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Permalink Reply by ChickenboneJohn on September 28, 2014 at 9:22am

Deffo sounds like a grounding issue..I use these minbuckers all the time in license plate guitars and never have a problem. Simply trapping an earth wire under the plate thru one of the screw fixings will do the job..but it sounds like you might have inadvertently got the thing wired up wrong..touching the plate when properly earthed should pretty much stop any humm or buzz.

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Permalink Reply by Dante on September 28, 2014 at 10:40am

wouldn't suprise me if I had wired it wrong as it's my first licence plate and second ever humbucker wiring! will check it through again tomorrow.  so would that ground wire run from the back of the pot? and is that extra to the one attached to the bridge or instead of? thanks for the reply

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on September 28, 2014 at 8:18pm

sounds like you've tried to ground it (the licence plate / bridge) but inadvertently used the hot side of the circuit instead of the ground side

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Permalink Reply by JL on October 3, 2014 at 4:56am

is it the same sound you get when you are about to plug a live amp into an instrument and touch both the tip and ring with your finger?

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Permalink Reply by Dante on October 6, 2014 at 12:46am

thanks for all of the advice guys.  I have now fixed the problem.  rather embaressingly it was because I had wired up the jack socket the wrong way round.  that will teach me to not use a standard mono jack!

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Permalink Reply by robert jones on October 6, 2014 at 12:59am

Nah man, you can always use a standard mono jack from now on because you'll never make that mistake again. :-)

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Permalink Reply by robert jones on October 6, 2014 at 3:43am

Yeah I know what you mean, most of us here just have events that create opportunity for creative adjustments to a preconceived plan.

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