I've been dealing with an issue with my rig for a while now and have only really narrowed it down now to the pickups, or at least my guitar. I own a MIM strat that has a great set-up and feels great to play. A while back I replaced the bridge pickup with a ssl-5 to try to get closer to some Gilmour tones. Since I've gotten into recording recently I've really started to listen closely to my tone and have noticed that the bridge pickup has this insane high-end on it, which I have noted occurs at about 3khz.
I recently went to a trusted guitar repair shop and demoed it for them, plugging into a few different amplifiers they had there to make sure it wasn't an amp issue. I can vividly remember the way the repair guy's head whipped back as I hit the 15th fret on high E and this ice-pick ringing came out (it doesn't occur only on that note). Although the repair guy is phenomenal with body work he isn't so knowledgeable on wiring, but he told me that it sounded like the pickup was way too hot and that I should try wiring it to a tone pot to try to attenuate those high frequencies, and I was pretty satisfied with that explanation.
However, I noticed that nobody has had almost any issues like this before with this pickup, I go to glimourish.com, a great resource when seeking those David Gilmour tones, and he described the pickup as slightly dark sounding even when not connected to a tone pot, opposite to what I'm experiencing.
It's also not really just the bridge pickup either, the stock middle and neck pickup seem to be creating this ice-pick ringing usually more evident in the high registers of the guitar. I've been dealing with this issue for a while and just want to get a usable tone for recording that doesn't make every headphone user throw their cans against the wall.
I generally love the tone of this pickup but the ice-pick ringing makes it almost unusable when playing clean, which I do often.
This issue is not related to pickup height, or "Stratitis", as adjusting the pickup height has little to no difference on the issue.
I'm having a little trouble posting pictures with this interface so if you want to see some pics of the original wiring and the current wiring of the pickups you can head to the link posted below.
Extra info:
I do not have the RWRP version of the ssl5, which does means that I don't get hum-cancelling in the mid/bridge position. I'm not sure this info really has anything to do with the issue but I'm just putting it out there.
I also posted this to the forums on StratTalk so if you wanted to check out some of the info that's over there, here's the link: https://www.strat-talk.com/threads/s...-harsh.530067/
I recently went to a trusted guitar repair shop and demoed it for them, plugging into a few different amplifiers they had there to make sure it wasn't an amp issue. I can vividly remember the way the repair guy's head whipped back as I hit the 15th fret on high E and this ice-pick ringing came out (it doesn't occur only on that note). Although the repair guy is phenomenal with body work he isn't so knowledgeable on wiring, but he told me that it sounded like the pickup was way too hot and that I should try wiring it to a tone pot to try to attenuate those high frequencies, and I was pretty satisfied with that explanation.
However, I noticed that nobody has had almost any issues like this before with this pickup, I go to glimourish.com, a great resource when seeking those David Gilmour tones, and he described the pickup as slightly dark sounding even when not connected to a tone pot, opposite to what I'm experiencing.
It's also not really just the bridge pickup either, the stock middle and neck pickup seem to be creating this ice-pick ringing usually more evident in the high registers of the guitar. I've been dealing with this issue for a while and just want to get a usable tone for recording that doesn't make every headphone user throw their cans against the wall.
I generally love the tone of this pickup but the ice-pick ringing makes it almost unusable when playing clean, which I do often.
This issue is not related to pickup height, or "Stratitis", as adjusting the pickup height has little to no difference on the issue.
I'm having a little trouble posting pictures with this interface so if you want to see some pics of the original wiring and the current wiring of the pickups you can head to the link posted below.
Extra info:
I do not have the RWRP version of the ssl5, which does means that I don't get hum-cancelling in the mid/bridge position. I'm not sure this info really has anything to do with the issue but I'm just putting it out there.
I also posted this to the forums on StratTalk so if you wanted to check out some of the info that's over there, here's the link: https://www.strat-talk.com/threads/s...-harsh.530067/
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