redeyedjim
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I have a guitar that I reworked and rewired a couple of years ago, and I have what I think are some issues with pickup microphonics. There's no squealing, but taps to the pickup ring are easily and clearly heard as percussive sounds from the amp. It's been doing this since I finished the wiring a couple of years ago, but I am finally sick of it and want to fix it.
The guitar has three Dimarzio pickups: an SDS-1 (neck), a Super II (middle), and a SuperDistortion (bridge). All pickups were purchased new after 2012. One wrinkle that may be important the guitar also has an onboard buffer/unity gain preamp.
The microphonics I am hearing are the same regardless of the pickup(s) selected. The guitar does not squeal, and sounds good, but the microphonic pickup ring (and body) doesn't seem right. All three pickups are mounted to the same 360HH brass pickup ring, which has been chromed:
Any ideas on how to remedy this? The guitar's internal wiring is complicated (basically a clone of the J. Garcia "Tiger" wiring, per Mike Wald) but otherwise appears to be functioning correctly. I have gone through the grounds carefully and do not believe I have any grounding issues. It's just picking up more sound than I want it to.
I have a question out to Dimarzio to see if these pickups are already potted. If they aren't, I assume that's the next/best thing to try. But if they are already potted, what's my next move?
The guitar has three Dimarzio pickups: an SDS-1 (neck), a Super II (middle), and a SuperDistortion (bridge). All pickups were purchased new after 2012. One wrinkle that may be important the guitar also has an onboard buffer/unity gain preamp.
The microphonics I am hearing are the same regardless of the pickup(s) selected. The guitar does not squeal, and sounds good, but the microphonic pickup ring (and body) doesn't seem right. All three pickups are mounted to the same 360HH brass pickup ring, which has been chromed:

Any ideas on how to remedy this? The guitar's internal wiring is complicated (basically a clone of the J. Garcia "Tiger" wiring, per Mike Wald) but otherwise appears to be functioning correctly. I have gone through the grounds carefully and do not believe I have any grounding issues. It's just picking up more sound than I want it to.
I have a question out to Dimarzio to see if these pickups are already potted. If they aren't, I assume that's the next/best thing to try. But if they are already potted, what's my next move?