Thundergod
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I don't know if this is the right place to post this, if it's not please move it where it belongs.
I'm experiencing loud hum on one of my guitars, it's loaded with railhammer chisel pickups from the factory and there was no hum or noise for over 6 years. Out of nowhere it started humming worse than my strat and tele.
Other guitars with humbuckers won't do the same in the same place, outlet, amp, cable.
When touching any metal the hum disappears. But it's really annoying when my hands aren't touching the guitar.
Bridge is wired to ground. Pots are grounded. Haven't really checked with a multimeter as I'm no longer sure of what to look for with one on this subject, I did check with it to see if there any ground connection that isn't properly soldered, seems they are ok.
So I changed the pots. Same result. Wired the pickups directly to the Jack... Same result.
Does anyone have an idea of what to do next? There's no real guitar tech where I live, I used to do all of this (for my guitars and for other's guitars) but it's been years since I did, and due to some other things that happened I don't really remember how to do a lot guitar related stuff, I'm lucky to be playing again.
I'm experiencing loud hum on one of my guitars, it's loaded with railhammer chisel pickups from the factory and there was no hum or noise for over 6 years. Out of nowhere it started humming worse than my strat and tele.
Other guitars with humbuckers won't do the same in the same place, outlet, amp, cable.
When touching any metal the hum disappears. But it's really annoying when my hands aren't touching the guitar.
Bridge is wired to ground. Pots are grounded. Haven't really checked with a multimeter as I'm no longer sure of what to look for with one on this subject, I did check with it to see if there any ground connection that isn't properly soldered, seems they are ok.
So I changed the pots. Same result. Wired the pickups directly to the Jack... Same result.
Does anyone have an idea of what to do next? There's no real guitar tech where I live, I used to do all of this (for my guitars and for other's guitars) but it's been years since I did, and due to some other things that happened I don't really remember how to do a lot guitar related stuff, I'm lucky to be playing again.