Nola
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hey guys.
I'm going to be playing live soon, and I worry about noise since I play all single coil guitars and venues are all different.
What are my best options? I've read that noiseless pickups suck tone. Is there truth to this? What would the logic be? Seems they're just wired with a dummy almost acting like a humbucker, so why would that suck tone?
I've read up on HumX (seems hit and miss from the reviews) and other products. That might help with amp hum/ground loop, but it just doesn't seem reliable from the reviews I've read. My primary is a jazzmaster, so the larger area of the pickup makes hum even more annoying. I can cancel it mostly by putting the pickups in the middle position, but I like the neck pickup tone best.
I'm going to be playing live soon, and I worry about noise since I play all single coil guitars and venues are all different.
What are my best options? I've read that noiseless pickups suck tone. Is there truth to this? What would the logic be? Seems they're just wired with a dummy almost acting like a humbucker, so why would that suck tone?
I've read up on HumX (seems hit and miss from the reviews) and other products. That might help with amp hum/ground loop, but it just doesn't seem reliable from the reviews I've read. My primary is a jazzmaster, so the larger area of the pickup makes hum even more annoying. I can cancel it mostly by putting the pickups in the middle position, but I like the neck pickup tone best.
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