How can I get rid of this really annoying noise?

[ChandonPierre]

First off, I have a Squire J bass. I play finger style, and have somewhat of an "aggressive" attack. Which leads to my problem.

When I play, my string sticks to the pickup and makes a very undesirable noise. The action is okay; I just had the instrument setup.

This is what the noise kinda sounds like (I say kinda because the recording does not do the annoyance justice, lol.)

[elgecko]

Lower your pickups.

[tjmdetroit]

reminds me of a joke..... "Hey Doc...every time I lift my arm like this, it hurts real bad... what should I do?" "Don't lift your arm like that...." rimshot
tjm

[joeyl]

black tape on the pickups, lower the pickups or lower the poles by stuffing foam under the cover, or raise the action, or stop playing that aggressively

[Demon_Hunter]

Can't you put some kind of Epoxy over the pickup poles?

http://boardreader.com/thread/Epoxy_..._7qjXdlaw.html

[DizzyExiled]

"How can I get rid of this really annoying noise?"

Get rid of the vocalist

*rimshot*

put space between pickups and strings. had the same issue with my old pbass, ran with tape and dropped the pickups slightly.

[line6man]

That tone sounds like crap, sorry.

But I don't know what noise you're talking about?
Turn down the distortion perhaps?

[ChandonPierre]

Originally Posted by line6man

That tone sounds like crap, sorry.

But I don't know what noise you're talking about?
Turn down the distortion perhaps?

lmao that's the clean tone... What you're hearing IS the noise.

And yeah I think I'll put black tape over it... How do I go about lowering my pickups?

[Fetusyolk]

Originally Posted by ChandonPierre

lmao that's the clean tone... What you're hearing IS the noise.

And yeah I think I'll put black tape over it... How do I go about lowering my pickups?

screws

[elgecko]

Originally Posted by ChandonPierre

How do I go about lowering my pickups?

1) grab a phillips head screwdriver

2) crank on the 4 screws holding the offending pickup a scooch (clockwise)

3) ? ? ?

4) profit!

[ChandonPierre]

Originally Posted by elgecko

1) grab a phillips head screwdriver

2) crank on the 4 screws holding the offending pickup a scooch (clockwise)

3) ? ? ?

4) profit!

Most awesome; I'll try it when I get home.

[walterw]

it'll mostly be the bass side of the neck pickup that needs to be dropped a little.

[tjmdetroit]

Originally Posted by ChandonPierre

Most awesome; I'll try it when I get home.

So what happened? Maybe he hurt himself??? Maybe he unscrewed the neck? Lord have mercy.... LMAO
tjm

[ChandonPierre]

Originally Posted by tjmdetroit

So what happened? Maybe he hurt himself??? Maybe he unscrewed the neck? Lord have mercy.... LMAO
tjm

NO I just got home really late lol.

[ChandonPierre]

Thanks guys; dropping the pickup worked wonders! I didn't even have to cover the pickup poles with anything.
I just need to adjust my playing now; my thumb has nowhere to rest lol.

[SGD Lutherie]

Originally Posted by ChandonPierre

Thanks guys; dropping the pickup worked wonders! I didn't even have to cover the pickup poles with anything.
I just need to adjust my playing now; my thumb has nowhere to rest lol.

How far did you drop it? It shouldn't have to be that low.

I pluck the strings pretty hard, but you have to watch the angle you pluck at, otherwise you smack the strings into the pickups, which is what I heard in your clip.

[ChandonPierre]

Originally Posted by SGD Lutherie

How far did you drop it? It shouldn't have to be that low.

I pluck the strings pretty hard, but you have to watch the angle you pluck at, otherwise you smack the strings into the pickups, which is what I heard in your clip.

Yeahh I dropped it lower than I needed to, but I like it like that. I added a thumb rest to the pick gaurd anyway.

[SGD Lutherie]

Originally Posted by ChandonPierre

Yeahh I dropped it lower than I needed to, but I like it like that. I added a thumb rest to the pick gaurd anyway.

What ever works, works.

Jimi Hendrix was known to keep his pickups very low.