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I have acquired a one owner 1979 Dekley in great shape but I can't stop the 60 cycle hum from the guitar. I have checked just about everything but replacing the pick-uos. I have even disconnected the pup wires and connected directly to the output jack and still have the hum. It is from both necks.

Anyone have any ideas? An email reply would be great ttexastilley@sbcglobal.net

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Charles Tilley ,
ETSGA President and Events Director
Princeton, Texas
972-736-2664
1994 Carter D-10,RV3, Nashville 1000 and Nashville 400

Are the pickips single coil or humbuckers?

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If you have disconnected the pickups, and the hum is still there I would suspect the output jack. Sounds like you have an open circuit, somewere.

Rig you up a cable with a couple of alligator clips on it and connect directly to the pickup wires and see what you have then.

Les

The pups are single coil which do have a bit of hum but not this much.

I disconnected the pup wires and went directly to the output jack (nothing else was connected to the output jack) and it didn't change anything

This is really stupid, but have you tried using different cords? Sometimes that can be the problem.

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I've gotten hum when one end or other of a cable is not plugged all the way in. There is a small amount of click when it makes full contact.
Just a thought...

Thanks to Jerry Roller, the problem has been solved.

Thanks to all who responded with suggestions. They were all good.

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GOD is your best fishing buddy. You catch 'em and HE cleans 'em

Charles Tilley ,
ETSGA President and Events Director
Princeton, Texas
972-736-2664
1994 Carter D-10,RV3, Nashville 1000 and Nashville 400

Charles,
Can you let us in on what it was, or is it a secret?

Charles I have had 3 Emmons Guitars All 3 Had a Humm. I Tryed it all with no answers. My 2006 Is Just as Loud As The Older Ones . The Only Guitars With no humm That I Have owned New MSA And A New Rains Volume Wide Open No Humm. I Have Had Webb Fender Peavey amps All the same.Randy

As i was also a ham radio operator for over 30 years with what little experience i had with electronics i always found 90% of the time the hum was caused by a bad ground connection.An easy way to find where the poor connection is,take a single wire and hold it against the back of the metal part of the amp and places on the steel.When the hum stops you have found it.Also you may have what is called a cold solder joint.The connection looks good but is not passing the current.
You can also take an ohm meter and put it in the diode mode and touch both ends to see if you get a reading.If you still can't locate the cause of the hum i suggest you take it to a technician.
It could be a bad component in the amp.

Bobby, you would ask that question and embarass me wouldn't you?

The problem turned out to be a Behringer mixer I have. I found it by unplugging everything in the room and then plugging the amp into a wall outlet and the guitar straight to the amp. With all that done, the hum was gone and all was clean. It returned when I turned the mixer back on.

A friend in Missouri had a hum problem I solved for him on the phone. This was before I had mine. It was his A/C strip he was using. If I could do that, then what took me so long to find mine?

Sometimes you can'y see the forest for the trees.

OK Bobby, I am embarassed.



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GOD is your best fishing buddy. You catch 'em and HE cleans 'em

Charles Tilley ,
ETSGA President and Events Director
Princeton, Texas
972-736-2664
1994 Carter D-10,RV3, Nashville 1000 and Nashville 400

Thanks Charles

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Charles, don't feel bad. You probably helped someone out here on the forum by describing this. Its happened to all of us. Glad you solved your problem.

Hey Bob,
DERBY??......What happened to your DEKLEY??

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The more stuff I cram into the effects loop, the more hum I get...

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