The Steel Guitar Forum

I wanted to see if the forum members could give me some feedback on something I recently experienced.

About two months ago I started hearing a significant hum in my rig. I changed cords, switched amps, swapped volume pedals, & checked out the pickup. When I used one of my other guitars, no significant hum. I became convinced there was something wrong with the original guitar's single coil pickup/wiring.

Last week I switched to another brand of strings. The hum went away immediately. I had changed out the old brand a couple of times during the two months that I had the problem - just for routine changing. The hum persisted each time.

Just curious if other people have experienced issues with brands of strings similar to what I came across.

There is a problem in the steel. Changing the strings probably shifted/bumped something to cause the hum to stop. I would look at a loose wire or a poor solder joint. Outside possibility is the pickup.

Thanks ... will do.

What Mr. Stoner said. While one can't argue that your experiences didn't happen together, given the nature of the string component and the nature of the electronic component, it must be coincidental and not cause and effect.
UNLESS a ball end previously sitting in the changer area got disturbed by release and reapplication of string tension, causing it to fall down and interfere somehow with your grounding, only to drop out of harm's way on the next string change.