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  1. Thanks for all the replies. Well, I tried out two more amps at school today, none of which encountered problems. I'd say its certain it's the amp now. Phew. So many needless hours spent rewiring that bitch. I keep the gain at about 9. It's strange. Before, the bridge was fine, and the neck was completely dead except for on the parallel setting, which it was fine. Now, on my amps, all encounter the same barstard feedback. I still dont know though. Because I tried my little amp and turned the gain down and the feedback decreased dramatically, but was still too bad at louder volumes. **** I dont know.... :s Oh well, soon i'll be getting a pedal so I guess i'll justy rely on that 24/7.
  2. Thanks guys for your replies. Thanks Batfink, your test is relevant in this situation. It is most probably the amps distortion channel, as I had it hooked up to a multi effects on the clean. It sucked, but it worked. This is still extremely strange. I really dont understand hwo two amps 'break' at the exact same time, conspicuously during DIY guitar repair. I'm still really confused, as their is a high possibility of it breaking more, considering how it 'broke' after nothing. I basically didn't sleep last night, counting out possibilities.
  3. mm. I stated I used my lead. It was fine. Adding to my dilemna.
  4. SORRY for duoble post... I'm noob and I dont know how to delete a thread... I have a ****ing massive and strange problem thats been taking too much of my much needed time, and it is very odd. Ive been having pickup problems for ****ing ages. After re-potting to no avail, I decided to change neck pup (as bridge seemed fine). I got a SD Jazz, same damn problem. So I decide, hmm, it must be pots/ switch. I got them replaced today, and wired everything up. FEEDBACK MORE THAN EVER. ( : Feedback more than ever as in, on old components only neck pickup had terrible feedback, with bridge a large amount, but nowhere near what it is now. New components, everything is ****ed, and switch is a bit different, as position 4 has no signal ... but read on to justify this) In complete despair, I asked a good mate, what could be wrong. He gave me the idea that it could be the amp (Peavey Bandit). So I quickly went over to a mates to try out his amp(Marshall cab + head), with my lead, and what do I hear? ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT TONE. ( : although wiring may be a tad off (though it shouldnt, its the best job i've ever done, and perfect with the diagram....(yes I know SD wires are different to dimarzio, problem rectified)) the amp worked fine, position 4 still killswitch, but everything is good, and im actually happy with killswitch idea) In relief, I think, Oh.. its the amp thats ****ed, and it comes off my mind for a few hours. I then realise I have another amp, which I completely forgot about. I plugged my guitar in, with a brilliant plan to try and amplify my tone with my bandit (as the little amp has headphone jack, and it worked to amplify), and what do I hear? HORRENDOUS FEEDBACK. I'm completely dumbfounded. I'm having a practice at a mates tomorrow, so I'll take my Peavey, as I don't think anything is wrong. If something was wrong, the BC Rich 12 watt amp should be fine. I have these ideas, which seem strange, but in such a situation, i'm just stuck. a) guitar wiring is ****ed, problem I thought to be initially, most probably something with grounding, but my mates Marshall somehow overcame the problem??. I have spent so many hours re-wiring my guitar, it is basically at perfection right now, however, with new pots and switch, only old components are the input jack, and bridge (relevant due to bridge grounding). both my amps are ****ed in the exact same way, or my guitar responds differently to my amps than others??? man i'm ****ing dumbfounded. c) A massive electromagnetic leak in my house??? I tried it em in another room without electrical devices (except for stereo) and still ****ed. d) all of the above THAT WOULD SUCK. Anyhow, taking amp and guitar to mates place might clear a bit up, I have a feeling feedback will still be there though... dunno why, it just feels like it. I don't have another guitar to try out, I might ask friend to bring his on weekend or ill put a pickup into my out-of-action guitar to try **** out. I really hope someone takes time to read this, or at least skim over, and give me some ideas... PLEASE PEOPLE. I HAVE A BIG PERFORMANCE ON WEDNESDAY HOLY ****
  5. SORRY for duoble post... I'm noob and I dont know how to delete a thread... I have a ****ing massive and strange problem thats been taking too much of my much needed time, and it is very odd. Ive been having pickup problems for ****ing ages. After re-potting to no avail, I decided to change neck pup (as bridge seemed fine). I got a SD Jazz, same damn problem. So I decide, hmm, it must be pots/ switch. I got them replaced today, and wired everything up. FEEDBACK MORE THAN EVER. ( : Feedback more than ever as in, on old components only neck pickup had terrible feedback, with bridge a large amount, but nowhere near what it is now. New components, everything is ****ed, and switch is a bit different, as position 4 has no signal ... but read on to justify this) In complete despair, I asked a good mate, what could be wrong. He gave me the idea that it could be the amp (Peavey Bandit). So I quickly went over to a mates to try out his amp(Marshall cab + head), with my lead, and what do I hear? ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT TONE. ( : although wiring may be a tad off (though it shouldnt, its the best job i've ever done, and perfect with the diagram....(yes I know SD wires are different to dimarzio, problem rectified)) the amp worked fine, position 4 still killswitch, but everything is good, and im actually happy with killswitch idea) In relief, I think, Oh.. its the amp thats ****ed, and it comes off my mind for a few hours. I then realise I have another amp, which I completely forgot about. I plugged my guitar in, with a brilliant plan to try and amplify my tone with my bandit (as the little amp has headphone jack, and it worked to amplify), and what do I hear? HORRENDOUS FEEDBACK. I'm completely dumbfounded. I'm having a practice at a mates tomorrow, so I'll take my Peavey, as I don't think anything is wrong. If something was wrong, the BC Rich 12 watt amp should be fine. I have these ideas, which seem strange, but in such a situation, i'm just stuck. a) guitar wiring is ****ed, problem I thought to be initially, most probably something with grounding, but my mates Marshall somehow overcame the problem??. I have spent so many hours re-wiring my guitar, it is basically at perfection right now, however, with new pots and switch, only old components are the input jack, and bridge (relevant due to bridge grounding). both my amps are ****ed in the exact same way, or my guitar responds differently to my amps than others??? man i'm ****ing dumbfounded. c) A massive electromagnetic leak in my house??? I tried it em in another room without electrical devices (except for stereo) and still ****ed. d) all of the above THAT WOULD SUCK. Anyhow, taking amp and guitar to mates place might clear a bit up, I have a feeling feedback will still be there though... dunno why, it just feels like it. I don't have another guitar to try out, I might ask friend to bring his on weekend or ill put a pickup into my out-of-action guitar to try **** out. I really hope someone takes time to read this, or at least skim over, and give me some ideas... PLEASE PEOPLE. I HAVE A BIG PERFORMANCE ON WEDNESDAY HOLY ****
  6. well, thanks for your quick response but I doubt its the mounting. The Paf is spot on buyt the X2n is a little bit crooked - leaning into the neck side a bit, but the Paf is causing the most feedback, a ridiculous amount. Thanks for your help so far, ill look at my grounding soon
  7. Well as the name suggests I just put in new Dimarzio 7's into my RG 1527, and I have some problems. I used this diagram: http://www.ibanez.com/wiring/diagrams/2005/RGA321.pdf , as my Ibanez has a 5 way switch and a volume and tone pots. Well, I plugged it in half tuned, and the x2n in the bridge works, with a very large amount of feedback, and the Paf in the neck also works, but the feedback is just extreme. Have I dont anything wrong here? Should I go back and solder everything much cleaner? It's not the best job . Maybe the wiring diagram I used isn't good for my set up? But I fail to see how it isnt, everything works, its just that there is an extreme amount of feedback. EDIT: Another thing I shoulf mention is that the bridge grounding is soldered to the Tone pot, it came like this, even though the 1527's diagrams also show the grounding soldered to the volume, but I just left it how it was... maybe that's the problem??? Knowledgable ones, help out a rookie with advice on what I have done wrong / what I should do to correct it. Thanks, John.
  8. Thanks for the tips. Crafty - The wires I extended aren't braided. They're not even insulated. I asked a freind and he said that extending un-insulated wire with insulated wire should'nt be a problem, but vise-versa and you have a problem. I dunno if it's short circuit. I'm guessing no sound would come out if it was? Texas - They are the newer quickconnect pups. How are they grounded? Does EMG have info on site apart from diagrams? There's no grounding wire...??? Dzienks
  9. Hey guys... just some EMG pickup queries. So anyway, the main cause for me to do some modifications on the pickups is due to the extra feedback im getting. I usually turn my gain down to about 6 to overcome this, but it's still pretty damn bad. Here's the catch... When I touch the input jack with my body the feedback cuts down about 75% less... to about an ordinary high gain feedback level. So obviously I want to get my pickups to this point. But I don't know how??? EMG's are internally grounded right? What do you guys think the cause of the feedback could be??? Maybe it's this: Since the pickups are in a Bronze Warlock ( ), the tone and volume knobs are rather far apart. Further apart than the EMG wiring between the pots. So I had to extend it. Anyway, what I did was cut the wire off one of the pots and attach insulated wire to the original wire. The original EMG wire was not insulated. Do any of you think that maybe this is causing extra feedback? I doubt it, because the resistance wouldn't be that high, right?? I have no idea. My solder joints weren't excellent, but they were as small as I could make them. I'll probably end up re-soldering everything, just to be sure, so that'll probably go. One more thing; the Battery. So we all know 18v is better than 9. But having the 2 batteries in the guitar is rather squashy. Do you guys know whether I can use non standard batteries in the guitar? Ive read the instructions, and it specifies alkaline batteries, but is it really that necessary? Anybody done any cool battery mods? Just wanna get the most out of them. I've lived with this problem for quite some time, never really bothered with fixing it, but now since I have to do a gig with my 6 string, I've decided to fix it. My main guitar is a beutiful 7 string Ibanez 1527...mm... But that floating bridge is just too damn hard to tune around. HELP! Shitdamn, big post, hope you guys were bothered reading it. I definantly appreciate any help whatsoever. Thanks, John.
  10. Sorry for kinda reviving an old thread, but Im interested in installing NdFeB pickups into 2 old stock BC Rich Pups. We all know BC Rich pups are ****, so I thought, hey, maybe if I replaced the fridge magnet used inside the pickups, it could give a better sound. Ive used NdFeB magnets before, in brushless motors, and I know how damn strong these magnets are. Im probably gonna buy a guitar for about $50 off ebay so I can repaint/re-pickup/re-hardware etc... just have some fun and try to make a good guitar out of it. So I was thinking, maybe I should just install a better magnet into the BCR pickups...Would it make the pickups more aggressive and all? And if I did install NdFeB magnets as the pole pieces... would it be unbelievably aggresive? Or unbelievably ****? Im not touvhing the coil though... That ****'s as thin as hair... So would the magnet be compatible with the BCR coils? And last question... where would I buy the magnets from? The size of the BCR magnets are 58x12x3 (mm) and obviously thats not a common size. I was thinking buy small blocks and just arrange them in a grid to get the size?? Yay or Nay?? Would this be bad... raise resistance or something?? Any of you guys gotten around to actually following through with plans yet?????? Cheers, John
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