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Topic: Scratchy noise when I rub the pickguard? |
David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 17 Sep 2005 1:43 pm |
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| I couldn't resist buying a Squier Mini Strat when it came up at a really cheap price, I've had odd plans for that baby for a while. I'm still setting it up, but I've run into a wierd problem: when you even rub your finger on the pickguard, it makes a scratchy, fuzzy little electronic noise. I understand why it would do that if your fingertip touched the pickup mounting screws (and I know how to fix that), but why is the pickguard itself transmitting signal? And, what to do? |
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Jon Moen
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Canada
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Posted 17 Sep 2005 3:07 pm
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Probably static electricity. You could put a layer of foil tape on the underside of the pickguard and make sure it is grounded.
Jon |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 17 Sep 2005 3:25 pm
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"If'n you keep ona' rubbin' that thang..." 
Yep, that's what it is. Good call Jon.  |
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 17 Sep 2005 5:24 pm
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| Jon nailed it. I've had to do that with all my Strats with the ABS pickguards. Foil tape would be best but I just use double-sided scotch tape and stick regular household aluminum foil to it over the half of the pickguard that my fingers slide on, the treble side. Let it overlap a corner of the little piece of foil that's already on the pickguard where the controls mount, you can put a corner of it under the pickup switch, that'll ground it, and that'll reduce a lot of the static. [This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 17 September 2005 at 06:25 PM.] |
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D Schubert
From:
Columbia, MO, USA
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Posted 17 Sep 2005 6:11 pm
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I didn't believe it until I tried it, but...
If you wipe the pickguard with anti-static tissue that is made to thow in the clothes dryer, it clears up the static very nicely. Now I keep a few sheets in my Tele case. |
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Tom Gorr
From:
Three Hills, Alberta
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Posted 20 Sep 2005 8:45 pm
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| I have the same problem on my G&L ! Thanks for the tips ! |
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Lefty
From:
Grayson, Ga.
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Posted 21 Sep 2005 8:52 am
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Same problem on one of my G&L Teles (neck pick-up.
Lefty
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