jacknikkels Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 I bought a Level 1 (used) Bonamassa Studio the other day from MF. I played it acoustically for a couple days then finally plugged it into GarageBand and found it has a distortion/static fuzz either from a pickup or the selector switch, or maybe something else. I lowered the pickups thinking my finger style might be causing the problem but, no, this is a faulty switch or pickup. As is, the guitar is unplayable amplified. Rather than fool around with shlepping the guitar to my luther for diagnosis and paying $100 to have it fixed I'll probably send it back to MF and forget about a replacement. Any others out there with JB static problems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgfthntr Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 did you try a different cable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacknikkels Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 I first tried it using a Vox headphone amp. I thought the distortion was from the amp in that case. Then I tried it through MXL iBooster into the Mac and GarageBand and got distortion/fuzz/static from neck and mid/neck positions. So, that would be two different input cables. I'll try it through one of my regular amps this morning but I shouldn't get this buzz on the other devices. I haven't had the problem using the same cable into two different Strats and a hybrid Lead I. I think she's going back, though. Nice guitar but not worth extra time, trouble and money to fix a problem that shouldn't exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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