Bad Clean Tone on Gibson Explorer

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mbm88
Yo- I have a Gothic II Gibson Explorer with EMG 81/85 setup. With distortion I don't really have any problems, but unless I play super softly, I get distortion on my clean channel as well. Could it just be a battery issue? Or a wiring or soldering issue? If it is a soldering or wiring issue how difficult would the fix be? Thanks for any help and suggestions.
Pushead

If it's only recently started happening, it's the battery dying.

mbm88

Excellent. Thank you. I will replace it and see how that works.

mbm88

Yepp. Fixed it. Thanks.

Grindting

its amazing how much a sagging battery can cause the tone to just shit its pants. my friends guitar which has an 81 in the bridge sounded like a limp dick because he hadn't changed the battery when he bought the guitar (which was 20 years old :lol)

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