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Ringo · May 7th, 2007, 07:42 PM

I tried both the 290 and 298 Tele bridge pu's, both of them squealed when used with moderate levels of gain or distortion.
I've read of others having this problem too, some have suggested that the vintage style bridge plate is the problem, but one guy I talked to said he tried all kinds of things and never resolved the issue on his.

I thought the pickups sounded good and it's not like I play with a lot of amp distortion or pedal distortion all the time but the squeal didn't work for me so I moved on to other things.

FWIW I have used the Dimarzio Virtual Vintage and Hot VV Tele bridge pu's, which did NOT have this problem.
Of those two pickups I prefered the std Virtual Vintage Tele bridge pu.

May 7th, 2007, 07:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ringo Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Memphis TN Posts: 2,080	290/298 I tried both the 290 and 298 Tele bridge pu's, both of them squealed when used with moderate levels of gain or distortion. I've read of others having this problem too, some have suggested that the vintage style bridge plate is the problem, but one guy I talked to said he tried all kinds of things and never resolved the issue on his. I thought the pickups sounded good and it's not like I play with a lot of amp distortion or pedal distortion all the time but the squeal didn't work for me so I moved on to other things. FWIW I have used the Dimarzio Virtual Vintage and Hot VV Tele bridge pu's, which did NOT have this problem. Of those two pickups I prefered the std Virtual Vintage Tele bridge pu.