Gibson Pickup Noise Anomalies:

frankblade said:
You are right there and a man can go thru a lot of guitars before if he ever finds that magic # 1 so when and if ya do ya gotta hold on.
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This was probably my "Number One" guitar...and my first guitar that I saved up and bought...Ibanez DT555 Destroyer II - This was the guitar I replaced my 1959 Silvertone with.

24-3/4" scale, a trio of DiMarzio Super 70's, lightweight mahogany...thick, wide neck....it was really just fabulous...I would have preferred a hardtail, but the Tremolo was ok...stolen from me in 1989.

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frankblade said:
His tech has been asked many times when Gibson sends Him a guitar he has the Humbuckers or mini humbuckers thrown in the trash
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I was referring to the above. I didnt say anyone fabricated anything, his guitar tech says the toggle is to bypass the controls on the bridge mini humbucker, so clearly that's what his guitar tech thinks it is. Cheers
 
frankblade said:
Why don't you try another destroyer . Or a Explorer .?
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Well, the DT555 is now a highly overpriced relic. I find that Explorers have a lot of tuning issues because of the string angle through the nut...much as my Hamer Standards did. I ALMOST scored a very rare DT520 Destroyer...Black, Gold Hardware and twin humbuckers.....price was steep at $1,000 but I missed it...
 
Looks like same old thing: New Gibson's buzz, it's what they do until the electrostatic charge in the finish dissipates. My 2016 Traditional did the same thing for 6 months, now its dead quiet. Same with my other Gibsons. This is the proverbial dead horse - the guitars have been doing this ever since they started using the electrostatic for finishes years ago.
 
gball said:
Looks like same old thing: New Gibson's buzz, it's what they do until the electrostatic charge in the finish dissipates. My 2016 Traditional did the same thing for 6 months, now its dead quiet. Same with my other Gibsons. This is the proverbial dead horse - the guitars have been doing this ever since they started using the electrostatic for finishes years ago.
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Well, I mentioned that and the Gibson tech disagreed immediately.

My 2016 Gibson SG had static. You could touch the plastic cavity cover and hear a crackle. The 2016 Gibson Les Paul 50's Tribute does not do this.

Gibson tech says it is a ground issue in thd pickup itself and he has encountered it many times.

Even he told me he is baffled at how many people try to justify problems with a Gibson because it says "Gibson" on the headstock.
 
The video I posted speaks for itself...

A nearly $1,000 Gibson buzzes so loud you cannot play it on a recording, and a unshielded replica, with all take-out Epiphone electronics is dead-quiet. It's a little disappointing when you play for a living....

 
gball said:
I'd say probably just as many as those who want to bash them for the same reason.
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Identifying a consistently present anomaly is not bashing anyone....and I am happy that Gibson in Nashville has watched the video and acknowledged that this is an abnormality. They are being very proactive with this problem... :-)
 
Robert Herndon said:
Well, I mentioned that and the Gibson tech disagreed immediately.

My 2016 Gibson SG had static. You could touch the plastic cavity cover and hear a crackle. The 2016 Gibson Les Paul 50's Tribute does not do this.

Gibson tech says it is a ground issue in thd pickup itself and he has encountered it many times.

Even he told me he is baffled at how many people try to justify problems with a Gibson because it says "Gibson" on the headstock.
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Some of us are baffled at the fact that people actually walk in to a brick and mortar store, buy an electric guitar without verifying that it works, and then publicly vocalize how bad it is. Endlessly.
Seems kinda like buying a car without test driving...it's just weird to me. But I suppose I'm the weird one.:D
 
Robert Herndon said:
Identifying a consistently present anomaly is not bashing anyone....
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I think if people go looking for problems they will find them. And what I see more often than not is the logical fallacy of someone encountering something they personally define as a problem and then trying to convince everyone that they should see the same thing as an issue.

You use the word "anomaly" yourself, which clearly indicates that you are aware that what you are reporting is not normal for a Gibson, yet in thread after thread you bash Gibson for all sorts of reasons but primarily this "noise" issue that most of us don't have or understand is completely normal.
 
gball said:
I think if people go looking for problems they will find them. And what I see more often than not is the logical fallacy of someone encountering something they personally define as a problem and then trying to convince everyone that they should see the same thing as an issue.

You use the word "anomaly" yourself, which clearly indicates that you are aware that what you are reporting is not normal for a Gibson, yet in thread after thread you bash Gibson for all sorts of reasons but primarily this "noise" issue that most of us don't have or understand is completely normal.
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It is ironic that the Gibson rep agrees with and uses the term "abnormality" in our discussions.

Its very common according to my rep...have you performed a search on this topic??? Mine is not the only video.

You seem to be the only one in this discussion trying to justify this as normal, even in complete contradiction to what the Gibson tech told me.
 
In any event, Gibson, et al, has been very candid and proactive in adressing this issue. To me, that says a lot and I'm very pleased.
 
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