Re: noisey ass pup. help?
simon_sayz said:
Yea, i am aware that a single coil is not as quiet as a humbucker. 60 cycle hum and blah blah. But...this seems a bit excessive. I have a few strats and NONE of those hum like this. Its gotta be a ground issue somewhere. Or maybe my SSL-1 is saying "you better get that F*#@ing Dimarzio crap outta here". hehehe. Anyways, is there a way to quiet it (if its not a ground prob)?
Or maybe the SD is crying because the DMZ is kicking it's butt! See even humorously meant things can cause problems ... It helps to stick to the facts only when troubleshooting. Now, back to the problem...
It really depends, a) how well shielded is *this guitar* as your others have nothing to do with it, b) how close are you to your amp, as a single coil close to an amp or other elecrical interference with be a hum magnet in itself, also SC s also pick up a lot of upper frequenct hash as well. High gain only intensifies the issue c) the enviroment that you're in electrically as well as how clean your power is. I'd check over all those first ...
If a direct A/B comparision, with the same amp, and settings, same outlet, and same playing situation (ie, distance from the amp, other instruments, facing of direction, etc.) yield resultls that point to that guitar, well then it's something in that guitar ... a lot of people tend to notice problems that have always been there but seem new or greatly exaggerated due to a specific new situation. Only thing you can do is to check over the wiring, A/B it. To me it sounds like a noraml single coil under high gain put in close proximity to the amp or other interference source. Check shielding, move anyway from the amp, change directions, and if you want any hope of being humcancelling in when combined with a humbucker you must split the HB.
