Duckbucker neck noise

[Vampirock]

Hi I'm new here,I just replace my esp m-ii stock passive pickups with duckbucker neck and distortion bridge,bridge pu is quiet at all but when I'm switch to neck pickup the noise are so loud especially when I adding a drive pedal,I've check all the grounding and the wiring seems okay,can anyone help?thanks

[Mincer]

Welcome to the forum!

The Duckbucker is a very quiet pickup (in both noise and signal volume), so something must be wrong here. First verify that both poles are working. Do you have access to a multimeter? We would want to make sure the pickup is operating properly. You can post clear pics of the wiring as well, and we can see if we spot anything obvious.

[Synapsys]

I've bought three new Duncans that were microphonic out of the box. These things can happen sometimes.

[Vampirock]

Hey Mincer thank you for the reply,I already check it with multimeter and all the ground are connected,I upload the wiring photo and the video of the noise itself on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhm5lWNbNo0 please correct me,btw my guitar tech had to route a little in the neck cavity for the duckbucker and that new route has no paint or shielding is that the cause of the problem?

[Vampirock]

I really like the duckbucker but I can't stand it with this noise,here is the beauty I talking about

[larryguitar]

My guess is that's not the pickup, but a wiring issue. The soldering looks...like it could be improved.

I'd reflow the connections. As the ultimate check, wire the pickup directly to the output and see what the noise level is like; my guess is it will be nearly silent.

Larry

[GuitarDoc]

Definitely follow Larry's advice. I too see lots of cold solder joints and big blobs of solder that could be causing some problems.

By the way, that's a beautiful guitar. What kind of wood is that?

[Vampirock]

Thanks Larry I will try that in a minute,hey Doc that's a esp m-ii custom shop with two pieces of swamp ash body

[GuitarDoc]

Wow, that's the best looking swamp ash I've ever seen (and I've used swamp ash on several of my guitars). Very nice!

[Vampirock]

Thanks Doc,tried what Larry said,wired duckbucker neck directly to output,the noise hasn't gone,so the pickup is the problem?

[Vampirock]

I've changed the neck pickup three times with different single coil stack and wiring it directly to the output,the noise still there,even the esp stock pickup that before I replace is normal now making noise too,could someone explain that?

[Mincer]

Well, if it is a hum-cancelling pickup, it isn't normal to have noise like that. But since it is happening to 3 different noise-cancelling designs, we might have to look outside of the guitar. Try a different cable, a different room, maybe different location. I am not thinking the pickups are the issue.

[Vampirock]

Already try at my friends home and still has the noise,did you think that change the output jack,switch and pots can affect that?

[Clint 55]

The only thing I can think of is if the baseplate isn't grounded. The bare wire is disconnected somewhere and there's no continuity from the baseplate to the ground solder joint.

[Vampirock]

This is the noise I mean,it exactly the same noise as mine https://www.instagram.com/p/B3YXv4IA...d=MjkzY2Y1YTY=
Is the duckbucker make same noise like this?