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Buzzing Pick-up & 'Fix'- Hum Job

Posted by Uncle John on October 18, 2013 at 4:53pm
This was an old build with a piezo. I 'upgraded' with the chrome mag pup from Gitty. I installed the pup, cut a hole in the license plate and then tested it before stringing it up. It had quite a bit of BUZZ or HUM. It worked- plugged with in with a different guitar strummed close to the pickup.With helpful suggestions from nation friends, I tried grounding it to the tail piece. Still buzzed.Then I tried a battery amp. No buzz. It turned out I had a bad surge protector. Plugged into a good outlet, no hum.Moral to the story: if a pickup hums, it might be the electrical outlet.
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  • Norris Arnn October 19, 2014 at 9:49pm

    Well you followed the right trouble shooting steps, who would have guessed a bad outlet. Bet screams now.

  • Maddog October 19, 2013 at 10:38am

    Looks good and glad it worked out John! I know all to well the ungrounded outlet drama.

  • Uncle John October 18, 2013 at 10:56pm

    Thanks, James.  In this case, the real item does not look quite as nice as the photo.   But I like it.   Okay, after what you said, I had better get out and replace the surge protector.

  • James October 18, 2013 at 10:51pm

    i took apart a surge protector that smelled like it was burning , and it was all melted inside . makes you think !!!

     fine looking work uncle john !!!

  • Uncle John October 18, 2013 at 9:28pm

    Clock, you have something caught in your teeth.

  • Clock The Wolf October 18, 2013 at 9:18pm

    HUMMY YUMMY

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  • Uncle John October 18, 2013 at 8:26pm

    :>)

  • the anonymous pick October 18, 2013 at 5:28pm

    yum yum  

  • Ron "Oily" Sprague October 18, 2013 at 5:23pm
    "No, but if you hum a few bars, I can play it."
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