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Tone fell off a cliff overnight

  • 10-05-2011 11:21am
    #1
    Myrddin
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    I'd appreciate any help here as I'm at a loss at this stage. Guitar is an Epi LP custom with CTS pots & orange drop caps on the tone pots, using it through a small pedal board & 50w amp for bedroom useage.

    Last week, practically overnight, the tone went from the tone & sound I've been happy with for over a year, to sounding very forced (for want of a better description). I lost all of my sustain, & to get it back I have to wind up the distortion so far that its far too heavy. The treble sounds are very pronounced now, almost cringe worthy from a harshness pov.

    I can't seem to find a balance between tone or volume now, its either too sharp or too muddy, too low on lead/too low on rhythm.

    I know I'm not describing it properly, but I've checked everything I can think of on both the electronics & the guitar itself at this stage. Brand new strings on the guitar too, any idea's what I could look at in terms of the guitar itself?


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  • #2
    eoin5
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    What your describing sound like there's some drain or bad contact on the live wires somewhere. It seems unlikely to be the actual mechanical aspects of the guitar, neck bridge etc, especially a LP.

    Sorry for being like the windows help here but have you checked the lead and the amp? After that I'd check things like is there a live contact poorly soldered or touching the body. Next is process of elimination from pickup to input jack.


  • #3
    Demeyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭Demeyes


    Have you tried another guitar cable? Is there any batteries in your pedals that might be dying? I'd start by trying to source the cause of the problem. Plug straight into your amp and see if the problem is the pedals. Try another guitar to see if the problem is the amp. Try another lead to make sure yours works. Try everything until you are sure where the problem is.


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