When I plug into my amp I get a loud hum / buzz that seems to drown out the strings. It goes away almost completely when I touch the cord going into the jack and it seems to go away a little bit when I touch the volume pot.
For my pickup I purchased the Disc-o-Tone from C.B. Gitty:
https://www.cbgitty.com/cubecart/c-b-gitty-disc-o-tone-piezo-pickup...
From reading the forum it seems like I have a grounding issue but I thought the the Disc-o-Tone kit was grounded out of the box and ready to go? I've attached an image of the pickup from C.B. Gitty's site. Also, I am using a threaded rod for both the bridge and nut.
I bought a Fender Mustang 1 v.2 to use with this guitar. The sound coming through the amp itself seems very distorted with the hum / buzz. When I plug my headphones into the amp I can still hear the hum / buzz but the sound coming from the guitar sounds much clearer.
I've never played a CBG before or really any guitar so any help you all could give me would be greatly appreciated.
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I'm with Dave. I've found flipping the plug often helps if it's and older amp without grounding plug. Otherwise, i've learned to ground the strings by a wire from the tailpiece or bridge metal to the back of the volume pot. Some ground to the ground on the jack, but i get better results from the back of the volume pot. If the hum/buzz goes away when you touch your strings or metal parts on the pots, then this will fix it.
sounds to me like it is a amplifier grounding problem. just a thought, but you might try turning the amp power plug over. I live in a older home and I have found that when the older houses were wired they were not always consistent in following polarity when they wired the outlets. have fun. DC