I believe the Jazz pickup in the neck of my single cut guitar is microphonic. I just realized this today. I was noticing a weird tone from the guitar over the last couple weeks. I couldn't figure it out at first. Then I narrowed it down to the neck pup. Makes a loud noise when I tap it. MUCH louder than the bridge pup. And I can hear my voice ever so slightly if I talk loudly into it. And it just has a really bad hollow sound that I know is not right. It just sounds bad.
I have had this pup for almost 15 years at this point. I have no doubt that all my monkeying around with it has caused this in some way. I've had it apart several times recently to change magnets and I feel like that's when it started going bad. I opened it up again to check it and everything seems tight.
From what I've read online, wax potting is the solution. But I don't have any experience with that. Is that my only option? Are there any other solutions for this that I can try at home? Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
I have had this pup for almost 15 years at this point. I have no doubt that all my monkeying around with it has caused this in some way. I've had it apart several times recently to change magnets and I feel like that's when it started going bad. I opened it up again to check it and everything seems tight.
From what I've read online, wax potting is the solution. But I don't have any experience with that. Is that my only option? Are there any other solutions for this that I can try at home? Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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