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Topic: Noisy Emmons Legrande 3 |
Ron Forrest
From:
Logan Ohio, USA
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Posted 14 Aug 2021 4:33 pm |
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Hi, I recently picked up a Emmons Legrande 3 SD10 and the pickup is extremely noisy. I've checked all the grounds and cant find anything loose or out of place. This is solid 60 cycle hum and is really bad. Is this common for these guitars or is a bad pickup possible. I believe this is the factory pickup thats in this guitar,
Thanks
Ron |
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Ron Pruter
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 14 Aug 2021 6:15 pm
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Ron, put a ohm meter on it and see what the ohmmage is. It probably has a stock single coil on it which can be noisey. I'd recommend a Bill Lawrence 705 humbucker. RP
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James Sission
From:
Sugar Land,Texas USA
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Posted 14 Aug 2021 6:42 pm
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| Hi Ron. I experienced the same issue and replaced the stock pickup which solved the problem. It's was very annoying. Jim Palenscar sent me George L which worked very well and eliminated that noise. |
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Greg Derksen
From:
Alberta, Canada
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Posted 15 Aug 2021 8:11 am
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From what I understand Not all humbucking pick ups
Will work in a Legrande 111,
Because of the cabinet drop de tune mechanism ,
Curious myself as to which ones work?
Anyone know, or have experience with
Which ones work and don’t work?
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 15 Aug 2021 8:25 am
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| Greg...send an email to Boo Bernstein. He's on the Forum, and has been on a p/u quest for his LIII. He's had to fit a bunch of them in there. |
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Greg Derksen
From:
Alberta, Canada
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Posted 15 Aug 2021 9:03 am
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Thx Skip, will do that!
Greg |
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Ron Forrest
From:
Logan Ohio, USA
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Posted 16 Aug 2021 5:55 am
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Thanks for all the info!!
I measured the pickup and it's reading roughly 20k. I'm going to change the jack out tonight and just go ahead and re-solder everything and make sure my connections are good.
I've thought about trying to pickup a 705 or trying to find a 108 for the guitar but I really like the way the original pickups looks. I know its trivial but I like the look of the original pickups with the big single pole pieces. |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 16 Aug 2021 8:19 am
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Does your steel make the same hum everywhere you set it up ?
Those original pickups are great if they're not messed up. Nothing better as far as single coils go.
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Ron Forrest
From:
Logan Ohio, USA
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Posted 16 Aug 2021 9:40 am
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Bob,
I didn't notice is much when had the steel at practice using it with an amp but it definitely overbearing when using the headphone jack on the Stereo Steel. I'll try running it through my Revelation Preamp rig and see if has the same results.
I do love the sound of the pickup though and I'd hate to change it.
Rob |
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Ron Pruter
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 16 Aug 2021 6:06 pm
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Skip, Greg and Ron. In the following post the issue is described in detail on about the 15th post😇
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=371854
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Douglas Schuch
From:
Valencia, Philippines
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Posted 19 Aug 2021 4:38 am
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Make sure you still have a ground wire that goes to a screw somewhere on the changer, or something else metal that is contact with the strings/changer. If that wire got clipped or removed, the noise can go way up.
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Ron Forrest
From:
Logan Ohio, USA
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Posted 25 Aug 2021 3:46 pm
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| Douglas, I took a look and there is no ground wire that goes directly to the changes. I did check the output jack ground to the changes and its appears grounded. I'll add one just for extra grounding and see if it clears up. |
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