Are gibson incapable of grounding their new guitars properly?!?

[Young Angus]

Correct me if this is incorrect diagnosis, but i dont think my new les paul is grounded properly. If i let go of all metal on the guitar it buzzez and the buzzing dissapears when i touch a string...and its a pretty decent buzz too if you listen for it. The exact same thing happened with my new es173 custom which i took back!

Has anyone else experienced this with new gibsons?

 

[rspst14]

Re: Are gibson incapable of grounding their new guitars properly?!?

Sounds like Gibson doesn't bother grounding the strings by running a wire from the bridge to ground.

Ryan

 

[Kelsey]

Re: Are gibson incapable of grounding their new guitars properly?!?

My 2003 ES-137 Classic is fine, but there is some noise from my 2003 LP Studio. So yes, they are capable of grounding them properly, just not consistently.

 

[sanrafael]

Re: Are gibson incapable of grounding their new guitars properly?!?

If this is the second guitar that does this, could something else be the problem? Have you tried the guitar with different amplifiers?

 

[Artie]

Re: Are gibson incapable of grounding their new guitars properly?!?

I was gonna say, both my dual-humbucker equiped guitars do this, and I know they're grounded properly. There's more going on here than simple science.

The thing is, sometimes your body can act as a ground path, and sometimes it can be an antenna. Sometimes I'll create more noise by touching metal, and sometimes it'll get quiet.

Hopefully, someday I'll understand all thats happening here.

 

[some_dude]

Re: Are gibson incapable of grounding their new guitars properly?!?

I was gonna say, both my dual-humbucker equiped guitars do this, and I know they're grounded properly. There's more going on here than simple science.

The thing is, sometimes your body can act as a ground path, and sometimes it can be an antenna. Sometimes I'll create more noise by touching metal, and sometimes it'll get quiet.

Hopefully, someday I'll understand all thats happening here.

My guess is that when you ground yourself, you stop doing whatever it is your doing to cause interfearence with whatever your interfearing with.....

....I think we should all start wearing boutique ground straps around our ankles while we run around on stage.

Now wouldn't that be funny. :laugh2:

 

[Ken]

Re: Are gibson incapable of grounding their new guitars properly?!?

....I think we should all start wearing boutique ground straps around our ankles while we run around on stage.

Like the ceilings in the bumper car things?

 

[sanrafael]

Re: Are gibson incapable of grounding their new guitars properly?!?

If the electrical system has a good ground (but you have no control over this!) and the amplifier uses this ground properly, you will have none of this type of hum if the guitar is wired right. It is not even necessary to ground the strings if the covers (electrical shields) are on the humbucker pickups. If these conditions are not met, you might have problems, and the highest impedance pickups (humbuckers) will give the most problems in most situations.

 

[Illini1330]

Re: Are gibson incapable of grounding their new guitars properly?!?

My 89 LP buzzes ontil i touch the strings. IS this a grounding problem or what?

 

[Thames]

Re: Are gibson incapable of grounding their new guitars properly?!?

Sounds like Gibson doesn't bother grounding the strings by running a wire from the bridge to ground.

Ryan

Ryan, he said the buzz dissapears when he touches the strings, meaning the bridge is actually grounded.


Y Angus, you either have a reverse grounding problem or some R/F interference. You should check the wiring and/or shield the cavities.

 

[rspst14]

Re: Are gibson incapable of grounding their new guitars properly?!?

Ryan, he said the buzz dissapears when he touches the strings, meaning the bridge is actually grounded.


Y Angus, you either have a reverse grounding problem or some R/F interference. You should check the wiring and/or shield the cavities.

Oops, read that wrong...Either way, you should take a look at the wiring and make sure everything looks right. If it doesn't go away, consider shielding the electronics cavities. I've heard this complaint from Gibson owners before, so it's not unheard of to have this problem. Neither my Peavey nor my Hamer buzz at all...both are dead silent. Are you running anything else between the guitar and the amp, like maybe a distortion pedal?

Ryan

 

[some_dude]

Re: Are gibson incapable of grounding their new guitars properly?!?

Like the ceilings in the bumper car things?

I was actually thinking of something along the lines of those long curly telephone cables, and what might happen once everyone starts getting tangled up.

Your idea would probably work better though. You should probably patent it.

 

[Pandemonium]

Re: Are gibson incapable of grounding their new guitars properly?!?

As stated above, it's normal.

 

[Young Angus]

Re: Are gibson incapable of grounding their new guitars properly?!?

I thought it might be sorta normal, and yeah it happens on different amps the same not just one amp and im just running direct to the amp.

I dont think there would be too many times in a song id be playing without touching a string anyway

 

[korovamilkdud]

Re: Are gibson incapable of grounding their new guitars properly?!?

Found a great site on the subject of shielding Gibsons last night. Take a read.

http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/Faqs/faq/faq.shielding.txt

 

[Young Angus]

Re: Are gibson incapable of grounding their new guitars properly?!?

Cool thanks