Lkdog
Power User
Have noticed an issue with the AXE II recently with there being a slight higher pitched ringing overtone on humbucker guitars at the time of pick attack.
It is on both clean and higher gain stock presets.
Is more noticeable on clean presets as there is less other noise to mask it.
(I may not be using the right terms here so bear with me.)
It is just kind of higher pitched overlay or overtone or ringing when picking notes.
Only pronounced with humbucker guitars (PRS McCarty Trem with stock pickups, Jaros 59 LP DC style with WCR pickups, etc)
On my Fender Deluxe Strat on the single coil pickups- no real ringing or overtones.
When I split the coils on the PRS and the Jaros- no real ringing.
It is most noticeable on the neck pickup where it gets a little boomy also as one hits the A/D/G strings especially. Less noticeable on the bridge which has more bite of course.
At first I though it might be only through my FBT Verve 12ma, but I am able to reproduce it through my KRK Rokit 6 monitors and my Sennheiser HD 600 headphones.
It is noticeable when I get to the 85-95 db range. Not really that loud.
My settings on the AXE are all pretty much out of box stock.
No Global EQ changes. All flat.
The I/O for Instrument in is 50%.
FW 5.07.
I do not recall if this was an issue with previous FW versions. Could have been I did not notice.
Strings are GHS Boomers Lights on all guitars (10 > 46).
Any thoughts or suggestion are appreciated.
Edit- Just to be clear. Unit is dead quiet out of all all speakers and headphones when not playing. No hums or grounding issues that seem apparent.
It is on both clean and higher gain stock presets.
Is more noticeable on clean presets as there is less other noise to mask it.
(I may not be using the right terms here so bear with me.)
It is just kind of higher pitched overlay or overtone or ringing when picking notes.
Only pronounced with humbucker guitars (PRS McCarty Trem with stock pickups, Jaros 59 LP DC style with WCR pickups, etc)
On my Fender Deluxe Strat on the single coil pickups- no real ringing or overtones.
When I split the coils on the PRS and the Jaros- no real ringing.
It is most noticeable on the neck pickup where it gets a little boomy also as one hits the A/D/G strings especially. Less noticeable on the bridge which has more bite of course.
At first I though it might be only through my FBT Verve 12ma, but I am able to reproduce it through my KRK Rokit 6 monitors and my Sennheiser HD 600 headphones.
It is noticeable when I get to the 85-95 db range. Not really that loud.
My settings on the AXE are all pretty much out of box stock.
No Global EQ changes. All flat.
The I/O for Instrument in is 50%.
FW 5.07.
I do not recall if this was an issue with previous FW versions. Could have been I did not notice.
Strings are GHS Boomers Lights on all guitars (10 > 46).
Any thoughts or suggestion are appreciated.
Edit- Just to be clear. Unit is dead quiet out of all all speakers and headphones when not playing. No hums or grounding issues that seem apparent.
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