Squier Mustang Vintage Modified squeal and feedbackck

[Wayne27]

I have a Squier Mustang Vintage Modified that sounds wonderful when played with a clean tone but when I turn up the gain, it starts to squeal and feedback. My strat single coils don't do that, they only hum at little when I turn up the gain( I can get a decent crunch out of them, and they aren't even stacked pickups).

Is it the nature of Mustang guitars to squeal/feedback or is there something wrong with the pickups?

 

[jeremy]

sounds like the pups are microphonic?

 

[Mincer]

They could be microphonic, but it can also be incorrect gain staging in the signal chain. What pedals? What amp? What are your settings?

 

[marcello252]

The squier vintage modified pickups are notoriously microphonic, I remember I cured my Squier Jag pickups with a light paraffin bath, it worked (this was before I switched to a pair of Fender pure vintage , huge upgrade)

 

[Wayne27]

They could be microphonic, but it can also be incorrect gain staging in the signal chain. What pedals? What amp? What are your settings?

I use a Fender Mustang LT25

 

[Mincer]

I use a Fender Mustang LT25

Are you using any pedals into it?

 

[Wayne27]

Are you using any pedals into it?

I used the 80's rock pre set with a setting of Bass 8 Mid 2 Trebal 7. I use no external pedals, I use the built in pedal called Myth Drive.

 

[Wayne27]

The squier vintage modified pickups are notoriously microphonic, I remember I cured my Squier Jag pickups with a light paraffin bath, it worked (this was before I switched to a pair of Fender pure vintage , huge upgrade)

Did Squier purposely built the vintage modified pickups to be Microphonic or was it manufacturing error?

 

[Mincer]

Did Squier purposely built the vintage modified pickups to be Microphonic or was it manufacturing error?

Not an error, but they may have cut some costs in the wax potting department.

 

[idsnowdog]

I have done this many times without issue. It works well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtyXkslw_dk