dan2002

One thing I thought might cause some of the darkness, is the treble bleed cap I have, I think its .0001uf, and I put it in after I installed the 500T to take care of the treble bleeding off when I turned the volume down. That, and I dont have a tone cap installed.

Yeah, I went out and bought a JB to replace the 500T in my Epi. Les Paul. It seems very dark and muddy, and somewhat metalish. I'm trying to get the tone close to the Dookie era of Green Day (ducks). I read a thing about adjusting the pole pieces and whatnot, I did that, but it was still very muddy. I turned the gain on my amp (SS Peavy), down, the mids about half and the treble about half, with bass kinda on the low side. What have I missed here?

Thanks,

Dan

I have a similar problem, same guitar. I stuck a P-94 in the neck, worked fine for awile. I did the treble bleed mod, and all of the sudden, uber buzzing. I took the cap off, yet the buzzing remained. Made sure everything was grounded, etc. Now, beause one of the 2 conductors (not including grounds) is supposed to go to the ground on the switch, would it make a difference if I grounded it to the pot? Also, I dont have the problem with my 500t.

It could definitely be the nut causing your problem, but you didn't mess the slotting did you? Try capoing the first fret, is there still a buzz? If so, it's not the nut. The tape you used could be causing residue to stick to the string at the nut? It could be anything. You need to locate the buzz first though. If the nut isn't slotted properly, then you can get some buzz at the nut.

I completely restrung the g-string, so I dont think there is anything in the slot. I dont have a capo, so I cant try that. And for some reason, it mostly happens when I play powerchords, so I thought it was my finger position, but its never happened before. Its definately hitting a fret, and I even raised the action to a level no player would dream of trying to play with, and no luck.

You took all the strings off right? How long did you leave them off, because you might just need to let the neck readjust to the tension for a couple of days, and your buzz could go away. There might not be enough relief now, since I'm assuming you took all the tension off the guitar by taking the strings off for some time. Do you have a straightedge to check the relief? Sometimes when you string and restring you can introduce a kink in the string that will cause a buzz. I'd definitely put some new strings on it.

Yeah, I snapped my high-E, so I replaced them all already. Luckily I had a few spare sets. Anyhow, I only had the strings off for maybe an hour, tops. I did check the relief, its exactly where it should. Thanks for the help so far.

It could definitely be the nut causing your problem, but you didn't mess the slotting did you? Try capoing the first fret, is there still a buzz? If so, it's not the nut. The tape you used could be causing residue to stick to the string at the nut? It could be anything. You need to locate the buzz first though. If the nut isn't slotted properly, then you can get some buzz at the nut.

I completely restrung the g-string, so I dont think there is anything in the slot. I dont have a capo, so I cant try that. And for some reason, it mostly happens when I play powerchords, so I thought it was my finger position, but its never happened before. Its definately hitting a fret, and I even raised the action to a level no player would dream of trying to play with, and no luck.

Yesterday I took the bridge off my Epi. Les Paul so I could fix the mounting ring on my bridge pup. I put a piece of tape around the nut so the strings wont go all nuts when I took the bridge off. After I put the bridge back on, I noticed my intonation was all screwed, so I intonated. Now my g string randomly buzzes. The action is pretty high, and its the only string that buzzes, and it never did that before. I restrung it, re tuned it, re-intonated it, everything. It still buzzes. Could it be the cheapo Tune-o-matic that Epi. puts on their LPs or is it something else, like the nut. I already adjusted the truss rod, re set up everything, still buzzes. Any ideas?

The 500T is much more capable of dealing with buzz and such than the P-94 because it is, well, a humbucker. I would recommend that you fully shield the pickup and control cavity, run all the wires as short as possible, and use the star grounding method, with all grounds leading to a common point before grounding it all to the bridge.

Does the buzzing go away when you move the guitar about like before, or when you switch to the in-between setting on the switch?

Im doing the star grounding method, and yeah it still varies when I move around, and in the middle some of the buzzing is still there.

Ok, I grounded it, I was mistaken, when I installed the p/u I thought you twisted them together and that was that. But the strange thing is that it worked perfect before the mod. After I grounded it, the buzzing went down alot, but it still is there, and not on my 500T.

Ok, I just got a new P-94R to stick into the bridge of my Epi. Les Paul Special (I know, I know). Well, I noticed the treble was bleeding off, so I do the treble bleed mod with the 0.001uf cap on the hot and middle lugs of the volume pot. Now, after doing the mod, I get a loud buzz when I have the P-94 selected. When I flip over to my bridge 500T no buzz, hum, no strange noises. I noticed when I move the guitar in certain directions it stops, but im positive its not interference. Its not grounding either, because when I touch the pickup cover, the buzzing gets amplified. I went in the electronics cavity and I pushed the 2 wires from the P-94 that dont get soldered onto anything, down off to the side, and the buzzing stopped alittle. Confusing. Sorry for the long post, but its really bugging me.

Dan