sledge57 Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Well my brother in law wanted me to come over and bring my Wildkat, he has a Strat. So we plug em in and notice the Kats P-90s are a lot noisy-er than the Strats single coils. Doesn't seem to be a grounding issue, it never changes when you touch any thing and you have to have the pups and master volumes all the way up (most of the way up anyway) to hear the noise. Is it just the difference in how hot the pups are or ??? Never been an issue for me, I never play with that much gain or volume. The guitar sounded good when being played (by the bro in law that is) And I now love Mesa Boogie amps, he has a 5-50 w/2 12's Sounds awesome even at lower volumes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gl297 Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I'd go with it just being the difference between pickups. A lot of the old school players are really good at turning the volume knob up and down. Ted Nugent is one of the best at it, being that he used a hollow-body guitar to create some of the most intense tones ever. Unreal when you think for most of the early stuff he used a Gibson Byrdland and Fender Twins....and nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twofeets Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 P90's are great sounding pickups but a known tradeoff is that they are noisy. Not sure the exact reason but I'm sure there's more than one factor that makes them noisier than Strat singles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianh Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Because...humbuckers... And SC pups wired in reverse polarity buck hum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icantbuyafender Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Because...humbuckers... And SC pups wired in reverse polarity buck hum... precisely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sledge57 Posted May 30, 2010 Author Share Posted May 30, 2010 Thanks for the answers but I guess I'm too late. He called me a 1/2hr after I posted this and told me he bought a new Gibby SG , faded Cherry (bastard! ) I guess he wont be buying the Kat, would have nice to keep it in the family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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