Humbuckers: Tech Talk: A humbucking pickup does exactly that—it “bucks” 60-cycle hum. It does this by having two adjacent coils with reversed polarity that serve to cancel out most sonic gremlins. Common Sightings: The Gibson Les Paul, as wielded by Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Mick Ron...
Check to see if Tubes are in place properly. White Tubes indicate they need to be replaced. Turn the Gain down on your amplifier or pedals. Using too much Gain could be the source. Look into getting a Noise Gate. Single Coil Pickup are inherently Noisy. Consider using Humbuckers instead...
The Les Paul Standard ’50s has the same specs as the P-90 version, except for set of Burstbucker humbuckers wound to emulate vintage PAF (Patent Applied For) tone and a figured-maple top. If you’re looking for a Les Paul that can sing like the original model used by players such ...
To prepare them for the top or back of the guitar, you’ll need to make sure the edges to be joined are perpendicular to the face of each piece. Lift up the outside edges, until they meet, as if you are closing a book. Clamp the pieces together and l...
“It was a huge effort on the part of a bunch of people,” said Shaw. “It was fun to be a part of. We are trying to do things that people who make 20 boutique guitars a year do, but do it for 100 guitars a day. It just makes really good musical sense.”...
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I usually try to sort out what kind of pickup was being used first. Unless you're an expert, the pickups, guitars, gear and production used in the original can make it very challenging to figure out if you're listening to a beefed up single coil type or a low power clean humbucker ...
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Happily, that means you’ll have a good idea of each pickup’s character. On the downside, it means the best advice we can give you is to make sure you try out any guitar or pickup you’re interested in. On that bombshell, here are the main categories of pickup you’ll need to...