J i m m y's Clone

[mosman]

I took a couple of my 65's to band practice once and compared them to my Dan Armstrong Plexi played through a Marshall JCM 900 SLX high gain amp. The DA had all the oomph I wanted but when I put the Mosrites in I got assaulted with massive squealing which took me a bit of fiddling to tame. Once that was done I played a few songs but there was no way I could get the drive I wanted without bringing back the squeals and even then they didn't have the thick, full sound I was after. Maybe if my bass player and drummer weren't so impatient I could have mucked around with it longer and come up with the sound I wanted. I actually ended up putting a Rio Grande humbucking Mosrite replacement pickup in one of the 65's but as far as I could tell it didn't make a lick of difference. It also doesn't help when you have to compete with a very loud drummer and a bass player who uses a Marshall 400 watt valve bass amp.

[oipunkguy]

Mosman, this is only because mosrite pickups aren't wax potted. this will happen to most any pickup that isn't, but some handle the squeal better then others. for a temporary fix you can take the tone knob down about 25%. or you could wax the pickup. it's not too hard to do. check these links out:

viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1437&hilit=waxing+pickups

viewtopic.php?f=20&t=388&p=2679&hilit=waxing+pickups#p2679

PS- be very careful about waxing pickups on the stove since a stove can get too hot very quickly, and wax is flammable. your better off using a hot glue pot, or one of these cheapo hand waxing kits made by revlon. you can probably find them on ebay or craiglist for under $20. if you have any questions just PM me.
here's one I googled.

http://www.homehardware.ca/Products/ind ... ath_revlon