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Post subject: Wobble sound issue
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:01 am
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I am getting a slight wobble sound when I play the high E and B string together or the G and B strings together. Kind of like a wa-wa-wa sound. Happens plugged or unplugged. If I play any of these string alone it sounds fine.

Any ideas?

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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:14 am
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Did you try changing the strings??? :)


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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:23 am
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Yes I did change the string not long ago. This was happening with old and new strings.

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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:56 am
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Well there can be a lot of problems causing that like the power,pick up's...
Dont know really... :)


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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:12 pm
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Risto wrote:
Well there can be a lot of problems causing that like the power, pick ups ...


My guess is that the pickups are too close to the strings (and the magnetic pull of the pole pieces is warbling the strings).

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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:56 am
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orvilleowner wrote:
Risto wrote:
Well there can be a lot of problems causing that like the power, pick ups ...


My guess is that the pickups are too close to the strings (and the magnetic pull of the pole pieces is warbling the strings).


I have my pickups set to the recommended height. 2mm bass, 1.6mm trebble side.


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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:20 am
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How many springs do you have on the back of your trem block? It may simply be you have a set-up that is too light for the way you play. More springs may be the way to go - and then of course a complete fresh set-up, because extra spring tension will change everything about the intonation.

The possibility to have up to five springs is there for a reason...

Cheers - C


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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:32 am
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Ceri wrote:
How many springs do you have on the back of your trem block? It may simply be you have a set-up that is too light for the way you play. More springs may be the way to go - and then of course a complete fresh set-up, because extra spring tension will change everything about the intonation.

The possibility to have up to five springs is there for a reason...

Cheers - C


I have just the 3 springs that came on the guitar. I should note that I can reproduce the sound if I lightly strum the two strings as well.


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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:11 am
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Hey, just another thought on this. Sounds like this problem is stemming from you B string. Just take a look at how the saddle on that string is seated on the plate of the trem. Sometimes you find that it is not squarely placed on both of the height adjustment screws, but is balancing on just one of them, the other off the plate. That instability can make the saddle wobble a bit under playing, even lightly, as you describe.

A possibility...

Cheers - C


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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:13 am
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Ceri wrote:
Hey, just another thought on this. Sounds like this problem is stemming from you B string. Just take a look at how the saddle on that string is seated on the plate of the trem. Sometimes you find that it is not squarely placed on both of the height adjustment screws, but is balancing on just one of them, the other off the plate. That instability can make the saddle wobble a bit under playing, even lightly, as you describe.

A possibility...

Cheers - C


I will check this tonight. Thanks for the idea.


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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:49 pm
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Whenever I have strange problems like that it seems to be something with a saddle


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