Hey guys, I have a Mockingbird that had the upper pickups replaced about a year ago (Basslines quarter pounders) and everything was sounding great. But about a month ago, mid practice, there was a squealing noise that came out of nowhere and surprised my band. After looking around and investigating we realized it was coming from my pickups. Every time I would touch the little metal pole thing it would squeal. I tried out different cables and amps, but the result was always the same, it would either squeal, or there was a great amount of feedback, to the point where the limiter on all the amps and di pedals are going off, and I think the speakers are clipping (>.<) I originally thought it was a grounding issue, because it would MOSTLY go away when I touched the strings, or the bridge. I opened it up and looked around for a stray wire or something, but couldn't find anything.
I decided to get it checked out before I ruined anything. The guy I took it to spent hours looking it over and troubleshooting it, but he couldn't find a thing wrong with it. At this point, both sets of pickups are doing it, but only the upper one in each set. I left it there and he said he'd have a friend look at it.
I went to pick it up today, only to find out that it's still not fixed. He took it to the friend's place and they both soldered, re-soldered, and rewired... you name it, but they couldn't figure out what was causing the problem.
Right now the only thing I can think of is there's a bad knob or pot.
Help me...? Please...? I miss my baby...
