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Old 11-28-2019, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by jennconducts View Post
Interesting. I’m wondering what brought this experiment on!
That particular David Enke UST had a much weaker passive output than the David Enke UST in a different guitar, for whatever reason (possibly the mechanics of the installation). I was having to crank the preamp gain way up to get a decent level and the high gain revealed some hum which I presumed was being collected by the 10' cable between pickup and preamp. I'm still hearing a small bit of hum with the onboard preamp installed, but its less hum and barely noticeable unless I'm listening for it.
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