single coil noise on my Bronson/National

J. Wilson · From: Manitoba, Canada

You know that single coil hum? Well, my steel finger picks cut it down by quite a bit when they make contact -- like maybe it's improving the grounding when contact is made or something -- anyway, I know this is far from ideal. Needless to say, it makes for some weirdness when my amp is turned up. Anyway, if anyone has a good cure for this condition please advise. It ruins an otherwise fantastic sounding instrument.

Thx,
JW
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Eugene Cole · From: near Washington Grove, MD, USA

First make sure that both the bridge and the strings are grounded.

Is this a new problem on an existing guitar? Or a new-to-you guitar, which displays a problem?

Is it finger proximity or finger-pick proximity that reduces the hum?

Have you tried moving the steel around the area to determine what it is picking up that is creating the hum?

Does applying pressure to the pickup with or without picks reduce or alter the hum? My thought here is to check for a microphonic pickup. So some gentle tapping of the pickup will be diagnostically significant.
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