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GrouchyDog · 10-10-2008, 10:58 PM

Hey folks:

My Elitist Std+ (stock) has some ugly-sounding overtones with some notes on some amp settings, mostly medium-gain sounds that are harmonically rich. It sounds like there's a phantom note (maybe diminished 5th / augmented 4th, I dunno) going on at a pitch several steps lower than the note I'm playing that just sounds bad. I don't know if this is what folks call a "wolf tone" or not.

My problem is what causes this & how do I get rid of it? Is is setup (i.e. pickup height/polepiece adj, etc.), strings, pickups or something in the guitar itself (I hope not)? Any advice appeciated, thanks!

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GrouchyDog Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 479 Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Ugly harmonics/overtones Hey folks: My Elitist Std+ (stock) has some ugly-sounding overtones with some notes on some amp settings, mostly medium-gain sounds that are harmonically rich. It sounds like there's a phantom note (maybe diminished 5th / augmented 4th, I dunno) going on at a pitch several steps lower than the note I'm playing that just sounds bad. I don't know if this is what folks call a "wolf tone" or not. My problem is what causes this & how do I get rid of it? Is is setup (i.e. pickup height/polepiece adj, etc.), strings, pickups or something in the guitar itself (I hope not)? Any advice appeciated, thanks! __________________ Public deeds are image; private conduct is character. There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't.