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gball said:
I find that I can control the squeal pretty easily and the tradeoff in better tone is worth it to me even if I have to lower the gain. Come to think of it, when I am playing at full band volume I use about 1/3 to 1/2 less gain than I do at lower volume so that is already taking care of a lot of the problems.

I don't know the measurement of the Legacy pickups, I adjust the heights by ear, but the neck one is easily 1/4" lower than the strings when fretted around the 15th/16th fret. The middle not much higher and the bridge not much higher than that. I don't like Strat/Legacy pickups very close to the strings since the polepieces are actually the magnets and the tone gets too compressed for my taste.
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Of course, you know me and my OCD/ASD annoyance with any kind of noise or squeal...but I can appreciate your description. I want to be able to stand in front of a cranked amp without squeal, and I can finally do that with the GFS PAF clones. Both my Gibson 57 classics and both sets of Gibson 490's buzzed and hummed like a Fender single coil, even after shielding and the Tone Man Vintage Wire Harness.

I couldn't stand it...
 
Robert Herndon said:
Pics!!!!! :)..
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I guess I made it sound like my neck pickup on my Strat is lower than it really is. Here's shot I took sometime ago comparing neck angles of my 1974 SG, my Strat, and my Les Paul.

The Strat pickups are clearly visible, too. I may have raised the bridge pickup just slightly since this shot, but this pretty much shows how they are.

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Robert Herndon said:
Of course, you know me and my OCD/ASD annoyance with any kind of noise or squeal...but I can appreciate your description. I want to be able to stand in front of a cranked amp without squeal, and I can finally do that with the GFS PAF clones. Both my Gibson 57 classics and both sets of Gibson 490's buzzed and hummed like a Fender single coil, even after shielding and the Tone Man Vintage Wire Harness.

I couldn't stand it...
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Well...I will admit that I can't be directly in front of my speaker cab at band volume. It'll get uncontrollable real fast. The hum issue I only have if I take both hands off the string. At practice this week my bandmate plugged my amp into one of these things:

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...duct_id=HumX&gclid=CJa6j7O6xdICFQeRfgodlO4D2Q

Gotta tell ya, it blew my mind and I am going to buy one. Lowered the noise floor dramatically but better yet, it both tightened up the low end in my amp and made it noticeable more dynamic.

I can usually smell snake oil from 50 paces, and I was calling bullshit on this thing even as he was plugging it in, but I know the sound of my amp well enough to appreciate a change for the better and while I have no idea what it actually does it really does work.
 
gball said:
Well...I will admit that I can't be directly in front of my speaker cab at band volume. It'll get uncontrollable real fast. The hum issue I only have if I take both hands off the string. At practice this week my bandmate plugged my amp into one of these things:

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...duct_id=HumX&gclid=CJa6j7O6xdICFQeRfgodlO4D2Q

Gotta tell ya, it blew my mind and I am going to buy one. Lowered the noise floor dramatically but better yet, it both tightened up the low end in my amp and made it noticeable more dynamic.

I can usually smell snake oil from 50 paces, and I was calling bullshit on this thing even as he was plugging it in, but I know the sound of my amp well enough to appreciate a change for the better and while I have no idea what it actually does it really does work.
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That good?
 
smitty_p said:
I guess I made it sound like my neck pickup on my Strat is lower than it really is. Here's shot I took sometime ago comparing neck angles of my 1974 SG, my Strat, and my Les Paul.

The Strat pickups are clearly visible, too. I may have raised the bridge pickup just slightly since this shot, but this pretty much shows how they are.

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I notice you have the vintage stagger (raised D/G) magnets on the neck, like ny YJM.

Talked to DiMarzio today. They recommeded that i replace the 1995 YJM with an Injector Neck DP422 because it has half the magnetic pull of the YJM.
 
smitty_p said:
I guess I made it sound like my neck pickup on my Strat is lower than it really is. Here's shot I took sometime ago comparing neck angles of my 1974 SG, my Strat, and my Les Paul.

The Strat pickups are clearly visible, too. I may have raised the bridge pickup just slightly since this shot, but this pretty much shows how they are.

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Here's where my 7.93k bridge PAF is on my Gibson SG, now that I corrected the angle problem....only .062" from the strings...my Stratocaster bridge pickup is even closer...even Richie Blackmore would say my Stratocaster bridge pickup was high... :-)
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gball said:
Well...I will admit that I can't be directly in front of my speaker cab at band volume. It'll get uncontrollable real fast. The hum issue I only have if I take both hands off the string. At practice this week my bandmate plugged my amp into one of these things:

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...duct_id=HumX&gclid=CJa6j7O6xdICFQeRfgodlO4D2Q

Gotta tell ya, it blew my mind and I am going to buy one. Lowered the noise floor dramatically but better yet, it both tightened up the low end in my amp and made it noticeable more dynamic.

I can usually smell snake oil from 50 paces, and I was calling bullshit on this thing even as he was plugging it in, but I know the sound of my amp well enough to appreciate a change for the better and while I have no idea what it actually does it really does work.
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Did it cut that "wind blowing" sound???
 
Hey, Smitty....found a pick of the old GFS double slug bridge humbucker (13.9k) that was used in my Stratocaster from 2009 until 2016. It was up there pretty high!!!

These pickups been out of production since 2010 and it was hot. I had them paired with a 10k and 7k GFS Tru Coil stacked single coils.
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I have my neck (& maybe middle) just a tad lower than Smitty's. These also have the vintage pole stagger & with the 9.5" - 14" compound radius the G string is prone to stratitis if I raise the neck much more. I also have progressively less height angle to the treble side from neck to bridge, though all are higher on the treble side. As these pickups were specifically wound for the select series guitars with compound radius necks its surprising that Fender went with the vintage pole stagger. They do sound good though. Cheers
 
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I have my neck (& maybe middle) just a tad lower than Smitty's. These also have the vintage pole stagger & with the 9.5" - 14" compound radius the G string is prone to stratitis if I raise the neck much more. I also have progressively less height angle to the treble side from neck to bridge, though all are higher on the treble side. As these pickups were specifically wound for the select series guitars with compound radius necks its surprising that Fender went with the vintage pole stagger. They do sound good though. Cheers
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Exactly! I have the raised D/G poles on my neck and middle. That amplified Stratitis as you have pointed out!
 
Robert Herndon said:
That good?
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Yes, really made a very noticeable difference. If you read the reviews on the thing it seems that nobody has the slightest idea what it actually does but they all agree that it works. My bandmate plugs a vintage Twin in using this thing and it really helps solve the grounding issues. But with my 6 month old Mesa it was equally impressive. I need to order one just have not gotten around to it yet.
 
Here's another view of the string height on my Strat.

The pic can be a little deceptive because it has staggered pole pieces, as you can see in my post (#23) above. The staggered pole pieces roughly follow the radius, except for the B string pole piece, which is set very low.

Anyway, what looks like a pole piece nearly touching the low E string is actually one of the center pole pieces, under the D string, which is higher.

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gball said:
Yes, really made a very noticeable difference. If you read the reviews on the thing it seems that nobody has the slightest idea what it actually does but they all agree that it works. My bandmate plugs a vintage Twin in using this thing and it really helps solve the grounding issues. But with my 6 month old Mesa it was equally impressive. I need to order one just have not gotten around to it yet.
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I been thinking about this too, along with a Tripp Lite power conditioner....
 
smitty_p said:
Here's another view of the string height on my Strat.

The pic can be a little deceptive because it has staggered pole pieces, as you can see in my post (#23) above. The staggered pole pieces roughly follow the radius, except for the B string pole piece, which is set very low.

Anyway, what looks like a pole piece nearly touching the low E string is actually one of the center pole pieces, under the D string, which is higher.

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Figured out my problem with Wolftones...It's the vintage stagger (D/G raised) and how close I am to the strings.... Your photo here looks just like my setup.

Lower those pickups and the tone just dies away... :-(
 
gball said:
Yes, really made a very noticeable difference. If you read the reviews on the thing it seems that nobody has the slightest idea what it actually does but they all agree that it works.
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It uses a pair of diodes and a resistor to isolate the ground.

I'm thinking about building one.

I absolutely know it would not cost me $80.00 to get the parts.
 
Do you know the value of the resistor Smitty, & are the diodes any specific type? I built Don's filter from the "amp diagnosis" conversation (works very well) & wouldn't mind including this on the power out side's ground. Cheers mate
 
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