So I have asked this before, but I want to ask again.
If I wanted to make my single coil strat (texas specials) as quiet as possible, would shielding it, putting in new pots, and re-wiring it with LavaMan (pedal board cable) be smart?
What brand of pots would you recommend? If not LavaMan, what wire should I use? Thanks-
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Shielded wire is overkill, but hey, you can always do it. Shielding paint could do the trick with a few coats, as well as I really like the shielding adhesive copper stuff, I think that stuff works really well. New pots, meh, I don't think pots are going to be the problem if your strat is noisy, but again, it couldn't hurt, but I'd leave that for last, well, right before the fancy wire.
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<br />So I have asked this before, but I want to ask again.
If I wanted to make my single coil strat (texas specials) as quiet as possible, would shielding it, putting in new pots, and re-wiring it with LavaMan (pedal board cable) be smart?
What brand of pots would you recommend? If not LavaMan, what wire should I use? Thanks-
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A strat has it's unique tone because of its construction. Proper shielding will produce an audible improvement (copper foil and/or electro paint). Sheilded cable less so but if you're in there it can't hurt. It will never match the performance of a humbucker guitar though so learn to live with some noise. Amplifier placement will have a large effect on the noise as well as dimmers, flourecent lights and coolers etc.
One PU manufacturer (at least) makes a stacked humbucker that claims to sound like a standard strat PU and fit the hole without modification but give the benefits of humbucking coils. I think its Di Marzio but do your own search. If you play mainly overdriven sound on one selected PU, putting one in there may resolve your problem.
<br />So I have asked this before, but I want to ask again.
If I wanted to make my single coil strat (texas specials) as quiet as possible, would shielding it, putting in new pots, and re-wiring it with LavaMan (pedal board cable) be smart?
What brand of pots would you recommend? If not LavaMan, what wire should I use? Thanks-
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A strat has it's unique tone because of its construction. Proper shielding will produce an audible improvement (copper foil and/or electro paint). Sheilded cable less so but if you're in there it can't hurt. It will never match the performance of a humbucker guitar though so learn to live with some noise. Amplifier placement will have a large effect on the noise as well as dimmers, flourecent lights and coolers etc.
One PU manufacturer (at least) makes a stacked humbucker that claims to sound like a standard strat PU and fit the hole without modification but give the benefits of humbucking coils. I think its Di Marzio but do your own search. If you play mainly overdriven sound on one selected PU, putting one in there may resolve your problem.
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<br />http://www.guitarnuts.com/wiring/shielding/shield3.php
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Cool website thanks dude...
<br />http://www.guitarnuts.com/wiring/shielding/shield3.php
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Cool website thanks dude...
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Shielding with copper foil is the first thing that makes the most difference. Secondly, find REALLY good grounds for your pickups. All the other stuff really is just overkill. I also use an ISP Decimator for when I really crank the volume. It works nicely, as long as you're not playing really high gain stuff (it starts to affect tracking time with SUPER high-gain), but then again, you probably wouldn't be using a strat/single-coils for death metal, hehe. But with blues, rock, and the regular harder stuff, it's the best I've seen and leaves your tone unmolested.
http://www.guitarnuts.com/wiring/shielding/shield3.php
Guess this may help a little
Guess this may help a little
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