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  • Tele grounding issue

    Hey team

    I've made a partscaster tele with my extra quaranTime, and I very clearly have a grounding issue. Whenever I touch the strings, or anything metal (bridge, knobs, etc.), I get a huge jump in noise. Moreover, there is TONS of noise with even a little bit of gain present. The pickups work – other than a hideous amount of noise, the axe sounds as it should when I play.

    It's set up with a double humbucker configuration, each with a Duncan Triple Shot mounting ring. I have a 3-way LP style toggle switch, a volume, and a tone knob.

    I have everything star-grounded to the volume pot, including the bridge and pickup selector switch. I'm POSITIVE that the bridge is grounded. I pulled it off TWICE to check that there was enough exposed wire under the bridge to make contact. I tried swapping the hot/ground wires coming from the triple shots to the pickup selector with, no change. The input jack is definitely grounded appropriately to the volume pot. When all that didn't work, I placed a screw into the body inside the control cavity and sent a wire from the star-grounded volume pot to the screw. No difference.

    I'm not sure what's going on here. What am I missing? Why isn't my new baby ground properly?
    Gibson LP, Burstbucker 3 A6, 490R A4
    Gibson LP, Pearly Gates A6, Sentient A4
    Gibson LP BFG, Burstbucker A8, P90
    Gibson SG special T, GFS Crunchy Mini, Gibson mini A3
    Strat SSS, SD STK-6 , SSL1 middle, Bootstrap Sparkle Neck
    Strat HSS hardtail, Perpetual Burn A6, Bootstrap Sparkle mid/neck
    Tele, DMZ Area Hot T, Gibson Mini A3
    Tele, DMZ Pegasus A2, Gibson Mini A3
    Jackson V, SD Pegasus bridge, 490R A5
    PRS SE CU24: Air Norton A2, 490R A3

  • #2
    Re: Tele grounding issue

    Some close up pics that are clear and show every solder joint/connection is needed.
    Originally Posted by IanBallard
    Rule of thumb... the more pot you have, the better your tone.

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    • #3
      Re: Tele grounding issue

      A jump in noise when touching parts makes me think something is wired backwards or not wired at all. My first guess would be the bare wire from the pickups is not grounded maybe.

      Need clear pics though.

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      • #4
        Re: Tele grounding issue

        Also, do you have a multimeter? Your eyes can’t tell you if something is securely connected, but a multimeter can!


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        • #5
          Re: Tele grounding issue

          Originally posted by GuitarDoc View Post
          Some close up pics that are clear and show every solder joint/connection is needed.
          Agreed, even though you have looked at everything a bazillion times, a second set of eyes might help.
          -Butch

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          • #6
            Re: Tele grounding issue

            Yes, does sound like the ground is in fact on the hot end.

            A multimeter is a great tool here. I had a switch/tone circuit issue recently where I was not getting continuity even though the solder joints looked ok. Once I tested continuity through every connection, I found where the issue was and had working tone pots afterwards.

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            • #7
              Re: Tele grounding issue

              Yea, the trusty multimeter helped me find a cold solder joint that looked ok at first.

              Thanks everyone!
              Gibson LP, Burstbucker 3 A6, 490R A4
              Gibson LP, Pearly Gates A6, Sentient A4
              Gibson LP BFG, Burstbucker A8, P90
              Gibson SG special T, GFS Crunchy Mini, Gibson mini A3
              Strat SSS, SD STK-6 , SSL1 middle, Bootstrap Sparkle Neck
              Strat HSS hardtail, Perpetual Burn A6, Bootstrap Sparkle mid/neck
              Tele, DMZ Area Hot T, Gibson Mini A3
              Tele, DMZ Pegasus A2, Gibson Mini A3
              Jackson V, SD Pegasus bridge, 490R A5
              PRS SE CU24: Air Norton A2, 490R A3

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              • #8
                Re: Tele grounding issue

                Sounds like you need to check out these threads:

                https://forum.seymourduncan.com/show...ring+with+pics,

                and

                Originally Posted by IanBallard
                Rule of thumb... the more pot you have, the better your tone.

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