spideyfoot Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 I recentley put chrome Allpart pickup covers on my friends SG . Now he gets a lot more feedback and squel than before. What did I do wrong? The only thing I noticed was that the polepieces dont line up on the bridge pickup but it squels on both. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/dip.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannoG Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 Repotting sounds like the way to go, but since this problem came up after adding covers I think the tutorial might not tell him enough. If you dunk the assembled PU (with cover) in the wax, be sure to keep it in long enough to let the wax get fully inside - maybe lower the polepiece screws first to provide wax access. If you can move the pickup around to dispell any air bubble, that would help. Two other things you can consider: take the cover off, fill it with wax and reassemble the PU while still hot - wearing gloves. This would address squealing just caused by the covers; you can preheat your PUs a little before dunking, so they don't cool the wax on immersion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockthe40 Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 gound the PUP covers maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannoG Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Ground the covers to reduce hum, yes, but lack of grounding is not going to cause microphonic squealing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 (edited) Yeah, Danno, you're right - I should have mentioned that potting the pickups includes the covers, since it's the vbration of the covers that's causing the microphonics. Thanks for making that clear. Edited February 8, 2005 by lovekraft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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