Piezo rod is between plate and lid.Plays nice but humms a lot.Goes away when I touch wire.Grounding is ok.Any one can help ???

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Comment by Uncle John on July 22, 2012 at 2:46am

Good!

Comment by Hobo 63 on July 22, 2012 at 2:42am

Did electrics again and use audio cable.Did rods plase a bit larger and ground strigns .Now works fine.So next time I only use that audio cable.Not twisted wires.Thank You all.

Comment by Randy S. Bretz on July 21, 2012 at 10:58am

You do know that a rod piezo works from string pressure on the saddle and the saddle directly on the rod.

Comment by Uncle John on July 21, 2012 at 9:56am

Well, the hum is fairly tolerable.  It sounds good when played.  I hum when I don't know the lyrics.  Good luck, Janne, but it IS a nice git as is.  Is it better if you get 5 or 6 feet from the amp?

Comment by BUGGY (C) on July 21, 2012 at 9:45am
Comment by BUGGY (C) on July 21, 2012 at 9:44am
Comment by BUGGY (C) on July 21, 2012 at 9:42am

Earthing issue... run a wire from under the threaded bolt bridge the the earth of the tone pot ot jack socket outer.

get a noise gate!

 

Comment by Hobo 63 on July 21, 2012 at 5:46am

Dont ground bolt.It humms without bolts/strings.I take piezo off lid and still humms.Amp is 40 W Mustang 2.Only these rods humm.Dics not.If I take gain off it helps but I want that dirty sound.And this guitar is order to birthday present.So Dont wanna give humming guitar out :/ maybe better use single coil...but dont wanna ruin that plate.If touch strings still humm.Only when touch wire it stops.

Comment by Maddog on July 21, 2012 at 4:11am

Also, it seems like when I plug any of my builds with piezo's into a high wattage amp I get that humming. Plug them into 10 watts or less and no hum. When I plug the single coil or humbucker builds to a big amp I get no humming.

Comment by Maddog on July 21, 2012 at 4:06am

Did you ground to the saddle (bolt)?

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