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Re: Ok What the hell is up with this pickup?

5/30/2006 3:54 PM
SK	Re: Ok What the hell is up with this pickup? "startitis"? I'm going to suggest it's not. Stratitus isn't THAT affected by amplification, but feedback is. I would guess from what you have said ("it's every stinkin one I have wound") that there is a loose connection or some such vibrating. Occasionally a loose ground wire (on pickups using grounded frames/baseplates) a loose ground can cause vibrational feedback. Sometimes a wire can do the same (like a metal braided routed so it's vibrating against a frame/bp) and even sometimes a wire/ broken solder joint in the controls.

5/30/2006 3:54 PM

Re: Ok What the hell is up with this pickup?

"startitis"? I'm going to suggest it's not. Stratitus isn't THAT affected by amplification, but feedback is. I would guess from what you have said ("it's every stinkin one I have wound") that there is a loose connection or some such vibrating. Occasionally a loose ground wire (on pickups using grounded frames/baseplates) a loose ground can cause vibrational feedback. Sometimes a wire can do the same (like a metal braided routed so it's vibrating against a frame/bp) and even sometimes a wire/ broken solder joint in the controls.

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GTarman Hi Sk, thanks I will double check t... -- 5/30/2006 4:07 PM