Noisy Single Coil Advice

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Author Message Michaelkaufman Username: Michaelkaufman Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Monday, December 12, 2005 - 11:07 pm:    How does one deal with a noisy Strat-like (S-S-S) guitar? mk Funkle Username: Funkle Registered: 12-2001 Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 12:22 pm:    Kinman! Kinman! Kinman! Didn't we go through this already? I've tried LOTS of single coil pickups, and Chris kinman's pickups sound wonderful and have zero noise. I whole heartedly recommend his pickups. -Sven Overdriver Username: Overdriver Registered: 12-2005 Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 6:00 pm:    If you want to stay with traditional single coils this will help. http://www.guitarnuts.com/wiring/shielding/shield3.php Mr_roadstar Username: Mr_roadstar Registered: 06-2002 Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 6:21 pm:    Read my lips: HUMBUCKERS !!! Steve Michaelkaufman Username: Michaelkaufman Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 9:05 pm:    Yes...I saw the guitarnuts writeup the other day. Has anyone tried it? Funkle Username: Funkle Registered: 12-2001 Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 10:17 pm:    I remember reading that guitar nuts shielding technique a while back. It seems like a lot of work. I wouldn't recommend it unless you're seriously in love with your traditional single coil pickups. And the rub is that all that shielding will change the sound of your pickups. There are plenty of good noise canceling pickups out there. Did I mention Kinman? -Sven Overdriver Username: Overdriver Registered: 12-2005 Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 1:34 am:    The shielding will change the sound of your pickups because the NOISE will be missing! Tonally it will not change it at all. Other than that I recommend the Lace Holy Grails. They have polepieces so they look right and sound like a great Strat with a clean amp and a cross between a PAF and a P90 with overdrive. Funkle Username: Funkle Registered: 12-2001 Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 10:35 am:    Overdriver, if you place shielding close enough to the pickup, or replace the unsheilded wire, it can change the tone of the pickup. There are so many weird factors that made strats sound like strats, it's almost like the tone was a result of a lot of cost saving compromises.

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