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Topic: Weird static |
Stefan Comeaux
From:
Louisiana, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2020 5:31 pm |
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| I just changed the pickup in my Sho Bud from the stock pickup to a Lawrence L710 and I’m getting a weird static from my amp when I touch my RKR lever. I checked everything that I thought it could be, the amp, cables, input jack, everything. Finally I left the guitar plugged in and touched my lever by chance and found the static. It’s every time I touch the lever with any part of my skin while the volume pedal is engaged. Any idea why this is happening and how to fix it? Thanks! |
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Dave Meis
From:
Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2020 6:03 pm
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| Re-flow the solder on the jack..look for stray wire strands... maybe run an extra ground from the jack to the changer.. I’m assuming this started when you changed PUPs? |
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Stefan Comeaux
From:
Louisiana, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2020 6:24 pm
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| Yes it just started when I changed it. The pickup has 3 wires, the one I don’t have soldered is for splitting the coils but I don’t have a switch on my guitar, should ground that wire to the changer? |
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Dave Meis
From:
Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2020 6:58 pm
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| The diagram shows red, white , green, and black wires with the green and white together. |
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Stefan Comeaux
From:
Louisiana, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2020 7:13 pm
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| There’s no green wire with this pickup |
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Dave Meis
From:
Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2020 7:15 pm
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| If you have 3 wires, maybe touch the third wire to the jack connectors (-&+) and see if that gets rid of the hum. |
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Dave Meis
From:
Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
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Scott Swartz
From:
St. Louis, MO
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Posted 26 Mar 2020 4:53 am
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I have seen this behavior on metal parts that not grounded, such as a cross brace. The pull rods cross shafts bellcranks are grounding through the changer typically. My solution was to run a ground wire to the metal part causing the static. You can try an alligator clip lead to test it.
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 30 Mar 2020 9:38 am
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| If you have a voltmeter, I'd check the guitar endplate (usually at the same zero volt potential as the amp chassis) to a nearby ground (water pipe, etc.) to make sure that there's no voltage present at the guitar. A broken or loose ground wire in the power cord, along with a bad cap in the amp can cause some pretty surprising problems. Also, I'd buy an outlet tester (under $10) and check your outlets! |
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