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Thank you for the suggestions. I had never come across an impedance matcher before but if it comes to it I will definitely give that a shot. It is certainly a hot pickup (I'm measuring it at 20.6 kΩ) ...

That's interesting, 'harmonic distortion' does sound like it could be the right term as the offending sound is consonant with what I'm playing.

I've adjusted every gain stage and the impedance on ...

That example is straight into the modeller with no volume pedal.

There are steel players getting great results with that unit which is why I was disappointed with it initially. That sound is still ...

Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone can help me out here, I've got a bit of a head-scratcher.

My steel seems to be making a nasty deep sort of overtone when I play with any volume - here is an example: ...

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Topic: Nasty Overtone From Steel - ?
John Mather Replies: 7 Views: 1294	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 17 May 2024 12:11 pm Subject: Nasty Overtone From Steel - ?
John Mather Replies: 7 Views: 1294	Thank you for the suggestions. I had never come across an impedance matcher before but if it comes to it I will definitely give that a shot. It is certainly a hot pickup (I'm measuring it at 20.6 kΩ) ...
Topic: Nasty Overtone From Steel - ?
John Mather Replies: 7 Views: 1294	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 14 May 2024 9:33 am Subject: Nasty Overtone From Steel - ?
John Mather Replies: 7 Views: 1294	That's interesting, 'harmonic distortion' does sound like it could be the right term as the offending sound is consonant with what I'm playing. I've adjusted every gain stage and the impedance on ...
Topic: Nasty Overtone From Steel - ?
John Mather Replies: 7 Views: 1294	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 14 May 2024 1:19 am Subject: Nasty Overtone From Steel - ?
John Mather Replies: 7 Views: 1294	That example is straight into the modeller with no volume pedal. There are steel players getting great results with that unit which is why I was disappointed with it initially. That sound is still ...
Topic: Nasty Overtone From Steel - ?
John Mather Replies: 7 Views: 1294	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 13 May 2024 9:01 am Subject: Nasty Overtone From Steel - ?
John Mather Replies: 7 Views: 1294	Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone can help me out here, I've got a bit of a head-scratcher. My steel seems to be making a nasty deep sort of overtone when I play with any volume - here is an example: ...