real ivy
I’m looking for a good budget guitar that I can slap through an unholy amount of distortion and not have to worry about pickup noise taking focus.
Current budget is <200$ USD, I’m planning on buying used.
One guitar I’ve seen mentioned as cheap is the JS11 Dinky, does anyone personally recommend/know that model? Other suggestions and advice appreciated.
opaque sentinel
I'm curious where youre planning to generate quality distortion with that sort of budget.
Practically speaking, the simplest option would just be to find something used with EMGs
even suhr pickups are going to get noisy with very high gain
simplest option is probably just to use a noise gate
real ivy
I'm curious where youre planning to generate quality distortion with that sort o...
I’m mainly planning on connecting to a computer and doing effects in post (I know, lame, but cost-efficient for me at the moment since pedals cost a good bit as you said)
real ivy
simplest option is probably just to use a noise gate
Got it. Thanks for the advice! I’ll look into the pickups you mentioned.
opaque sentinel
I’m mainly planning on connecting to a computer and doing effects in post (I kno...
I’m not really sure how that could work, but in that scenario why would the pickups even matter?
You’d be recording a clean signal
Aside from avoiding 60hz hum there shouldn’t be any noise
real ivy
My current guitar is a single-coil bootleg strat and you can hear lots of buzzing whenever it’s connected (cable’s been tested and that works fine)
real ivy
yeah that’s the main issue lol
opaque sentinel
And even my $3k guitars are going to generate random noise just due to electrical wires, tv screens and the like. That’s not really an issue you can buy your way out of
But it should be beyond negligible without significant gain
real ivy
I’ve just heard that humbuckers get rid of most of the hum
opaque sentinel
Humbuckers don’t hum at all
They still pick up plenty of noise though
Often worse since they tend to be higher output tbh
My jem can pick up a tv a room away lol
real ivy
damn
opaque sentinel
But again, this shouldn’t even be audible unless you’re cranking gain
Or living inside a microwave oven
Are you playing while sitting in front of a computer?
real ivy
Yes
opaque sentinel
Go sit somewhere else
Or at least don’t face the monitor
Your pickups are probably just picking up the EM radiation from your monitor
Or the pc itself depending on positioning
If it’s a super cheap strat, they probably shoved in relatively high output ceramic pickups because they’re dirt cheap
plain lark
I’m looking for a good budget guitar that I can slap through an unholy amount of...
You won’t need a guitar to eliminate hum, a simple noise gate can do that. do you want a noise gate, noiseless pickups, or a whole guitar with noiseless pickups?
real ivy
You won’t need a guitar to eliminate hum, a simple noise gate can do that. do yo...
Guitar with noiseless pickups. I’m planning on getting a second guitar
plain lark
Guitar with noiseless pickups. I’m planning on getting a second guitar
what shape of guitar do you prefer - Les Paul, Telecaster, or Stratocasster?
@real ivy
real ivy
what shape of guitar do you prefer - Les Paul, Telecaster, or Stratocasster?
I’m used to using Stratocaster but I’m down for anything else. The shape of the body doesn’t matter too much to me, as long as it’s not something crazy like a v-shape.
plain lark
ill send more one sec
but this is my favorite so far
these are all according to your budget of 200$ USD btw
Wow these are actually really nice guitars
My Top Three in no particular order are
plain lark
https://reverb.com/item/65405252-used-ibanez-gio-grgr120ex-electric-guitars-blue
This
(these come in other colors btw @real ivy
real ivy
These are some really good options, thank you! @plain lark
opaque sentinel
Just fyi those will have the exact same issue and do absolutely nothing to fix your problem. In the case of the ibanez and jackson they will likely make it significantly worse
An example of EM interference with an Ibanez AZ prestige
Note how noisy it gets whenever it gets near the computer or even faces it
That was on single coil
This is it with the humbucker
Probably can’t tell in video, but in person it is MUCH louder
and thats on a relatively low/medium output pickup
And last but not least
A guitar purpose built for metal
Same issue, except significantly worse
opaque sentinel
You won’t need a guitar to eliminate hum, a simple noise gate can do that. do yo...
"Noiseless Pickups" is a brand name used by Fender
not a type of pickup
and they're only "noiseless" in regard to 60 cycle hum
plain lark
and they're only "noiseless" in regard to 60 cycle hum
But they also aren’t completely “noiseless”, especially when Compared to humbuckers
plain lark
"Noiseless Pickups" is a brand name used by Fender
we didnt mean fender noiseless, we just meant pickups that did not emit any kind of 60 cycle hum, which means humbuckers
real ivy
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/GRX70QATRB--ibanez-gio-series-grx70qa-tr...
I’ve been looking more at this model and I really like it. Again, thanks for the suggestion
My plan is to take it to a local shop and get it setup with 12 gauge strings, adjusted to drop A
My only issue is that the string nut is probably plastic and not bone, but that shouldn’t be tooooo much of an issue.
plain lark
No, unless you plan to do lots of divebomb/whammy action, you will be pretty much fine