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People often call and ask how to fix a muddy sounding neck pickup. ... 047 capacitor in series (directly in-line) with the hot output wire from your neck pickup, it will filter out the excess low-end, and clean up the muddy tone. Most of the time, this solution is perfect.
Why is my neck pickup muddy?
A lot of players will inadvertently have way too much low end in their tone on the bridge pickup because they're subconsciously trying to compensate for the absence of the bass guitar. That'll translate to mud when you switch to the bridge pickup.
Why does my guitar pickup sound muddy?
Part of the reason that a humbucker sounds muddy is that it's suffering from phase and other distortions between the two widely spaced coils. Single coils and single-coil size humbuckers sound a lot cleaner in the neck position.
How does the neck pickup sound?
The Neck Pickup Sound. When it comes to the neck pickup, this one picks up the signal closer to the neck. The tension there is not as strong, the string vibrates with a bigger amplitude, and the tone coming from the pickup is more mellow, thicker, and rounder, sometimes even a bit “muddy.”
