BreederCreature
Junior Member
My thread in the Amp section started to driff, so I made a new thread here since now my questions are pickup related haha. Here's where I'm at so everyone knows what's going on (this is quoted from Default's reply to my question):
Thanks! You made it sound so much easier than the website made it out to be haha. I'll give that a shot today most likely!
Would the wax thing be something I could do as well? Or would I have to send that out somewhere?
Also, should I look into acquiring the original pickups for my S-100? I love the way my S-70D sounds and I think that's got 2 original pickups in it (I maybe be wrong though. Here's a picture of it). Am I playing in 4th or 2nd position and which pickups am I using? I always assumed it's 2nd and I'm using the neck and middle ones, so the seymour duncan isn't being used when I play, but I could very well be wrong.
Thanks so much!
Default said:BC, does it feed back with both pups? leave the switch in the middle position and try turning down the volumes. It could be that one or both pickups are microphonic and need to be potted(soaked in wax to solidify the loose windings) or replaced.BreederCreature said:The thing is when I turn the gain up on the distorted channel, I get real bad feedback, even when I'm real far away from the amp and muting the strings. I'm using an S-100 (with carved acorns ) I got on ebay a couple weeks ago, so would it have something to do with that maybe?
Intonation isn't a big deal at all. Tune your guitar as normal, then hold down the string at the 12th fret. Is the resulting note on the money or is it flat or sharp? Take an itty bitty screwdriver and adjust the screw on the saddle. If it's sharp, adjust the saddle toward the butt of the guitar. If it's flat, adjust the saddle toward the neck.BreederCreature said:Also, I looked online about guitar intonation and I think I need to do that on the S-100 (maybe it'll fix the feedback?). Should I attempt this myself or have a guitar tech do it? I've never had anything like that done on my S-70D, but I have a good feel for that guitar and it plays great, so should I bother messing with that?
It's simpler that it sounds, and being able to set your guitar up to your liking just makes the whole experience so much more satisfying.
Thanks! You made it sound so much easier than the website made it out to be haha. I'll give that a shot today most likely!
Would the wax thing be something I could do as well? Or would I have to send that out somewhere?
Also, should I look into acquiring the original pickups for my S-100? I love the way my S-70D sounds and I think that's got 2 original pickups in it (I maybe be wrong though. Here's a picture of it). Am I playing in 4th or 2nd position and which pickups am I using? I always assumed it's 2nd and I'm using the neck and middle ones, so the seymour duncan isn't being used when I play, but I could very well be wrong.
Thanks so much!