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Topic: hum with tube amp
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Jud Thomas
Member From: Austin, Texas, USA
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posted 25 August 2004 07:36 PM
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Hey folks,
I'm new to the steel and I've got an early 70's Sho~Bud S10 with a single coil pickup that I play through an early 70's silverface Vibrosonic Reverb. Anyway, I'm gettin a pretty loud hum when I open the volume pedal all the way up to full. There's no noise when the volume pedal is all the way off. Could it be my pickup? Is it the pedal? I just had the amp majorly serviced by a very reputable technician/tube specialist so I know everything that was replaced with it. HELP!!! |
Ricky Davis
Moderator From: Spring, Texas USA
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posted 25 August 2004 09:01 PM
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Jud It is the pickup. When I had your guitar here; that pickup was the normal fairly noisy Sho~bud pickup as most are; as the windings get loose through the years.
Jerry Wallace can re-wind it for you and it will be less noisy; but you will always have a hum with a single coil pickup.
Or you can put a Bill Lawrence 710 narrow mount in there and have no hum; and that pickup would be a good match for your Baldwin Sho~bud S-10. When you were here at the house and I played it for you; you didn't notice a hum right?? Well that's because I set my amp at the volume I want over all; when my volume pedal is only 3/4 way open....>that way; when you don't open the volume pot all the way, you won't get the extreme hum and that's how I'm able to record with a single coil pickup and have Zero hum and the engineers are delighted..ha.
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jim milewski
Member From: stowe, vermont
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posted 26 August 2004 04:18 AM
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and the closer to the amp you get the louder the hum.....right? Go with the TT or a Pitman |
Jud Thomas
Member From: Austin, Texas, USA
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posted 26 August 2004 07:06 PM
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Thanks Ricky,
That makes perfect sense. Is there any advantage to keeping the single coil in there? What are pittman and TT?? |
James Morehead
Member From: Durant, Oklahoma, USA
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posted 26 August 2004 09:51 PM
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Yea Jud, What Ricky said. I have the same problem with my S-10 Shobud. I could open up my volume pedal and lean down and speak through the amp via the pickup, just like a microphone. My pickup became very sensitive to changer noises, too. I yanked it out and it will be sitting on Jerry Wallaces work bench by Saturday. I can tell you this, Jerry's price is VERY reasonable, and he will even put your coil tap wire back in your pickup if you have one now. I will have my original bud pickup back, and good for another 30 years.
Meanwhile, I slapped in my spare BL-710, and there is zero hum, and I was really surprized when I gigged with it tonight, how sweet it sounded in my S-10!! Jerry can get your pickup back in about a week.
I don't know anything about the Pitman, but TT stands for True Tone pickups, and these are made by Jerry Wallace. Hope this helps! |
Bob Hoffnar
Member From: Brooklyn, NY
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posted 27 August 2004 06:29 AM
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I am using a Pitman pickup on the E neck of my Franklin. I really like it. It is a humbucker so no problems with RF or dirty electricity. One thing nice about them is you can adjust the individual pole pieces to suit your guitar. He can also custom wind them to your specs. If you want to check one out you can contact:Jim Pitman jaspit@aol.com 802-244-8041 ------------------
Bob
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Jud Thomas
Member From: Austin, Texas, USA
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posted 28 August 2004 09:38 AM
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Thanks friends,
Now I just have to decide whether to rewind my old pickup, get a new True Tone single coil, or get a new humbucking pickup like the Pitman or Bill Lawrence...What do y'all think? Let's hear it...
Jud |
Kevin Mincke
Member From: Farmington, MN (Twin Cities-South Metro) USA
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posted 28 August 2004 01:18 PM
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I had Jery rewind both the pickups in my SuperPro........much better than originals but still that great single coil sound![This message was edited by Kevin Mincke on 28 August 2004 at 01:21 PM.] |
Henry Nagle
Member From: Santa Rosa, California
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posted 31 August 2004 11:23 PM
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Carter's got a pickup comparing feature on their website. It's pretty fun. You can listen to all the different pickups they put in their guitars! I don't know about which ones are made to fit Sho-Buds though. |
James Morehead
Member From: Durant, Oklahoma, USA
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posted 01 September 2004 05:22 AM
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Whatever you decide, don't lose your original shobud pickup. If you ever sell your guitar, the original pickup should go with it. |
Lefty
Member From: Grayson, Ga.
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posted 11 September 2004 06:27 AM
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As James said, I too would recommend saving the stock pickup as opposed to rewinding. Buy a rewound, or different pickup, but save the original. Really makes a difference for resale, and in the future you may decide you liked that original sound. It has happened to me before.
Lefty
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