bad ground?

[3 cent hero]

most guitars i've played, when you turn the vol all the way down and let go of the strings theres no hum, but on mine theres hum. is this a bad ground? or maybe a ground loop? i didn't do a pro job on the soldering, its mainly a temporary put together of my guitar

 

[HolyDirt]

Re: bad ground?

most guitars i've played, when you turn the vol all the way down and let go of the strings theres no hum, but on mine theres hum. is this a bad ground? or maybe a ground loop? i didn't do a pro job on the soldering, its mainly a temporary put together of my guitar

if ya didnt do a good job soldering theres a good chance that its a ground problem

 

[HolyDirt]

Re: bad ground?

also, move your amp to a different power outlet and see if it helps

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: bad ground?

most guitars i've played, when you turn the vol all the way down and let go of the strings theres no hum, but on mine theres hum. is this a bad ground? or maybe a ground loop? i didn't do a pro job on the soldering, its mainly a temporary put together of my guitar

Did you have hum before you did any changes to your guitar? If so,check that you have nice shiny puddled solder connections on your pots...Also did you make any major changes within your guitar from stock?

John

 

[3 cent hero]

Re: bad ground?

also, move your amp to a different power outlet and see if it helps

all the others are full lol. its been this one for over a year though

 

[HolyDirt]

Re: bad ground?

all the others are full lol. its been this one for over a year though

well, when you heard your friend's guitars, was the amp plugged into the same power outlet as the one your using now? also, as stratdeluxer said, check your soldering

 

[3 cent hero]

Re: bad ground?

Did you have hum before you did any changes to your guitar?

yes

If so,check that you have nice shiny puddled solder connections on your pots

there is

...Also did you make any major changes within your guitar from stock?

John

YES! it started out as a 3 pup guitar, down to 2, now to 1 lol. there used to be shitloads of electronics in there but its now a barebones guitar. JB to 250k to output jack

 

[3 cent hero]

Re: bad ground?

well, when you heard your friend's guitars, was the amp plugged into the same power outlet as the one your using now?

my amp has always been there and noone elses guitars have been played through it. my buddy's amp is usually across the room and uses his guitars. i'm not quite sure i understand what you are asking :smack:

 

[HolyDirt]

Re: bad ground?

my amp has always been there and noone elses guitars have been played through it. my buddy's amp is usually across the room and uses his guitars. i'm not quite sure i understand what you are asking :smack:

well move your amp to where you buddy uses it and plug the power cord from teh amp into the one your buddy uses. you see, a power outlet can have a bad ground, and if you plug your amp into it, it doesnt get grounded properly.

 

[3 cent hero]

Re: bad ground?

well move your amp to where you buddy uses it and plug the power cord from teh amp into the one your buddy uses. you see, a power outlet can have a bad ground, and if you plug your amp into it, it doesnt get grounded properly.

no difference. i can touch the screws on my amp and the hum goes away as well lol