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Topic: L-705 p/u |
Bill Crook
From: Goodlettsville, TN , Spending my kid's inheritance
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Posted 30 Jul 2001 11:58 am
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I got a L-705 P/U that is (believe it or not) too hot. It distorts very bad when trying to play/record. I know its not the equipment as I have tried verious way of connecting it to the P/A,recorder,and amp. Anyone know a way to lower the gain of this thing ??
(BTY) The DC ohmage across P/U is 20.02 K ohms.
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Mike Weirauch
From: Harrisburg, Illinois**The Hub of the Universe
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Posted 30 Jul 2001 12:20 pm
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Bill, I've got 705's in 4 guitars and eventhough they are hot, I never get any distortion. Maybe your pickup has gone bad. |
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Dan Tyack
From: Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 1 Aug 2001 1:17 am
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Just don't mention the word impedence when you talk to Bill.....
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Jeff Peterson
From: Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 1 Aug 2001 8:07 pm
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Pickups don't just distort....bad conections, switches, shorts inline can. Check all connections from pickup to whatever for shorts. |
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Bobby Lee
From: Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 2 Aug 2001 8:12 am
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Try putting a load resistor across the output jack of your guitar. Something in the 300k-500k range should help. |
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Greg Derksen
From: Alberta, Canada
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Posted 3 Aug 2001 6:39 am
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Phone Bill, Make sure its a BL Pick-up and
not a copy, Greg |
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Steve Feldman
From: Central MA USA
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Posted 4 Aug 2001 7:32 am
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Just don't mention the word impedence when you talk to Bill..... |
And whatever you do, DON'T use it in the same sentence as the word 'inductance'.... |
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Bill Crook
From: Goodlettsville, TN , Spending my kid's inheritance
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Posted 5 Aug 2001 2:03 pm
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I have attached the P/U to a 20MHZ scope, feed a 1Khz tone to it. The scope displays a perfect sine-wave.
Tried placeing the tone source from 1/16 to 1/2 inch from P/U, (read this as 1 to 7 quarters distance) and still the responce of the P/U is good. I,now am really at a loss. |
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jerry wallace
From: Artesia , NM (deceased)
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Posted 5 Aug 2001 2:17 pm
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Bill,it sounds like the output of the 705 is just too hot..Try what B0B said and just use aligator clip leads to clip a 500k resistor across the lead/ground at the jack or the pickup wires and see if this helps???
That should drop the output..
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Jerry Wallace-2001 Zum: D-10,8+6, "98 Zum: D-10,8+8,Nashville 1000,Session 500 ,Session 400 head only amp,Tubefex,ProfexII, Artesia, New Mexico
http://communities.msn.com/jerrywallacemusic
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