Microphonic pickup

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How do you go about getting this fixed? and what causes it to begin with?

 

[emilio]

Re: Microphonic pickup

it is supposed to be re-potted. i don't know what causes it. welsome o the forum.

 

[Pete Galati]

Re: Microphonic pickup

I wouldn't pot a pickup unless there weren't any other options. I fixed the feedback problems my Gibson 490 pickup was having when I flipped it's magnet to do the Peter Green trick. I put a single layer of vinyl type electric tape over the long edge of the bobbins, and as I recall, over the center. Put the cover back on, and it went from having out of control feedback problems, to being just microphonic enough.

Could be a number of different kinds of vibrations causing feedback though, and the problem could even be related to how the pickup is mounted.

Pete

 

[idsnowdog]

Re: Microphonic pickup

Re-potting is very simple. I have done it dozens of time. I have also described the methods I have used on here a couple of times.

 

[Lysergene]

Re: Microphonic pickup

Might be worth making sure it has actually gone microphonic before you dip it. You can do this by removing the strings and removing the pickup from it's mount, so it is completely on its own, and plugging the guitar in. Crank the volume and gain. If the loose pickup howls on its own then it's probably gone microphonic.

It might happen when a guitar becomes too warm if left in a car or whatever, it would have to be pretty warm to melt the wax. These things just happen sometimes.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Microphonic pickup

Is it an expensive pickup? If it is, it would be worth repotting. If not, and you've never done it before, you can read some great tutorials on these forums, or use it as a 'test bed' to just try the process, while buying a better pickup.