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Post subject: Noobie Question @ Fender "Clean"
Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:39 pm
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I purchased an American Strat (2004) from EBay. I don’t know what the pups are. I love the tone. This guitar just seems so “alive” and responsive. It’s my first electric, and I am decidedly a beginner when it comes to guitar.
My problem is that this dude is just almost too clean and accurate. It is chiming all sorts of noise and notes. Sympathetic string sounds from strings not played, noise from fingers on the wound strings, barely struck pick motions, and, well, I think it would actually reproduce the wind brushing the strings.
While I realize that my klutzy beginners’ technique is mostly to blame (indeed many of the musicians in here are likely to ask me what the problem is), I could use all the help I can get with limiting this interference with my shreds (such as they are).
I am playing through a solid state, 25W Champion 110 amp. And the additive sounds do diminish with the 2 & 4 pup selector switch (but I really like the main single coil sounds better). Could a different amp change some of this? Like maybe, a tube amp? I am thinking a Blues Jr. or Carvin Vintage 16 (made in the USA, you know). Or will only time and maybe some intense (and lengthy) practice cure my “blues”?
Thanks for any insight!
Bob :?:


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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:04 pm
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Well if you say you're a beginer and it's your first electric guitar.... how do you know anything is wrong? Maybe you're just not used to using an electric guitar yet? I'd just keep playing and not worry about it :)


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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:20 am
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That's nothing...
Play with the guitar: crank it all up and then pull your pick along the wound E string - a perfect wake-up noise :wink:


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Post subject: Re: Noobie Question @ Fender "Clean"
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:34 am
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WhatsThatSmell wrote:
I purchased an American Strat (2004) from EBay. I don’t know what the pups are. I love the tone. This guitar just seems so “alive” and responsive. It’s my first electric, and I am decidedly a beginner when it comes to guitar.
My problem is that this dude is just almost too clean and accurate. It is chiming all sorts of noise and notes. Sympathetic string sounds from strings not played, noise from fingers on the wound strings, barely struck pick motions, and, well, I think it would actually reproduce the wind brushing the strings.
While I realize that my klutzy beginners’ technique is mostly to blame (indeed many of the musicians in here are likely to ask me what the problem is), I could use all the help I can get with limiting this interference with my shreds (such as they are).
I am playing through a solid state, 25W Champion 110 amp. And the additive sounds do diminish with the 2 & 4 pup selector switch (but I really like the main single coil sounds better). Could a different amp change some of this? Like maybe, a tube amp? I am thinking a Blues Jr. or Carvin Vintage 16 (made in the USA, you know). Or will only time and maybe some intense (and lengthy) practice cure my “blues”?
Thanks for any insight!
Bob :?:


If you think that's something, try one of the strats with the new SCN pickups - it's as you describe but X 10!!


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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:43 am
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Vintage62 wrote:
That's nothing...
Play with the guitar: crank it all up and then pull your pick along the wound E string - a perfect wake-up noise :wink:


NASTY! ahahahaha :P


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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:02 am
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A tube amp will make it worse. You said you haven't played electric much so I'm guessing you probably have the volume and tone controls set at "10". Try cutting the volume back to about 7 and compensate at the amp. That will clean some of it up.


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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:18 am
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Strats sound really clean and chimey. They will expose your playing flaws more than a Les Paul style guitar. That's why Strats are so great for expressive playing. Just keep at it...you'll be sounding good in no time!


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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:20 pm
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All good advice so far. How about asking a tech, or an experiened guitar player, to take a look and see what they think. Maybe they'll tell you you've got a poorly cut nut. Maybe they'll tell you you suck! KIDDING!!! If they say the guitar is fine it's just technique and that just takes some time. We all made weird noises we didn't want to when we started out.

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