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Hi everyone, I need you expertise on this issue that I have.
Current issue: When I am selecting the guitar in position 2, 3 or 4 I get a loud background hum/hiss/buzz noise. Poistion 1 and 5 so teh humbuckers are very quiet. Here is how I got here.
Context: I have a HSH guitar type with 1 Volume, 1 Tone and 5 Way Switch and a floyd rose tremelo. I have replaced my two humbuckers with single-conductor/single wire Seymour Duncan humbuckers (the Slash’s ones). I also changed all the components (added very expensive ones):
- 2 new Dunlop“ Super pots“ (500K audio taper)
- 5 way Dimarzio blade switch
- Capacitor TAD cap orange 22nf
Wiring diagram: Since I have never done this before, I used seymour duncan’s wiring diagram available on the website. The one with 1 single-coil Hum, 1 single coil, 1 single-coil HUM, 1 volume, 1 tone and 5 way blade (see attachment).
Here are chronologically the issues:
Issue 1: I have noticed that when I was strumming, there was some crackling noise. There was no hum or buzz in standby mode or when I was touching the guitar’s components.
After checking everything (with multimeter) I thought I found the issue: I didn't ground the tone pot. But I didn’t do since there was no grounding indicated on Duncan’s wire diagram. So I decided to ground the tone pot to the volume pot via a wire.
Issue 2: After grounding the tone pot the crackling noise was gone but a new issue appeared a buzz noise which was increasing when I was touching the tone pot and the tone pot only. So after re-checking everything I have noticed that when touching the cavity (the conductive paints) of the guitar the buzz was getting louder. So I put copper tape. I didn’t put copper tape in the jack cavity.
Issue 3/current issue: So after having put copper tape in the cavity where all the components and the buzz/hiss was gone from the tone pot and my current issue appeared: loud background hiss, buzz or static noise, whatever you call it, in position 2, 3 and 4.
I have checked all the wires for continuity with a multimeter, everything is connected and grounded from what I can tell.
I am exhausted
, I had never done this, never new about pots, capacitors, shielding, etc. Youtube and seymour duncan’s website were my friend to educate myself and do this. But I have reached my limit, I don’t know what is wrong and how to fix it.
Thank you for your help!!
Current issue: When I am selecting the guitar in position 2, 3 or 4 I get a loud background hum/hiss/buzz noise. Poistion 1 and 5 so teh humbuckers are very quiet. Here is how I got here.
Context: I have a HSH guitar type with 1 Volume, 1 Tone and 5 Way Switch and a floyd rose tremelo. I have replaced my two humbuckers with single-conductor/single wire Seymour Duncan humbuckers (the Slash’s ones). I also changed all the components (added very expensive ones):
- 2 new Dunlop“ Super pots“ (500K audio taper)
- 5 way Dimarzio blade switch
- Capacitor TAD cap orange 22nf
Wiring diagram: Since I have never done this before, I used seymour duncan’s wiring diagram available on the website. The one with 1 single-coil Hum, 1 single coil, 1 single-coil HUM, 1 volume, 1 tone and 5 way blade (see attachment).
Here are chronologically the issues:
Issue 1: I have noticed that when I was strumming, there was some crackling noise. There was no hum or buzz in standby mode or when I was touching the guitar’s components.
After checking everything (with multimeter) I thought I found the issue: I didn't ground the tone pot. But I didn’t do since there was no grounding indicated on Duncan’s wire diagram. So I decided to ground the tone pot to the volume pot via a wire.
Issue 2: After grounding the tone pot the crackling noise was gone but a new issue appeared a buzz noise which was increasing when I was touching the tone pot and the tone pot only. So after re-checking everything I have noticed that when touching the cavity (the conductive paints) of the guitar the buzz was getting louder. So I put copper tape. I didn’t put copper tape in the jack cavity.
Issue 3/current issue: So after having put copper tape in the cavity where all the components and the buzz/hiss was gone from the tone pot and my current issue appeared: loud background hiss, buzz or static noise, whatever you call it, in position 2, 3 and 4.
I have checked all the wires for continuity with a multimeter, everything is connected and grounded from what I can tell.
I am exhausted
, I had never done this, never new about pots, capacitors, shielding, etc. Youtube and seymour duncan’s website were my friend to educate myself and do this. But I have reached my limit, I don’t know what is wrong and how to fix it.Thank you for your help!!
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