Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Dillinger on May 30, 2012, 05:53:57 PM
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Hi ,
I have a BKP painkiller installed in my Heritage H-150 (les Paul type guitar , mahagony body and neck , flame maple top & rosewood fretboard) but it's really bassy and not tight and it doesn't feel like it should sound like that , I checked the wiring (2 vol 2 tone 3 way switch) , color code , resistance ( reads 17k although the site mentions 15k) the pots are all CTS 500K and caps are 22nf , I have also wired the humbucker directly to the jack and actually there's no diffrence with the low end , adjusting the humbuckers height doesn't seem to reduce the bass either.
I'm really confused now I don't know whether the humbucker is defected or just doesn't suit the guitar ( although I heard a lot that painkillers sound great with mahagony and les pauls) besides that I have no clue what can cause it.
Would like to hear your suggestions and opinions.
Thanks.
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sounds like you have it too close to the strings
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What pickup was in your guitar before and what amp are you using? It could be that the Painkiller has more output overall and distorts the amp more than before.
Cheers Stephan
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Based on your description the pickup seems to be OK and the symptom you describe does not sound like a wiring error. 17k vs. 15k is not a drastic difference and can be the result of differently calibrated meters or different temperatures (resistance increases with higher temperature).
It could be that guitar and pickup are not a good match but there is too little information for such a conclusion. Try to adjust the pickup height and reduce gain/bass in the amp.
Cheers Stephan
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I would say string height comes to mind first.