Epiphone Pr5e Problem(s)

anothervictim

This is an electro acoustic. I was wondering if anyone else who owns this guitar has noticed that the high E and the B strings are too loud in proportion to the others. It also gives a lot of low-end feed back when you crank it up. This might just be a problem with mine (since its left-handed, and it looks like the pickup they shoved in there is for the RH version), if so does anyone know how I could solve these probs?

NotMe

Well I'm not sure how the pickups are fitted on an electro-acoustic but on and electric guitar if the high e and b strings were too loud you would just turn the screw and lower that side of the pickup (or higher the other side). I don't think a pickup for a left-handed guitar would be any different from a right-handed one, would it?
About the low end feedback, is it fret buzz? Or could it be the amp?

feylya

That wouldn't work NotMe. The pickup is in the bridge so it can't be easily adjusted as you suggest. TBH, that one has me stumped. Let me check with some more knowledgable folk and I'll get back to you.

fitz

It could be a truss rod problem, or there may be an unevenness in your saddle or frets.
It's a cheap guitar, with a cheap pickup, so you're gonna get a lot of low end feedback.

I'd say it's probably caused by too drastic a taper in the slope of the saddle towards the B and E.
Try replacing the saddle...

Paladin

You could put lower guage strings instead of the E and B, and turn down the treble, turn up the bass.

Although as you say, pickup might be set up for RH guitar, maybe it can be turned around?

feylya

If it was a right hand bridge, the intonation would be out. It seems that a new pickup system may be required.