Squealing pickups

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Author Message Guidothepimp Username: Guidothepimp Registered: 09-2005 Posted on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 3:57 am:    hello all... can anyone tell me why the sl special pickup at the bridge on a luke squeals as soon as the volume goes up? ive checked under the cover and it says '58 z or something to that effect? am i right in saying itsa sl special or is it something else? the super 58 on the neck is solid! great sound and when its a two way split between the two it seems to be fine, but as soon as the sl is on its own at high gain, whoa! squeal galore. any info would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance folks claudio Captainibanez Username: Captainibanez Registered: 01-2004 Posted on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 6:54 am:    Guido, I think you may have a "microphonic "pickup in your guitar which means its no good anymore.This is why it squeals when you increase the volume.Time to start searching Ebay for a replacement or put a free ad on ICW and see if someone has a spare they want to sell you. Captain Ibanez Guidothepimp Username: Guidothepimp Registered: 09-2005 Posted on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 7:44 am:    thanks for that captain, yet again, i'll start looking. ciao ciao Guitartim Username: Guitartim Registered: 04-2001 Posted on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 10:19 am:    It's possible that the sqealing pickup needs to be wax-potted. You might have a local tech check it out for you. At least you'll still have the original p'up. Guidothepimp Username: Guidothepimp Registered: 09-2005 Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 2:31 am:    thanks Tim, i'll get that checked out Destroyer Username: Destroyer Registered: 10-2005 Posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2005 - 11:36 am:    Wax potting pickups is not hard at all. You can do it at home with good results and save lots of money. The most important thing to remember is not to make the wax too hot. For this reason, it's good to use an old coffee maker. It melts the wax but doesn't make it hot enough to melt the plastic bobbins. Use fresh Gulf Wax or parafin wax. Stir it to make sure it's melted enough then drop the pickup in face down. Tap on the pickup with a screwdriver to make sure all the air bubbles escape. Once the bubbles stop coming out, you're done. Pull them out, leave them to cool, then just wipe off the tops with a paper towel. That's it. The worst that can happen is if the plastic bobbins get melted, you've ruined a set of pickups that you were going to replace anyway, so what have you got to lose? Some Gibson pickups in the '70s were epoxy filled which can make it hard for the wax to work its way into the windings, but these pickups sounded like crap anyway. Have fun, Eric Guidothepimp Username: Guidothepimp Registered: 09-2005 Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 4:55 am:    thanks destroyer, i havent managed to find a spare yet and i dont really use this guitar to play so i'll try the wax potting, sounds fun... i'll let everyone know what happens. ciao ciao claudio

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