whitebison66
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I hope someone here can help me with this!
I got an email from a good friend I used to tech for, Warner Hodges. He's having a problem, and needs help. I am not sure about the solution, so I am offering his description verbatim:
I have a perplexing problem that I have started having occur on these long-ass Dan Baird shows and Jason & the Scorchers shows. Every guitar , ie ALL of my teles including the Warmoth one with the Seymour Duncan Phat cat P90's, are having the same problem. In Europe I only have 2 guitars out with Dan so it is a HUGE problem. Here it is in a nutshell. I get really sweaty about 30-40 minutes in and all of a sudden it sounds like I have cut my treble pot all the way off. It is all the way open, but sounds all bassy. This happens on all of my guitars, not just one of them. Also , all of the teles are set back up correctly [ed. note - Warner used to use 1 volume and a Gibson 3-way switch] ie Tele 3 way switch, functioning Volume knob, and Functioning tone knob. I am at the point of getting ready to have someone disconnect the 3 way switch and the tone knob on one I have with me on this trip just to see if maybe I have a problem with one of those 2 things. That would disconnect the rhythm pickup, The 3 way switch, and the tone knob. 3 less things to go wrong. I also don't know if its a pick-up thing, but it does it on the 4 guitars, that I use all the time, equally. I also put a new lead position Phat cat P 90 in the Warmoth tele I use with Dan, because the same thing happened last year. I don't know if the guitars just get so wet inside, and never get a chance to dry out. After the show they go back in a gig bag. We take them to the hotel. Pull them back out. Let them dry over night. Try to find a blow dryer and use it on them, including opening up cavities, then go do it all again. Incidentally this is happening to Dan also. He only brings the 1 guitar. Dan Baird shows are roughly 1- 90 minute show contractually. They end up being 1 hour or so, break, and then 90 minutes to 2 hours for the 2nd set. I spend the last hour struggling to reach the finish line. I don't know. I've done all I know to do. Also this still happens even with a cord, so its not a wireless thing. I would appreciate input. Maybe I need some different pick-ups. I don't know. I'm baffled.
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Warner does sweat a lot. Is it possible that the sweat is getting into the tone pot and grounding it out, hence cutting the highs?
Any ideas? Suggestions? Solutions?
Thanks in advance!
If anyone in Europe has the chance to see Dan Baird and/or Jason and the Scorchers, GO. You will not be disappointed.
I got an email from a good friend I used to tech for, Warner Hodges. He's having a problem, and needs help. I am not sure about the solution, so I am offering his description verbatim:
I have a perplexing problem that I have started having occur on these long-ass Dan Baird shows and Jason & the Scorchers shows. Every guitar , ie ALL of my teles including the Warmoth one with the Seymour Duncan Phat cat P90's, are having the same problem. In Europe I only have 2 guitars out with Dan so it is a HUGE problem. Here it is in a nutshell. I get really sweaty about 30-40 minutes in and all of a sudden it sounds like I have cut my treble pot all the way off. It is all the way open, but sounds all bassy. This happens on all of my guitars, not just one of them. Also , all of the teles are set back up correctly [ed. note - Warner used to use 1 volume and a Gibson 3-way switch] ie Tele 3 way switch, functioning Volume knob, and Functioning tone knob. I am at the point of getting ready to have someone disconnect the 3 way switch and the tone knob on one I have with me on this trip just to see if maybe I have a problem with one of those 2 things. That would disconnect the rhythm pickup, The 3 way switch, and the tone knob. 3 less things to go wrong. I also don't know if its a pick-up thing, but it does it on the 4 guitars, that I use all the time, equally. I also put a new lead position Phat cat P 90 in the Warmoth tele I use with Dan, because the same thing happened last year. I don't know if the guitars just get so wet inside, and never get a chance to dry out. After the show they go back in a gig bag. We take them to the hotel. Pull them back out. Let them dry over night. Try to find a blow dryer and use it on them, including opening up cavities, then go do it all again. Incidentally this is happening to Dan also. He only brings the 1 guitar. Dan Baird shows are roughly 1- 90 minute show contractually. They end up being 1 hour or so, break, and then 90 minutes to 2 hours for the 2nd set. I spend the last hour struggling to reach the finish line. I don't know. I've done all I know to do. Also this still happens even with a cord, so its not a wireless thing. I would appreciate input. Maybe I need some different pick-ups. I don't know. I'm baffled.
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''
Warner does sweat a lot. Is it possible that the sweat is getting into the tone pot and grounding it out, hence cutting the highs?
Any ideas? Suggestions? Solutions?
Thanks in advance!
If anyone in Europe has the chance to see Dan Baird and/or Jason and the Scorchers, GO. You will not be disappointed.