So ive got this mij ri jaguar, very nice guitar (the best neck ive ever played, better than a vintage sixties a friend of mine bought) - but the stock pick-ups didnt have too much definition nor aggressiveness, so i switch them to a couple of seymour duncans, and they sound good, however, they are not potted, apparently - and therefore they are microphonic - which i actually like, played through my t-rex mudhoney fuzz they produce a very noisy and "full spectrum"-y sound. So I guess the question is, can i remove the unwanted squeeling and not that awesome noises without wax-potting them?


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ive searched the threads without luck

Can you sing into them?

yeah, don't soak the whole pickup in wax. just the coils.

llllllllllllllllllllllll wrote:Can you sing into them?

Well, I cant sing through them, but if sung into they'll produce some undefinable noise - not that loud though. But a more focused air stream, like blowing into them can clearly be heard as a sssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhssssssss-sound.

that damned fly wrote:yeah, don't soak the whole pickup in wax. just the coils.

That would be your best bet.

I have been playing rickenbackers for years, and their pickups are microphonic. I was going get my pickups potted, however I have learned to control the sound or feedback to the tone I want. Another thing to do is try a graphic eq to clean up the sound.

Cajun, I had the the exact same issue with my Jag. What kind of Seymour Duncans did you swap for? I switched to jazz humbuckers (which required some routing and pickguard modding) and I didn't get the microphonic qualities

Charlie D wrote:Cajun, I had the the exact same issue with my Jag. What kind of Seymour Duncans did you swap for?

Im pretty sure i went for the s-jag 2s. They cleared up the sound eventhough they are more bassy.

TheCajunKitchen wrote:

Charlie D wrote:Cajun, I had the the exact same issue with my Jag. What kind of Seymour Duncans did you swap for?

Im pretty sure i went for the s-jag 2s. They cleared up the sound eventhough they are more bassy.

Yeah, the construction on those look like the stock ones under the cover.
Is that how you're supposed to use them? With the original cover and the sawblade extensions?

have you thought about trying a noise gate pedal?
I had the same feedback problem with my jag with stock pickup (I use a lot of gain and volume constantly)
solved the problem for me.

wax potting really isn't that hard. just make sure you use a double boiler and leave it in there 'til it stops bubbling.

and if you do that then you can enjoy controlled feedback etc.