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English Enigma
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01/03/2005 6:53 pm
I just got a jackson Js 30 Dinky, played it a few times love it, but it picks up a lot of feed back, I use a cry baby wah and DS-1 boss pedal with it and sometimes the buzzing of the strings is massive,

The excess feed back / buzzing only occurs when the tone control is set to all frequencies are present and when the control is turned the other way with the higher frequencies rolled off ( giving a more muted sound), theres no buzzing at all.

Do you think this is the guitar or electrical appliances interfering with it?

thanks alot,
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01/04/2005 12:05 am
If it has single coils, the treble is all the way up, you've got lots of gain on that DS-1, and using the Crybaby..it's gonna be the guitar...having electrical appliances around won't help.
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01/04/2005 9:11 am
It has humbuckers, the distorion is half way around, but yes the treble is all the way around.........
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01/04/2005 4:57 pm
ok I tried it with the clean channel and no pedals at all, its a new lead, and its still buzzing!

Any ideas?

oh but when i touch any of the hardware or strings it stops!
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01/04/2005 6:12 pm
I guess you need a noise gate pedal.
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01/04/2005 7:17 pm
cheers I will try that,
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01/04/2005 8:02 pm
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01/04/2005 11:05 pm
When my Tele had single coils and I had my amp in my room, it used to buzz...but I never noticed it when I was playing...
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02/02/2005 1:50 pm
Ok I played my guitar through out amps and thers no buzz, I was told it could be my amp, not earthed or something like that....that would explain why when i touch the strings/hardware it stops because im earthing it

What does that mean though can an amp be earthed?
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02/02/2005 10:36 pm
Do you perchance mean grounded?
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02/03/2005 9:42 am
yeah grounded....
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02/03/2005 6:30 pm
Some amps have a ground switch on them to help you with that buzzing, and make sure no one cut the ground plug off your amp...its the round one on the plug.
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02/03/2005 7:22 pm
Sometimes the pickup on the guitar may not be grounded properly. My original Tele pickup's ground was loose and it buzzed all the time.
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02/04/2005 11:10 am
cheers, if its the pick up not properly being grounded is these easy to repair?
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