EMG DG-20 kit

[pep_br]

Hello guys, I'm sorry if there's already a post with this issue but the search didn't return one single result for "EMG". Here is my issue.

I bought a 1997 Fender American Stratocaster which came with the EMG DG-20 kit installed. It's an awesome kit and the tones you can pull out of it are endless.

I can't tell precisely when it got started but when I use distortions, it sounds kinda overbright. Using clean setups it sounds ok but with distortions, it sounds overbright.

I have another passive guitar and it sounds fine in my rig.

Curiously the EMGs sounded fine on another amp (my luthier's). I'm puzzled.

My amp is a Peavey Classic 50.

Any expert hints?

Thanks,
Paulo

[Tony Ramone]

turn down the tone control?

[pep_br]

Originally Posted by Tony Ramone

turn down the tone control?

Yes, I did, I tried it all, even in the amp.

Also, I tested it at the luthier with the same pedal at home.
I couldn't reproduce the noise at his office.

[Tony Ramone]

hmm, weird. When's the last time you changed the tubes in the peavey?

[pep_br]

Originally Posted by Tony Ramone

hmm, weird. When's the last time you changed the tubes in the peavey?

I bought it brand new and it's not even 2 years old. So I have never replaced the tubes.

If it's the tubes, wouldn't it sound weird with the passive guitar too?

[jagcmos]

Is always bright, even when switching between pickup combinations ?

I would think that the tone control on either the git or amp would help.
How much of a difference do the tone controls make ?

[Tony Ramone]

Originally Posted by pep_br

I bought it brand new and it's not even 2 years old. So I have never replaced the tubes.

If it's the tubes, wouldn't it sound weird with the passive guitar too?

you're probably right - it should sound weird on everything if it was the tubes. D'oh!
That said, with active pickups you're probably sending a much hotter signal to the amp than you would with passive ones, so there could still be something in the amp going wrong...
You say it's fine on the clean channel, yes? Even if you crank it all the way up?

[pep_br]

Originally Posted by jagcmos

Is always bright, even when switching between pickup combinations ?

I would think that the tone control on either the git or amp would help.
How much of a difference do the tone controls make ?

Bright is not the right word, but I can't explain it another way. I hear something crackling in between the sound, specialy when I play on the G string, the crackling lasts as much as the note played. It's just like the noise is mixed with the good sound.

Changing the tone controls or pickup changes the sound of the "good sound" but the crackling is there.

I am not sure "crackling" exists as I am not English native speaker, so I apologize my bad writing.

[Tony Ramone]

OK, sounds like a bad solder connection somewhere, or else a bad speaker. Bummer

[pep_br]

Originally Posted by Tony Ramone

you're probably right - it should sound weird on everything if it was the tubes. D'oh!
That said, with active pickups you're probably sending a much hotter signal to the amp than you would with passive ones, so there could still be something in the amp going wrong...
You say it's fine on the clean channel, yes? Even if you crank it all the way up?

I don't use the amps distortion but YES, when the signal is clean, it sounds as heaven at all settings.

I tried replacing the battery too and it didn't work too, batery is fine.