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Miller magnetic pickup: intermittent distortion...? Static electricity...?
Lango-Django
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My Miller magnetic pickup has always been a real trouper, but at last night's gig it started with some intermittent fuzz-tone distortion noises when playing some (not all) chords or even some (not all) hammered-on single notes.
I tried different quarter inch jack cords hoping that was the problem, but it wasn't.
Has anybody else ever run into this before?
Is it repairable, or does it mean my good old horse will be headed for the glue factory?
Will
PS The weather up our way in Niagara has been pretty frosty, so I suppose the problem could possibly have been caused by the condensation created by bringing a cold guitar into a warm bar?
Or am I supposin' erroneously?
I tried different quarter inch jack cords hoping that was the problem, but it wasn't.
Has anybody else ever run into this before?
Is it repairable, or does it mean my good old horse will be headed for the glue factory?
Will
PS The weather up our way in Niagara has been pretty frosty, so I suppose the problem could possibly have been caused by the condensation created by bringing a cold guitar into a warm bar?
Or am I supposin' erroneously?
Paul Cezanne: "I could paint for a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing."
Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."
Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."
Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."
Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."
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Any competent pickup guy can fix it .
Pickups break for various reasons.
Contraction from cold ?
Not likely, but anything is possible.
Pickups do fail now and again.
Your up there in Canadia. See if Martin Tremblay in Montreal can help you out. Its worth a call.
Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."
Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."
Thus I'm forced to conclude that condensation caused by cold-to-warm was the culprit at last week's gig.
So let this be a warning to all those who live in cold places...
Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."
Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."
And just like before, it made absolutely NO noises in his workshop...!
He figures that the problem was probably caused by static electricity... anybody had any issues like this with your gear?
Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."
Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."