i just built me secind guitar. .
i'm tryin ta keep things . . . simple.
i did ah neck humbucker. .
n. .
ah piezo under tha bridge.
2 seprate jacks. .
ah jack fer each pickup. .
guitar sounds great. . but,
whid eitha pickup. .there id ah slight hum. .
if i touch th guitar jack. .
tha hum goes away. .
fer eitha pickup. .
do i need ah ground. . ?
there are no pots. .
just ah strait solder to tha 2 jacks. .
i have run ah wire to tha tailpiece. .n. .to tha outside of tha jack. .so. .
now. .as long as i am touchin tha strings. .
tha hum goes away. . n tha sound really cleans up. .
how do i fix this. . correctly?
thanks. . .
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If the hum goes away when you touch the strings, you've grounded it correctly. Single coil pickups are prone to hum, but humbuckers are generally way better (hence the name), as long as you've wired it so that it is fully humbucking. Using quality shielded wire and shielding the wiring generally may help reduce the hum. Some buildings and their electrical wiring are worse than others for inducing hum in guitars - being near fluourescent lights and computer screens can be particularly troublesome.
Chickenbone John is bang on the money here. Something I use which really helps with noise is to wrap the coil in adhesive copper foil tape, then connect the tape with a wire soldered to your grounding point. Much less noise!
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If the hum goes away when you touch the strings, you've grounded it correctly. Single coil pickups are prone to hum, but humbuckers are generally way better (hence the name), as long as you've wired it so that it is fully humbucking. Using quality shielded wire and shielding the wiring generally may help reduce the hum. Some buildings and their electrical wiring are worse than others for inducing hum in guitars - being near fluourescent lights and computer screens can be particularly troublesome.
Chickenbone John is bang on the money here. Something I use which really helps with noise is to wrap the coil in adhesive copper foil tape, then connect the tape with a wire soldered to your grounding point. Much less noise!
put this in tha wrong fourm. . :0/
still would like some help tho. .