Pitch Pirate Clipping with Humbuckers

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Pitch Pirate Clipping with Humbuckers

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Hi all,

My pitch pirate clips when I use humbuckers (A Gibson ES-339 with 57 Classics) but does not clip when I use single-coils (Gibson Blueshawk with Blues 90s).

Is this an inherent problem in All Pitch Pirates?

Pretty sad as I was really going to implement it into my rig :(
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Re: Pitch Pirate Clipping with Humbuckers

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Turn down the volume on your guitar? :idk:

Seems kind of a strange problem.
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Re: Pitch Pirate Clipping with Humbuckers

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I'll be getting another pitch pirate as soon as Axe and You Shall Receive get their order.

I love this pedal and if the same problem occurs, I would know that it's the pedals design and not a fault.
With the settings in the ProGuitarShop demo I can replicate the sounds exactly with mine so I don't know what else could be the cause of clipping other than the low input headroom that Doug has mentioned to me in our e-mails.

I can pretty much eliminate the problem with my GigRig Pro-14 by turning down the pre-effects volume and turning up the post effects volume.
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Re: Pitch Pirate Clipping with Humbuckers

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I'd initially be one to say it's the specific pedal you have. I have a Motherbucker for my bridge and it has the loudest output I've come across from a pick-up and no clipping has happened yet...that I'm aware of~
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