A 360/12 Warble

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A 360/12 Warble

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Out of nowhere I am hearing this 'warble' effect coming out of my 360/12. I am running it through a Vox AC-30, and none of my other guitars are putting out this effect, just the 360. The sound is like an intentional bending on a note. It's not as noticable on chords but I can't figure out what it is. A guess?
A cure? An exorcist?
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It's the ghost of Buddy Holly with dual overhead cams and glasspacks...
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It's the AC30, Stan. It's so happy to have a Rick plugged into it, it's singing along!! Image

Seriously, I'm sorry but I have no idea.
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All I can suggest is that you carefully check your intonation. You guitar may be creating harmonic frequencies that manifest sympathetic oscillation of adjacent strings.
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Great name for a lounge act, Brian.

"Harmonic Frequencies That Manifest Sympathetic Oscillation of Adjacent Strings"

...better that than "Holiday Inn for Strings".
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Love those buzz words. Try sticking any three together at random
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Post by winston »

You know----------------------------

It could be as simple as:

One of your pickups is going microphonic.

Hmmmm Not sure of that one but it's worth a try. Try isolating each pickup from the circuit and playing a few notes. My bet though is that you are experiencing weird harmonic frequencies from a source on your guitar or closeby.

Have you tried moving your AC30 to another room? Perhaps your room is the guilty party in some way
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A friend of mine just commented. Tell him to turn the tremelo off. He's a Vox enthusiast and knows about such things.
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Sorry could not resist
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