Paddy Morris Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Can anyone give me a bit of advice on this one. I've got a under fingerboard pick-up rigged. It's a J-tone, but I'm just about to fit a Shadow. But I'm getting a real issue with the amount of low frequency ringing on the fingerboard when I'm slapping. The Shadow preamp does a brilliant job of filtering it all off, but I can still hear that the LF booming from the fingerboard is overloading the front end of the preamp and causing it to clip (presumably because the input stage is getting overloaded before the signal gets as far as the LPF) I guess I could damp down the fingerboard but I don't want to kill any contribution that might be making to the tone on the bridge pick-up. Or maybe I just need to put a passive attenuator in line with the fingerboard pick-up so that it doesn't overload the preamp. I would just be very interested to hear of this is a common problem or whether I'm unlucky. Cheers Paddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjhooker Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 You could try moving the pickup around under there.. Up higher near the neck joint should have a little less boom .. 🤔 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubrad Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 11 hours ago, Paddy Morris said: I guess I could damp down the fingerboard but I don't want to kill any contribution that might be making to the tone on the bridge pick-up. Sounds to me like it's acting like a large wooden reed and contributing a load of unwanted bass resonance. I'd try damping it with something removable.. if it works, you win; if not, try something different. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulKing Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 14 hours ago, Tjhooker said: You could try moving the pickup around under there.. Up higher near the neck joint should have a little less boom .. 🤔 Like, totally. On a boomy fingerboard I sometimes used to fix the slap pickup onto the underside of the heel. Those high frequencies that you want carry through to the whole neck and heel. It could also be a sign you're working a bit hard slapping strings that are bit high tension, or a high action, so you're thumping the board with your whole arm strength, rather than just getting the tight percussion of your hand and string hitting it. Possibly.' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Morris Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 Yes, it could very likely be my technique, which is far from subtle 😉 In fact the Shadow clicky pick-up was way better than my original one and once I found a sweet spot, and the right pressure the problem went away. Thanks everyone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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