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- Pickups - what is microphonic? - The Gear Page
Every pickup is "microphonic" (or has the potential to become so) to some extent; they're potted to help prevent and minimize it, but coil winds can easily loosen, causing them to pick up and transform other sounds
- Explain microphonic pickups to me - The Gear Page
All pickups are microphonic to some degree The more heavily potted (the coils saturated in wax) they are, the less microphonic they are Some styles of pickup sound better if they are slightly microphonic as they pick up more of the guitar's acoustic tone, which adds a degree of complexity to the tone
- Microphonic EMG pickup problem and solution - The Gear Page
Hello all, recently I had a problem with a badly microphonic EMG pickup (EMG-808) I bought used Since there seems to be reports of microphonic EMGs from time to time, and I didn't see my solution listed in any threads I read, I wanted to document my troubleshooting process and how I found and
- What causes pickups to go microphonic? - The Gear Page
Anyone know? I have a barely 4 month old PRS S2 and the treble pickup went microphonic seemingly overnight No dropping, no direct contact to anything, nothing outside of bedroom playing I'm taking care of it, I'm just trying to figure out why it happens so to prevent it in the future
- Are all Tele bridge pickups microphonic to the point of being able to . . .
No and actually the pup should not be microphonic at all but the bridge assembly + pup + baseplate creates a scenario that is more times than not microphonic, to the point many assume thats the correct state of things
- Microphonic tube in one position but not another? - The Gear Page
So the tube seems "less (objectionably) microphonic" later in the amp's circuitry Tapping the tube also flexes the socket contacts, slightly moving the connecting wires, and then moving some other component (like a capacitor) that's the actual microphonic part So it's not the tube, but a connected-component that's at fault
- Anodized Aluminum Pickguard causing Microphonic Issue
I previously used a brass pickguard on my strat which worked very well, but decided to switch to all black hardware, and ordered a full black anodized aluminum set from Anotone com, (pickguard, pu covers, knob hats, switch tip, back plate) The guitar was immediately rendered microphonic, and
- Non-microphonic EF86? Please? - The Gear Page
Morgan AC20 Deluxe head Worked fine for several years Tube went microphonic It happens Have since bought 5 different EF86's, some from the suppliers mentioned in the sticky that Big Mike did Every single one was microphonic The reason I know it isn't an amp issue is that I pulled the
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