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Permalink Reply by Dale Goble on November 28, 2009 at 10:13am

No
The Bridge is wood ?

Naz Nomad said:

Are the strings grounded through the bridge?

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Permalink Reply by Dale Goble on November 28, 2009 at 10:31am

Should the strings be grounded ?
If so, how on a wood bridge ?

Dale Goble said:

No
The Bridge is wood ?

Naz Nomad said:

Are the strings grounded through the bridge?

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Permalink Reply by Dale Goble on November 28, 2009 at 10:42am

Ok update for help.
I have two pickups. Both from ted.
The bridge is a piezo pick up , no buzz here.
The one with the buzz is Magnetic pickup Stonehenge (ted).

From what I read the magnetic pickups need strings grounded.
Correct ?

I can fix this by adding a ground wire to my tail piece.
Any other ideas ??????

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Permalink Reply by BigBadDom on November 28, 2009 at 10:49am

Hi,
I have the same problem. However, when I grounded the strings through the tailpiece (wood bridge - resonator) the buzz got much worse!

I'm going to try shielding around the pickup, pot and switch with copper tape next.

Dom

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Permalink Reply by Dale Goble on November 28, 2009 at 12:00pm

Took a piece of cooper wire , attached it to the output jack ground
and wrapped it around the strings by the tail piece.
Helped Slightly ! Not much !

Help ?

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Permalink Reply by Diydc on November 28, 2009 at 4:41pm

Ever thought of trying a noise gate pedal between guitar and amp?
Once you are playing the gate opens.

I also would have grounded against the tailpiece where the strings get attatched.

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Permalink Reply by Skeesix on November 28, 2009 at 4:56pm

It sounds like some shielding is going to be needed. What kind of wiring did you use to hook it all up?

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Permalink Reply by Diydc on November 28, 2009 at 5:01pm

Is definately a point. I have seen some nasty telephone wire jobs done on both single coils and humbuckers.
Using shielded wiring for the whole operation really helps, and keep the wiring distances as short as you can.

Skeesix said:

It sounds like some shielding is going to be needed. What kind of wiring did you use to hook it all up?

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on November 28, 2009 at 5:44pm

before you get crazy with shielding, check your solder connections... most piezo's and humbuckers shouldn't hum... You can try grounding, but I would look for "cold solder" joints or just resolder everything.... take your time, make sure that iron is hot and hold the joint still until it is throughly cooled....

the best,

wichita Sam

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Permalink Reply by jim on November 28, 2009 at 6:49pm

yup!!!

Wichita Sam said:

before you get crazy with shielding, check your solder connections... most piezo's and humbuckers shouldn't hum... You can try grounding, but I would look for "cold solder" joints or just resolder everything.... take your time, make sure that iron is hot and hold the joint still until it is throughly cooled....

the best,

wichita Sam

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Permalink Reply by Michael Hutchins on November 28, 2009 at 11:34pm

If your wiring is all good & the strings are grounded, it's likely to be a dodgy guitar lead. If replacing the lead doesn't work I'd try wiring it without the volume pot in the circuit to c if it's faulty

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Permalink Reply by Terry Carmack on December 1, 2009 at 5:35am

I gotta tell ya, Ive tryed all this as I have the same problem. The only way I get rid of the buzzzzzzzz is to get rid of the volume jack. This is a pain in the a$$ that buzzzzzz it is

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