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Hyper pickup ?


Roger Eve
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I have an Ibanez SRMS805 which is a 5 string multi scale, fan fretted bass. I have an issue with the sensitivity of the pickups. They seem to pick up the slightest noise from the fretboard, finger finger movement and even the strings hitting the frets. I am by no means a heavy player and none of my other Ibanez , or any other basses do this. It is fitted with Bartolini pickups. I have heard that pickups can become super sensitive, is this what has happened to mine and what is the cure please ?

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What are your other basses and how old are the strings ?

With too resonant woods, this kind of thing can happen, but it has nothing to do with the pickups, except if you here some "noise" when scratching the wood nearby or the covers with your fingers (nothing metallic over the covers). In this case, they are indeed microphonic... There are solutions, but you'll need to track down the problem.

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