Members KovachianOne Posted October 3, 2005 Members Share Posted October 3, 2005 What the hell does it mean to have 'microphonic pickups'? After all my years of playing I've never heard this term mentioned until fairly recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted October 3, 2005 Members Share Posted October 3, 2005 Originally posted by KovachianOne What the hell does it mean to have 'microphonic pickups'? After all my years of playing I've never heard this term mentioned until fairly recently. Its hardly a new term. No idea why you hadn't heard it. Vibration within the pickup,like the actual windings vibrating,causing squealing at higher volume/gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted October 3, 2005 Members Share Posted October 3, 2005 Basically pickup feed back. Hearing more about it these days with the popularity of Gibson's Burstbuckers which are not wax potted and would therefore be more likely to squeal in a high gain environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KovachianOne Posted October 3, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 3, 2005 Hmm...for some reason I thought it referred to noise from metal objects other than strings (like jewelry) getting too close to the pups. Thanx for the clarification! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted October 3, 2005 Members Share Posted October 3, 2005 We probably should also clarify that with the Burstbucker it's a combination of a metal cover and no wax potting. An open coil design is not what's being referred to within reference to the Burstbucker. I'm actually very tempted to get a set to improve the tone of my Gibson Les Paul Studio CSE. The 498T leave me cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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