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Uneven Volume Levels on Specific Notes

#21
Lilduke said:
I can speak of a similar issue I've had. '12 Squier Telecaster. passive di into presonus 16.4.2. 4th string G, G#, A. 3rd string C, C#, D. But to a lesser extent. Only does it with chrome XL's. Both light and med nickel wound xl's don't. No noticeable boost anywhere on them.

When I use the notch filter set to 155hz with gain at -15db it all but eliminates it. I then lowered the E side of the pickup half a turn and got the same results. The level input before eq/pickup adjust would avg 2 db higher when playing those notes, but now avg +/- 2db over all the strings in the first 12 frets.

Hope this may help, Dave
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Interesting, I tried a similar thing with my pickups last night, maybe I'll adjust them a little more and see if it helps.

I'm still really hoping it's not the Pyramid Gold's because I love the tone and feel of them. I would hate to see them go.
 
#22
yodedude2 said:
tried it with headphones only? also, wolf tones can be affected by changing strings.
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Yeah I tried headphones. I couldn't hear it that well unfortunately, the bass response is so low in my Beyerdynamics. On a side note, I noticed some serious noise when I turned the tone knob all the way treble, more than ever makes it out an amp, unless the treble is turned up on that too. Don't know if that's a red flag.

Once again, really hope it's not the strings. If it is, could that be fixed with compression?
 
#25
No, no chance at all.
I mean, I suppose it could be possible for a loosely wound pup to resonate at certain frequencies. But it's really hard to imagine both halves of the pup doing it on the same notes. I think you oughta get this in front of somebody knowledgeable.
 
#27
dmusic148 said:
No, no chance at all.
I mean, I suppose it could be possible for a loosely wound pup to resonate at certain frequencies. But it's really hard to imagine both halves of the pup doing it on the same notes. I think you oughta get this in front of somebody knowledgeable.
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That is a good point...unfortunately, there are no decent music stores in the area, I will have to do some research and travel. Any resources for finding such a place that would have this sort of knowledge?
 
#28
FreshTrooperXBL said:
How long has it been doing that ghosty/wolfy/obnoxious note? I have a cheapo Ibanez that did that until I adjusted the pups and played with the string height.
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I didn't notice until I got a new amp last spring, and no it's not the amp. I used to be so much lower in volume than my band mates, but the new amp brought me to the forefront. When volume was set, I would mix in just fine, except for those two notes which would amplify so much it would completely drown everyone else out. I've tried messing with the EQ on the amp, which is three band with an adjustable mid range frequency. Unfortunately, it only really lets me lower one peak at a time, so I can't get both the A and the C#, let alone all the octaves. I adjusted the pickups last night, the volume seems uniform across all strings except for those notes, so I don't think that will make it any better.
 
#29
Wth the new amp, could it be that you are now playing softer?
If that's the case, try lowering the volume setting and playing harder to reach
the required sound volume.

I have noticed that when I play softly, it is more difficult to control individual
note volume. The bass seems more responsive to every little difference in the
way the notes are played. Playing every note harder seems to level things out
a bit.

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