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| fourfathom:
--- Quote from: jonpaul on November 22, 2022, 03:21:25 pm ---get a better guitar pickup, hum bucking --- End quote --- Better? Better in the hum department, but I personally love the sound of the single-coil Strat and Tele. That's why the piezo pickup may not be *the* solution, although you can do amazing things with modeling boxes these days. |
| jmelson:
In video 03, it was VERY obvious the noise got louder when the guitar was flat on the floor. Is that room the lowest level of the house? IE, a poured concrete floor? If so, there could be electrical conduits buried in the concrete. If not the lowest level, there could be unshielded Romex wires in the space below the floor. Holding a guitar with magnetic pickups next to electrical wiring would be a SURE way to pick up noise. I'm QUITE impressed by that "belly armor" it is one of those tinfoil hat products that ACTUALLY does what it is supposed to! But, magnetic pickups are really terrible receivers of magnetic interference. try some PZMs, they should be a LOT less sensitive to this stuff. Where is the main breaker panel for the house? If near where you made these videos, there will be HUGE bundles of Romex branching out from the panel, either in ceilings or floors near there. Jon |
| DaveNJ:
--- Quote from: jmelson on November 22, 2022, 05:46:53 pm ---In video 03, it was VERY obvious the noise got louder when the guitar was flat on the floor. Is that room the lowest level of the house? IE, a poured concrete floor? If so, there could be electrical conduits buried in the concrete. If not the lowest level, there could be unshielded Romex wires in the space below the floor. Holding a guitar with magnetic pickups next to electrical wiring would be a SURE way to pick up noise. I'm QUITE impressed by that "belly armor" it is one of those tinfoil hat products that ACTUALLY does what it is supposed to! But, magnetic pickups are really terrible receivers of magnetic interference. try some PZMs, they should be a LOT less sensitive to this stuff. Where is the main breaker panel for the house? If near where you made these videos, there will be HUGE bundles of Romex branching out from the panel, either in ceilings or floors near there. Jon --- End quote --- Jon, The room is the video is an extension over a crawl space. There is no wiring that runs under there - all outlets for that room run through the 2x6 framing in the walls. This room is also on the opposite side of the house from the breaker panel. Using the EMG pickups did what they're supposed to do - they're totally silent. but, they really don't sound as good as standard mag pickups. I'm certainly not going to put one in my 59 Junior! I was amazed that this blanket worked as well! I saw some teardown of these supposed EMI blockers which look like they're just three pronged plugs with some electronics inside, but they're just filled with epoxy! Haha! |
| magic:
--- Quote from: jmelson on November 22, 2022, 05:46:53 pm ---I'm QUITE impressed by that "belly armor" it is one of those tinfoil hat products that ACTUALLY does what it is supposed to! --- End quote --- No, it does something else. If you want to know how effective it is for its stated purpose, put a phone under your shirt, wrap yourself in that blanket and try to call the phone. I bet it will ring :P |
| ebastler:
--- Quote from: jmelson on November 22, 2022, 05:46:53 pm ---But, magnetic pickups are really terrible receivers of magnetic interference. --- End quote --- But it can't be magnetic interference if it is shielded by a sheet of grounded metallized fabric, right? Must be electrical fields? |
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