[Dr.Feelgood]

I have recently purchased a Epiphone Les Paul Standard off Ebay for 200$. It was basically brand new with a few pick scratches. It was a factory 2nd and I knew this prior to the purchase. It arrived today and first thing I did was plug it in. Right off the bat, it was giving me some nasty feedback. When I am playing, no issues... But as soon as I take my fingers off the frets, it's buzzing. I checked my cords, no problems. Any ideas what it might be? I didn't get a chance to actually run it straight to my amp (Behringer GMX210) because it was running through my ZW overdrive. It's not annoying persay, but it will get on my nerves down the road. Any help would be great guys

Brad E

[bostjan]

I don't know, man. I hate to be so negative, but I bought the Epiphone Les Paul bolt-on a long time ago. I had to replace pretty much everything on the guitar, which was a lot of work, since most of the parts were odd sizes. I know their quality has come up a long way since then, but it's most likely crapola microphonic pickups or bad pots. Mine even had a bad output jack, so you can check that, too. But, it sounds most like there is a grounding (earthing) issue. Does it go away when you touch anything metal on the guitar?

[D-EJ915]

Probably just crappy pickups.

[Dr.Feelgood]

Originally Posted by bostjan

I don't know, man. I hate to be so negative, but I bought the Epiphone Les Paul bolt-on a long time ago. I had to replace pretty much everything on the guitar, which was a lot of work, since most of the parts were odd sizes. I know their quality has come up a long way since then, but it's most likely crapola microphonic pickups or bad pots. Mine even had a bad output jack, so you can check that, too. But, it sounds most like there is a grounding (earthing) issue. Does it go away when you touch anything metal on the guitar?

Basically yeah. If I touch the output jack, no problems. Same thing with the strings.

[Nik]

Originally Posted by Dr.Feelgood

I have recently purchased a Epiphone Les Paul Standard off Ebay for 200$. It was basically brand new with a few pick scratches. It was a factory 2nd and I knew this prior to the purchase. It arrived today and first thing I did was plug it in. Right off the bat, it was giving me some nasty feedback. When I am playing, no issues... But as soon as I take my fingers off the frets, it's buzzing. I checked my cords, no problems. Any ideas what it might be? I didn't get a chance to actually run it straight to my amp (Behringer GMX210) because it was running through my ZW overdrive. It's not annoying persay, but it will get on my nerves down the road. Any help would be great guys

Brad E

Hmm that's weird, because that sounds like the characteristics of a single-coil when it's driven through a lot of distortion. But since it's a Epiphone it must have humbuckers, so I don't know Epiphone are not exactly quality guitars, per se.

[Dr.Feelgood]

Originally Posted by Nik

Hmm that's weird, because that sounds like the characteristics of a single-coil when it's driven through a lot of distortion. But since it's a Epiphone it must have humbuckers, so I don't know Epiphone are not exactly quality guitars, per se.

Well like I said earlier, I haven't been able to run it straight to my amp to see if my pedal was pushing too much for it. But I don't have the problem with my Epiphone SG. It does have humbuckers.

[bostjan]

Nahh, something isn't grounded or shirlded propperly, if you want it to sound good, try some new pickups and replace the pots and wires while you're at it.

[Dr.Feelgood]

Originally Posted by bostjan

Nahh, something isn't grounded or shirlded propperly, if you want it to sound good, try some new pickups and replace the pots and wires while you're at it.

Well I was going to throw in the EMG ZW 81/85 combo anyways. That will end up replacing everything

[bostjan]

That'd be perfect, since EMG's are internally grounded. That should put some life in the guitar! Just don't tell any of the guys here who 'won' ZW Epi's.

[Dr.Feelgood]

Originally Posted by bostjan

That'd be perfect, since EMG's are internally grounded. That should put some life in the guitar! Just don't tell any of the guys here who 'won' ZW Epi's.

I am in for 3 of those too May or may not come, and I got sick of waiting. Ah well, this is my third Epiphone to add to my collections I also have two Epi SG's. Dear lord, once those 3 ZW Epi's get here, I will lose my mind