My toasters are squealing

bliggick · Post by **bliggick** » Fri Jul 19, 2002 1:38 am

I got a new turquoise 360V64 6-string and I really love it. But sometimes when I take it to a gig I'm trapped on a small stage and when the amp gets to a certain volume or I use overdrive or compression the pickups create this microphonic feedback and make a high-pitched squeal. I was wondering if the foam pads (part no. 03802) for the new style pickups will fit the vintage toaster pickups and will they help prevent this squeal or is there any other tricks to stop this?
I can't turn down! I share the stage with a Tele player with a 100 watt MusicMan!

rick12dr · Post by **rick12dr** » Fri Jul 19, 2002 8:59 am

Allen, I don't think the foam pads are going to do much of anything to alleviate this problem.
You basically are dealing with unpotted, singlecoil PUs on a hollowbody guitar,and more
than one person has had to deal with this same problem. Mark, care to add anything??

carr · Post by **carr** » Fri Jul 19, 2002 5:08 pm

"I can't turn down! I share the stage with a Tele player with a 100 watt MusicMan! "

Get someone else to share the stage with.

Volume has never been a criteria in assessing ability.

markthemd · Post by **markthemd** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 10:18 am

You have microphonic coils .... one of the easiest methods to do this is to encapsulate the coil windings with wax .

This is a job for a pro as you can kill the pickup if you do not know what you are doing .

It could also be a loose cover assembly , but from your discription , it is the coil winding.