Guitartwine
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- Jan 12, 2008
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Hi everyone,
I'm a new member here, although I've been browsing these pages for a while now.
I also am a proud owner of 2 petrucci's.
The 2nd one I just got recently, it's a used one.
It's a JP7 pearl red-burst with piezo and painted headstock, I think it's an older model because the guitar doesn't have the compensated nut.
I love my EBMM's to death, they play great and sound awesome!
Anyway, I've encountered some problems, and I hope you guys can help me out here.
I have contacted customer support but haven't yet got a reply and because of the guitar being second hand and in Holland I don't what to do.
Anyway, here's there problem.
There is a kind of white noise/hiss/crackling sound coming form my piezo.
I've only tried the mono input because I don't have any stereo cables.
And ofcourse this sound is only noticable when the piezo is switched on.
Also when I strum chords on the guitar a bit louder the sound also seems affected.
I have tried changing the battery... didn't help.
When I turn the piezo volume down with the normal piezo volume control the sound dissapears.
I've read somewhere on the internet that this might be a grounding problem inside the guitar?
I don't know if it could have to do with the gear I use because the pod isn't grounded (i've also tried it directly to the wall), I only use one output and the magnetic pick-ups seem fine....
I also think the problem lies pre-eq because when I adjust the eq settings the hiss sound also changes.
How can I determine what the problem is?
How and where would I be able to see if the piezo is properly grounded?
Maybe if the solution is simple and I can (temporarily) fix the guitar my self.
I would love to just play the guitar and not worry about things so any advice would be awesome!
Thanks!
I'm a new member here, although I've been browsing these pages for a while now.
I also am a proud owner of 2 petrucci's.
The 2nd one I just got recently, it's a used one.
It's a JP7 pearl red-burst with piezo and painted headstock, I think it's an older model because the guitar doesn't have the compensated nut.
I love my EBMM's to death, they play great and sound awesome!
Anyway, I've encountered some problems, and I hope you guys can help me out here.
I have contacted customer support but haven't yet got a reply and because of the guitar being second hand and in Holland I don't what to do.
Anyway, here's there problem.
There is a kind of white noise/hiss/crackling sound coming form my piezo.
I've only tried the mono input because I don't have any stereo cables.
And ofcourse this sound is only noticable when the piezo is switched on.
Also when I strum chords on the guitar a bit louder the sound also seems affected.
I have tried changing the battery... didn't help.
When I turn the piezo volume down with the normal piezo volume control the sound dissapears.
I've read somewhere on the internet that this might be a grounding problem inside the guitar?
I don't know if it could have to do with the gear I use because the pod isn't grounded (i've also tried it directly to the wall), I only use one output and the magnetic pick-ups seem fine....
I also think the problem lies pre-eq because when I adjust the eq settings the hiss sound also changes.
How can I determine what the problem is?
How and where would I be able to see if the piezo is properly grounded?
Maybe if the solution is simple and I can (temporarily) fix the guitar my self.
I would love to just play the guitar and not worry about things so any advice would be awesome!
Thanks!
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