Live Wire heavy metal Humbuckers

[Charvel]

I got a pare of them on my Charvel, and i cant get a clean sound, it always gets distorted its not the amp cuz i tried on my amp that dotn even got distortion does anybody got an idea of whats wrong cuz i need it fixed... even thought i just noticed it

 

[Metalman_666]

Re: Live Wire heavy metal Humbuckers

Rock on, Charvel!

Your problem could be one of a few things... first of all, did you ever push your amp too hard? If it's anything under 50 watts, you might've blown the speaker so it would be distorted. Second, I've never tried them, but I heard that because LiveWire heavy metals are meant for hard distortion, and their cleans are non-existant. Have you extracted cleans from that guitar before?

 

[scooter]

Re: Live Wire heavy metal Humbuckers

You won't get a clean tone with the Live Wire HM. They are made for hair raising, nut splitting high gain and that's what you get. Check out the "clean" sound clips on the SD website.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Live Wire heavy metal Humbuckers

they wont ever get a clean sound, and they distort any amp they are plugged into and not in a good way.

 

[Charvel]

Re: Live Wire heavy metal Humbuckers

oh so i guess that, lol my pick ups are too powerfull and theres really nothing i can do?

 

[Davey]

Re: Live Wire heavy metal Humbuckers

their clean sound is kind of like the dirty sound of a single coil lol .. ther is no clean in those pups (maybe if you tried playing with the neck humbucker)

if you dont like em, you can send em to me and i'll send you my JB and '59n i'll even pay for postage

 

[Humphrey Bear]

Re: Live Wire heavy metal Humbuckers

I have a custom made LiveWire Heavy Metal bridge pickup with a ceramic magnet and it blows up any amp I plug my guitar into. However when I turn down the volume knob on my guitar I can get good enough cleans.

 

[Metalman_666]

Re: Live Wire heavy metal Humbuckers

nonetheless Charvel looks like you're stuck with pups that can't cleans.

 

[\m/(00)\m/]

Re: Live Wire heavy metal Humbuckers

they dont do cleans, but if you do want a clean sound you can get the live wire classics for neck or something or just get passive pickups for that guitar.

 

[Davey]

Re: Live Wire heavy metal Humbuckers

just get passive pickups for that guitar.

listen to this guy.. he knows what he's talking about... you can have my JB .. SEND ME THE LIVE WIRES MAAAAN!!!! >.<

 

[Charvel]

Re: Live Wire heavy metal Humbuckers

ahh damnit lol, i gotta buy a new pick up nows, oh well how much would those live wire classics cost?

 

[Humphrey Bear]

Re: Live Wire heavy metal Humbuckers

ahh damnit lol, i gotta buy a new pick up nows, oh well how much would those live wire classics cost?

No you do not need to buy new pickups. Just turn down the volume on your guitar or use a compression pedal to get a good clean sound.

 

[Robert S.]

Re: Live Wire heavy metal Humbuckers

I forget the exact value, but I believe you can use a resistor inline to lower the output of those pickups. You might have to call the SD factory for a couple of options.

The HMLW pickups have huge output, plain and simple.