. With
my
> > Les Paul, I can crank the gain and volume way up and get very
> > controlable body feedback, but no microphonic feedback.
>
> Do both pickups do this, or just one in particular?
>
> Simon






Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:19 am

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I have a Fender Telcaster Thinline, '69 re-issue. I love the tone, look and feel, but I can only use it at low volumes as it feeds back microphonically. I have...
Randy
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Oct 20, 2004
11:35 pm

... Do both pickups do this, or just one in particular? Simon...
Simon Allaway
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Oct 21, 2004
12:13 am

Both pickups, but especially the bridge pickup. ... my...
Randy
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Oct 21, 2004
5:19 am

... It may well be that they are just cheaply made, i.e. bad quality or no wax 'potting'. You might consider having them potted in wax if you want to retain...
Simon Allaway
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Oct 21, 2004
1:24 pm

Greetings Simon- Pickups have microphonic qualities when something inside the pickup becomes loose and vibrates, causing them to function like the diaphragm of...
Douglas Baldwin
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Oct 21, 2004
1:24 pm

... I think its the customs that have those. But then again, Fender these days have so many 'mongrel' guitars...Mustang/Jaguar hybrids...fat Strats. Ugh! :o)...
Simon Allaway
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Oct 21, 2004
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The '69 Tele Thinkline has single coils, not humbuckers. There is a photo of my Tele at my website in the background inmage. ...
Randy
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Oct 22, 2004
3:39 am

Randy, in my experience, it can be the age of the pickups. So replacing them would work if this is the issue. Smiles, Cara ... View my online portfolio at: ...
Cara Quinn
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Oct 21, 2004
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