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Pitch Pirate Clipping with Humbuckers
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:15 am
by doralin
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

Re: Pitch Pirate Clipping with Humbuckers
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 2:34 am
by Nychthemeron
Turn down the volume on your guitar?
Seems kind of a strange problem.
Re: Pitch Pirate Clipping with Humbuckers
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:31 pm
by doralin
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.
Re: Pitch Pirate Clipping with Humbuckers
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:19 pm
by St.Belac
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~