Help! My new pickups are making my tuner possessed!

[JamieMillsBass]

Hi guys,

I recently had a set of EMG 35DC's and a BQS pre-amp installed by a friend who is an electrical engineer.

All sounds fine and seemed to be working fine, untill I plugged into my tuner. Its jumping about between notes like crazy with seemingly no noise whatsoever coming from the guitar.

Happens on both tuners so its not a fault there, anyone got any ideas what this could be caused by?

[BOD2]

Could the output of the pickups be too high for the tuner ? What happens if you select one pickup only, turn the volume down to zero and then just bring it up a little ?

[JamieMillsBass]

[quote name='BOD2' timestamp='1337950349' post='1667904']
Could the output of the pickups be too high for the tuner ? What happens if you select one pickup only, turn the volume down to zero and then just bring it up a little ?
[/quote]

I'll try that when I get home, although one of the tuners I'm refering to is the tuner that comes with amplitube through logic, the other is a korg. I have a 5 string with the same model of pickups in it (although it has no pre-amp) where there is no issue.

I'm bemused, will give your suggestion a go when I get home and report back!

Edited May 25, 2012 by JamieMillsBass

[Twigman]

Can you bypass the pre-amp by selecting a passive mode perhaps?

[Doctor J]

Make sure you're not boosting any bands with the preamp. Set the preamp flat, then try it.

[dincz]

[quote name='JamieMillsBass' timestamp='1337948450' post='1667856']
Its jumping about between notes like crazy with seemingly no noise whatsoever coming from the guitar.
[/quote]

Do you mean with the strings damped the tuner still jumps around?

[Dad3353]

Use Velcro to stick the tuner down..?


[i]Sorry, I was just leaving...[/i]

[BigRedX]

Wouldn't happen to be around G# by any chance?

[iiipopes]

Try using the neck pickup with the volume and treble turned down somewhat and see what happens. If there is too much harmonic development present, the tuner may try to read the overtones rather than the fundamental frequency.

[LukeFRC]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1338056981' post='1669160'] Wouldn't happen to be around G# by any chance? [/quote] sounds like you have a hunch whats going on...

[charic]

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1338368536' post='1673257']
sounds like you have a hunch whats going on...
[/quote]

G# = ground hum/background noise

Edited May 30, 2012 by charic