Fuzz drowning out chords!!!!

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Stevenmc

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Hey, I recently changed my stock pickups in my Epiphone les paul with Alnico II pickups and now I get a fuzz that wasnt there before. I got so sick of the fuzz i decided to change the pickups back to the stock pickups and the fuzz is still there.....i dont understand why cause it wasnt there before the first swap! I tried different amps, strings and pedals and the fuzz is always there now drowning out my chords and sounding like ****. Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this, im assuming its something with the wiring but everything looks fine.

Thx
 
Re: Fuzz drowning out chords!!!!

You could have a bad solder somewhere. Have you gone through and checked it with a multimeter? Looks can be deceiving.
 
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I'm having a hard time understanding this "fuzz" you mention. Can you post a clip and point it out?

I've done bad wiring, and faulty-ground buzzing has never come through while I was playing, only when I stopped. I'd say there's a coincidental failure in your signal path somewhere else - bad cable, bad pedal, or an amp issue, especially if it's there on a clean setting.
 
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Do you accidentally have a distortion pedal on? Often the simplest things are over looked.
 
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As i mentioned, i tried different amps, pedals, strings, patch chords and string height (its not fret buzz). I figure its got to be a wiring issue due to it did not do it before the original swap, but last night i put the original pick-up back in and it still does the fuzz which it didnt before with the original in. If i play a 2 string chord its not to bad but the more strings added the worse it sounds. Also, i didn't mention that when playing clean it doesn't seem to do it! I'm sure some will say its my distortion pedal.....but if it was why is it doing it with the 4 other pedals i tried?
 
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ericmeyer4 said:
You could have a bad solder somewhere. Have you gone through and checked it with a multimeter? Looks can be deceiving.
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I have never done that before....what exactly do i do and what reading will i be looking for. Also, what type of meter do i need?

Thx for the help!!
 
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does the fuzz sound like
you grabbed the live end of the guitar cable
whilst the other end is plugged into the amp?
 
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How much gain do you normally use? Do you mean a fizzy sound on the top end and that the chords are undefinable or is it a one-note, constant buzzing?
 
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Beer$ said:
How much gain do you normally use? Do you mean a fizzy sound on the top end and that the chords are undefinable or is it a one-note, constant buzzing?
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Yeah, the chords are undefinable as i strum, especially when i play a chord useing all 6 strings like an Fmaj. Even when i play the chord slowly one string at a time, when i reach the the e string it almost sounds like my guitar got out of tune and the strings just ain't working together.....if you understand what i mean. I guess the best way to describe it is for you to un-tune your guitar and start strumming! it ends up sounding that bad at times.
 
Re: Fuzz drowning out chords!!!!

Stevenmc said:
Yeah, the chords are undefinable as i strum, especially when i play a chord useing all 6 strings like an Fmaj. Even when i play the chord slowly one string at a time, when i reach the the e string it almost sounds like my guitar got out of tune and the strings just ain't working together.....if you understand what i mean. I guess the best way to describe it is for you to un-tune your guitar and start strumming! it ends up sounding that bad at times.
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with the fizzy sound on top of it
 
Re: Fuzz drowning out chords!!!!

ehdwuld said:
does the fuzz sound like
you grabbed the live end of the guitar cable
whilst the other end is plugged into the amp?
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yes and no....if i strum constantly it gets that bad that it drowns the chord completely out and becomes hard on the ears
 
Re: Fuzz drowning out chords!!!!

Stevenmc said:
Yeah, the chords are undefinable as i strum, especially when i play a chord useing all 6 strings like an Fmaj. Even when i play the chord slowly one string at a time, when i reach the the e string it almost sounds like my guitar got out of tune and the strings just ain't working together.....if you understand what i mean. I guess the best way to describe it is for you to un-tune your guitar and start strumming! it ends up sounding that bad at times.
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If the guitar is in tune, it might have something to do with bad intonation, in which case you can do it yourself with a tuner or send it to a tech. It might also have something to do with how much gain you use on your pedals/amp.
 
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Beer$....thx for the help!! i'm gonna check the intonation when I get home, I'll post tonight letting you know how i make out. Just to let you know my gain is not very high, 1 on the amp and 5-6 through the pedal

Say a prayer for me....Thx again
 
Re: Fuzz drowning out chords!!!!

Stevenmc said:
Beer$....thx for the help!! i'm gonna check the intonation when I get home, I'll post tonight letting you know how i make out. Just to let you know my gain is not very high, 1 on the amp and 5-6 through the pedal

Say a prayer for me....Thx again
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Will do, no worries. Sometimes it's something you wouldn't suspect.
 
Re: Fuzz drowning out chords!!!!

Stevenmc said:
I have never done that before....what exactly do i do and what reading will i be looking for. Also, what type of meter do i need?

Thx for the help!!
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Any meter will do. $20 meter will go a long way in testing connections in the future.

here is a decent website explaining everything. http://www.diyguitarmods.com/how-to-solder.php

Also is the guitar shielded? If it is shielded it will have either foil or a metallic paint on the inside of the pickup and control cavities.
 
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I think i found the problem, i seems like its the switch! I checked the intonation and found a couple of strings to be slightly out but when i tuned them it didn't help so i tried a few setting changes with no luck. So i decided to take the switch apart cause it has been cutting in and out sometimes when i switch from treble to rythm, once i put it back together and struck a chord the fuzz was gone!! Im gonna have to get a new switch cause it still cuts in and out but at least for now i can hear my chords without it being drowned out by fuzz...hopefully that was it and i can put my new pickup back in.

Thx to all for the help, i've been learning alot from this forum!!
 
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