Squealing in strat single coil pickups?

[mark]

What do you guys think is an acceptable amount of squealing to occur in a high volume situation?

I tried out a different amp at practice and to my surprise the pickups I was considering putting into my strat squealed in a significant way while the Kinmans that are in my guitar remained quiet and never looked like squealing.

(I should point out, I'm not in anyway endorsing Kinman pickups, I like them I use them, what is written above is what happened in a given circumstance.)

Yours Sincerely

Mark Abbott

[Chuck H]

What do you guys think is an acceptable amount of squealing to occur in a high volume situation?

By todays standards and technologies...Very little. Even vintage pickups can be made to squeal very little by just soaking them in a polymer and allowing them to dry. I would suspect any newly manufactured product that is prone to squealing to have flaws in other areas as well.

Chuck

[mark]

soaking them in a polymer

Thanks for the reply, but what is polymer?

Yours Sincerely

Mark Abbott

[Chuck H]

The term "polymer" has come to encompass almost anything that creates a harder substrait by the process of polymerization. Though some such products are actually copolymers. Common polymer products include varnishes, urethanes (technically not a polymer), polyurethanes and other such hardening plastic type finishes.

Chuck

[mark]

Dear Chuck

Thanks for the reply. These pickups sound okay, it's they are a bit more microphonic then I remember regular single coils being.

I remember my original Fender pickup were much more microphonic than the Kinman's, I also remember that the SD SSL-1 were as good as the Kinman's for a while though they became microphonic over time.

Thanks again for your assistance.

Yours Sincerely

Mark Abbott