Stop the squeal

[Dave Scepter]

Anybody have a sure fire way to stop the squeal of a non potted covered pickup without altering the tone?.. I've watched a couple of videos... requesting personal experience

[gtrdaddy]

If it's the pickup cover that is causing the feedback you can remove the cover, run a few beads of silicon under it and solder it back on.

[Jeff R]

Cut two thin strips of 3M double-stick adhesive foam tape. Doesn't compress as thin as silicon or similar goops, but easy to separate and no residues left behind if it's just an experiment at first.

[Dave Scepter]

Is there a way to isolate the cause of the squeal?.. it's a bridge pickup and It's fine up until about 9... but at full volume 10, it starts to feedback "when I stop playing"... I have worked around it by turning down the volume when I stop playing or I hit the toggle "neck" pick up with no volume to stop the squeal... I love the tone of this pickup and don't really want to wax pot it... so maybe I'll try either the silicone/wax balls or the double-sided sticky tape "topside of the bobbins" in the first stage of troubleshooting to see if that's the problem...

Thanks guys... Fingers crossed!

[Dave Scepter]

 Urethra!! & duh... while I was sitting on the throne this morning, thinking of the parts needed and running the procedures through my head, it just dawned on me, why don't I just remove the damn cover to isolate if that's the cause of the squeal?... it's amazing what a good night's sleep can do... DUH~😂

[kizanski]

I have been lobbying for Winding Reform for years, but Big Pickup won't let that kind of policy gain traction.  

[tomteriffic]

On 4/5/2021 at 10:15 PM, Jeff R said:

Cut two thin strips of 3M double-stick adhesive foam tape. Doesn't compress as thin as silicon or similar goops, but easy to separate and no residues left behind if it's just an experiment at first.

What Jeff said.  I did it to a whistling Pearly Gates.  Did the trick.