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scottyb

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Mother's Milk Pickups and Overtones
« on: February 14, 2016, 10:43:32 AM »
Hi there
I have a set of Mother's Milk pickups in my strat. They sound great for the most part - but on the D and particularly the G strings up above the 14th fret with some gain added there are awful overtones produced.
Sounds terrible.
I have tried lowering the pickups and that hasn't made a significant change to this issue.
Any ideas?
Thanks so much for your time
Scott
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Kiichi

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Re: Mother's Milk Pickups and Overtones
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2016, 01:22:43 PM »
First thing IŽd check then, if lowering was fruitless, is actually the guitar itself. Could possibly be an issue with the neck or frets there creating a light buzz which translates to overtones.

Other than that IŽll need to think a bit more.
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Re: Mother's Milk Pickups and Overtones
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2016, 12:59:27 AM »
Thank you
I'll look into the frets and see if that might be the issue.
All the best
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Kiichi

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Re: Mother's Milk Pickups and Overtones
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2016, 12:36:08 PM »
Yeah, just listen closely acoustic and see if there is anything going on. If so, great, we have the culprit. Otherwise check back and weŽll see.
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Re: Mother's Milk Pickups and Overtones
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2016, 09:19:01 PM »
Thank you
I've actually just had a play acoustically and the G is buzzing along the entire length of the string now.
I'll start by changing it and then look at the tuning post, nut and bridge to see if anything there is causing the issue.
Never had an issue with that before.
Take care
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Re: Mother's Milk Pickups and Overtones
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2016, 02:48:43 PM »
Interesting. Let us know how that resolves the issue or if it turns out to only be part of it.

Good luck!
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