Post by dillon on Apr 29, 2006 22:00:16 GMT -5
Hi everyone. As you can tell, I'm new here, but I've been browsing through this forum for a while now, and I'll probably be sticking around. Anyhow, I have a question that I can hopefully get some help with. I've been having a problem with a ridiculous amount of noise through my amps, no matter which of my guitars I use. It's a kind of low humming, like you might hear if the guitar was near a TV or other similar device. The only way to get rid of it is to turn the volume down.
From past experiences, I'd say it's just a bad ground somewhere in my guitars, but I've looked through the wiring of each guitar and can't find anything wrong. The noise isn't too bad when clean, but with even a bit of distortion it's horribly loud. I gig with a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, and play with quite a bit of gain, so this problem has become more than just an annoyance. I have to turn the volume down whenever I'm not playing. My guitars consist of a Telecaster copy that I did the wiring on, an Ibanez Roadstar II with EMGs in it (85 in the bridge, SA in neck and middle) that I also did the wiring on, a stock MIJ Fender Jaguar reissue except for the pickups, and a completely stock Ibanez RG570. Maybe I've just done something wrong with all my guitars, but I find that hard to believe. I even tried following the guide for shielding a tele that's at Guitar Nuts, but it didn't help much. So, what could be wrong here? I'm really looking forward to effectively eliminating this hum. I think I might have to install a cut switch in my guitars if I can't.
From past experiences, I'd say it's just a bad ground somewhere in my guitars, but I've looked through the wiring of each guitar and can't find anything wrong. The noise isn't too bad when clean, but with even a bit of distortion it's horribly loud. I gig with a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, and play with quite a bit of gain, so this problem has become more than just an annoyance. I have to turn the volume down whenever I'm not playing. My guitars consist of a Telecaster copy that I did the wiring on, an Ibanez Roadstar II with EMGs in it (85 in the bridge, SA in neck and middle) that I also did the wiring on, a stock MIJ Fender Jaguar reissue except for the pickups, and a completely stock Ibanez RG570. Maybe I've just done something wrong with all my guitars, but I find that hard to believe. I even tried following the guide for shielding a tele that's at Guitar Nuts, but it didn't help much. So, what could be wrong here? I'm really looking forward to effectively eliminating this hum. I think I might have to install a cut switch in my guitars if I can't.
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) However, it's just as noisy using my amp's overdrive channel, and I haven't touched it except for changing the preamp tubes out. Could it be that there's a bad ground somewhere in the amp? On second thought, using the neck/bridge combo in my tele greatly diminishes the hum, which leads me to believe that maybe it is a guitar problem after all. 
