SuperMoos2907
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Hi all,
I brought my new McCarty 594 to rehearsal, yesterday. It feels and plays absolutely perfect! I do, however, have a question about the 58/15 LT pickups.
I know these are Low Turn / rather low output pickups - no problem there. I just figured I will turn up the gain or use a booster to get the sound I want. It holds together very well, but I have experienced a lot of high pitched squeal. I remember the same squeal from older Gibsons with unpotted pickups - that kind of thing. I was hoping you guys can chime in on this..
Admittedly, I like my high gain sounds. We play a lot of Foo Fighters stuff - nothing metal or anything. I run my guitar through a Friedman BE-100 on the gain channel - gain on 7 / 8. When I keep it low, (around 5 or 6) there's no squeal, but then I'm not getting the tones I need for the music.
I have noticed that I can summon the squeal when I move my hand close to the pickups, like if you cover up a microphone with your hand. Is this normal?
I'm guessing that I will either have to learn to play better and get my sound with less gain.. or put in a regular set of 58/15? Just checking to see if any of you guys think the pickups could be faulty or something.
Thanks for any input!!
Best regards,
Robert
I brought my new McCarty 594 to rehearsal, yesterday. It feels and plays absolutely perfect! I do, however, have a question about the 58/15 LT pickups.
I know these are Low Turn / rather low output pickups - no problem there. I just figured I will turn up the gain or use a booster to get the sound I want. It holds together very well, but I have experienced a lot of high pitched squeal. I remember the same squeal from older Gibsons with unpotted pickups - that kind of thing. I was hoping you guys can chime in on this..
Admittedly, I like my high gain sounds. We play a lot of Foo Fighters stuff - nothing metal or anything. I run my guitar through a Friedman BE-100 on the gain channel - gain on 7 / 8. When I keep it low, (around 5 or 6) there's no squeal, but then I'm not getting the tones I need for the music.
I have noticed that I can summon the squeal when I move my hand close to the pickups, like if you cover up a microphone with your hand. Is this normal?
I'm guessing that I will either have to learn to play better and get my sound with less gain.. or put in a regular set of 58/15? Just checking to see if any of you guys think the pickups could be faulty or something.
Thanks for any input!!
Best regards,
Robert