Sollipsist
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First post here, sorry if it's been covered before. I swear I searched for it!
I got a Jackson JS22-7 a few years back to test out the 7-string thing before spending a lot of cash, and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the guitar.
But the stock humbuckers were a little blah so I put in a set of SD Black Winters. Great improvement in tone... but now every little movement on the guitar gets picked up. I can tap very lightly on the wood or metal anywhere on the neck and body, and hear it clearly through the amp.
I can only guess that it's pickup microphonics - but there isn't any of the usual "squeal" that you'd hear from old or bad pickups.
I'm coming from a background of EMGs and "only" slightly overwound humbuckers - do all super high gain pickups do this and I'm just not used to it? Or did I do something wrong in the install and am hearing a cold solder joint or something like that?
I got a Jackson JS22-7 a few years back to test out the 7-string thing before spending a lot of cash, and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the guitar.
But the stock humbuckers were a little blah so I put in a set of SD Black Winters. Great improvement in tone... but now every little movement on the guitar gets picked up. I can tap very lightly on the wood or metal anywhere on the neck and body, and hear it clearly through the amp.
I can only guess that it's pickup microphonics - but there isn't any of the usual "squeal" that you'd hear from old or bad pickups.
I'm coming from a background of EMGs and "only" slightly overwound humbuckers - do all super high gain pickups do this and I'm just not used to it? Or did I do something wrong in the install and am hearing a cold solder joint or something like that?