I have this strat that when I sustain note long enough it will produce the sound just as if i use a phase 90 pedal (wahwahwah sound). At first I don't care about it but recently I've been playing lot of rhytm work and it is killing me .. I've tried using 5 springs and the wahwah is still there but with lesser speed .. what should I do?
Making a better strat
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Re: Making a better strat
? Turn the phaser off?
On a serious note, you might have the pickups too high. Even vintage output singlecoils need only be 5mm or so above the pickguard.
I'd also look at other parts of the chain, and exactly what configuration/situation you're in when it does this. I'm assuming this is the only guitar of yours that has this problem??
? Turn the phaser off?
On a serious note, you might have the pickups too high. Even vintage output singlecoils need only be 5mm or so above the pickguard.
I'd also look at other parts of the chain, and exactly what configuration/situation you're in when it does this. I'm assuming this is the only guitar of yours that has this problem??
Re: Making a better strat
My other guitar (an ibanez rg1550) is currently in the shop so I can't plug it. And before as I mentioned in my post I dont really care about it so I don't remember whether my RG does it or not. Maybe, my pickup is too high. I'll try to lower the pickup height and see if it's gone
My other guitar (an ibanez rg1550) is currently in the shop so I can't plug it. And before as I mentioned in my post I dont really care about it so I don't remember whether my RG does it or not. Maybe, my pickup is too high. I'll try to lower the pickup height and see if it's gone
Re: Making a better strat
It doesn't do it. I tried lowering the height and it sounds like a vibrato now. Also the more the gain the more noticeable it is. I think it's because of the springs a strat has? In a short time maybe I'll get a new guitar, get a tele maybe for rhytm playing.
It doesn't do it. I tried lowering the height and it sounds like a vibrato now. Also the more the gain the more noticeable it is. I think it's because of the springs a strat has? In a short time maybe I'll get a new guitar, get a tele maybe for rhytm playing.
ericmeyer4
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Re: Making a better strat
Is the guitar in tune and have the correct intonation?
If you played a G note on your low E strings and a G note on your D string at the same time, are they in tune together?
If they are not, that could be the "Wahwah" sound you are hearing. To fix it, tune the guitar and have it setup.
Is the guitar in tune and have the correct intonation?
If you played a G note on your low E strings and a G note on your D string at the same time, are they in tune together?
If they are not, that could be the "Wahwah" sound you are hearing. To fix it, tune the guitar and have it setup.
playas
Well-known member
Re: Making a better strat
Could it be the springs in the tremolo cavity - they often make noise on a strat?
If not...
Could it be the springs in the tremolo cavity - they often make noise on a strat?
If not...
Chris of Arabia
Desert RATT
Re: Making a better strat
You could tuck a piece of foam under the springs to see if dampening them gets reid or reduces the sound. Whilst that may not be a permanent solution, as it may have other less desirable effects on the Strats sound, but it would at least confirm one way or another if it's the springs.
You could tuck a piece of foam under the springs to see if dampening them gets reid or reduces the sound. Whilst that may not be a permanent solution, as it may have other less desirable effects on the Strats sound, but it would at least confirm one way or another if it's the springs.
ErikH
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Re: Making a better strat
What you are experiencing what is known as "Stratitis". This is where the magnetic pull of the polepieces affects the strings as they vibrate. This happens with traditional single-coils because the polepieces are magnet rods so they have a direct interaction with the strings. You don't hear this with humbuckers because the magnet is a bar that is in contact with the polepieces so the strings have indirect contact with the magnet. This has nothing to do with the springs.
The only ways to eliminate it are to lower the pickups where it stops, change to rails pickups, change to humbuckers, or use single-coils with the magnet on the bottom (like MIM Strats and Squiers - not recommended, IMO).
What you are experiencing what is known as "Stratitis". This is where the magnetic pull of the polepieces affects the strings as they vibrate. This happens with traditional single-coils because the polepieces are magnet rods so they have a direct interaction with the strings. You don't hear this with humbuckers because the magnet is a bar that is in contact with the polepieces so the strings have indirect contact with the magnet. This has nothing to do with the springs.
The only ways to eliminate it are to lower the pickups where it stops, change to rails pickups, change to humbuckers, or use single-coils with the magnet on the bottom (like MIM Strats and Squiers - not recommended, IMO).
ExplorersRock
X-Files Duckbucker
Re: Making a better strat
+1000!!!
To the OP, I HAD THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM on my American Special Strat! I totally thought my tech was a couple cans short of a six-pack when he suggested this, but he was totally and completely right! I had to lower my Texas Specials in the neck and mid a lot but it absolutely cured the guitar of this problem! Trust us! Lower the pickups (it may be lower than you'd think) and see what happens.
+1000!!!
To the OP, I HAD THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM on my American Special Strat! I totally thought my tech was a couple cans short of a six-pack when he suggested this, but he was totally and completely right! I had to lower my Texas Specials in the neck and mid a lot but it absolutely cured the guitar of this problem! Trust us! Lower the pickups (it may be lower than you'd think) and see what happens.
