Lord-of-the-strings Posted September 23, 2006 Report Share Posted September 23, 2006 Ok... well for some reason... when I play something on my high e string, I get this strange almost tremolo sound effect, it's faster on my bridge pickup and slower on the neck pickup and it only does this when I'm using any amount of gain. And I know it's not my pedals/amp because I've done it with other setup too with my guitar and it still does it. Maybe the pickups are too close to the string? Anyone know what this is/how to fix it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al heeley Posted September 23, 2006 Report Share Posted September 23, 2006 Habve you checked the intonation is spot on? Sounds like possibly some harmonic oscillation going on. Easy to check if lowering the pickups half to one mm makes things any better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Ok... well for some reason... when I play something on my high e string, I get this strange almost tremolo sound effect, it's faster on my bridge pickup and slower on the neck pickup and it only does this when I'm using any amount of gain. And I know it's not my pedals/amp because I've done it with other setup too with my guitar and it still does it. Maybe the pickups are too close to the string? Anyone know what this is/how to fix it? this kind of question really gets my curiosity up. the first thing i thought of is what i call the sitar effect. it's more common in acoustic guitars where the saddle has been sanded down too short and the breakover angle of the string is too shallow. it could also be caused by an enlarged saddle slot or nut slot so i'm wondering how old the guitar is. could you tell us what kind of guitar you're talking about, what kind of bridge you're using, etc.? also what size strings are you using and have you tried replacing the high e with another string or possibly replacing it with one size larger string? a lot of the time problems like this are solved by a process of elimination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord-of-the-strings Posted September 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 It doesn't sound like a sitar, more like... when you use your whammy bar and bend down a note and it kind of makes that warbly tremolo kind of sound, know what I mean? But it's 97 rg with a locking nut and lo-trs trem, it's never done this before, but it started after I changed strings a little while back, I've been using 9's on it since day one. But my guess is that it IS intonation. I'll have to check that out in a bit, thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAArthur Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 A string doesn't "know" if it is intonated with the frets or not. That won't cause the warbly sound. It's sound to me like "stratitis" - meaning the pickup is too close to the string and the string's vibration is being affected by the magnetic pull of the pickup - lower them both about a half a turn or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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