Hey again all,
This is a super nuanced question that might not have an available answer, but I'll ask anyways. I have a new SG special that is just fantastic, the weight, feel and acoustic tone are just what I wanted. The 60hz hum was unbearable though. After doing the appropriate reading on the appropriate pickups to give the exact P90 vibe but kill the hum I landed on the MojoTone Quiet Col 56 set. These are really authentic in all ways. The interaction between the volume knob and the gain that you're feeding in to is dead on, the mids and bass are right there with a Gibson P90, the high sparkle is 90% of the way there... but it seems a little subdued. Yes I'm being ultra critical and the removal of the crazy him makes the guitar usable with gain where it wasn't one that I'd take out as the noise was just too extreme (even after a very comprehensive shielding job that was checked with a meter across all surfaces.
With those considerations I came to think that the way that the pickups are mounted is with a large metal plate that set screws fit in to - as equipped by Gibson. Is it reasonable to believe that these mounts create an audible level of capacitance that would shunt some of the high frequencies that I'm observing as being attenuated? MojoTone did provide wood screws that would allow for the mounting to the wood if the metal mounts were removed. Thoughts on if this would warrant anything audible or would this be so small of a difference that it would be imperceptible?
If there's theoretical validity I'll remove the plates on the next string change.
Thanks
RP
This is a super nuanced question that might not have an available answer, but I'll ask anyways. I have a new SG special that is just fantastic, the weight, feel and acoustic tone are just what I wanted. The 60hz hum was unbearable though. After doing the appropriate reading on the appropriate pickups to give the exact P90 vibe but kill the hum I landed on the MojoTone Quiet Col 56 set. These are really authentic in all ways. The interaction between the volume knob and the gain that you're feeding in to is dead on, the mids and bass are right there with a Gibson P90, the high sparkle is 90% of the way there... but it seems a little subdued. Yes I'm being ultra critical and the removal of the crazy him makes the guitar usable with gain where it wasn't one that I'd take out as the noise was just too extreme (even after a very comprehensive shielding job that was checked with a meter across all surfaces.
With those considerations I came to think that the way that the pickups are mounted is with a large metal plate that set screws fit in to - as equipped by Gibson. Is it reasonable to believe that these mounts create an audible level of capacitance that would shunt some of the high frequencies that I'm observing as being attenuated? MojoTone did provide wood screws that would allow for the mounting to the wood if the metal mounts were removed. Thoughts on if this would warrant anything audible or would this be so small of a difference that it would be imperceptible?
If there's theoretical validity I'll remove the plates on the next string change.
Thanks
RP
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