scratchy sound when rubbing back of guitar??

[Duke of Metal]

hey guys,
i was playing today and I noticed when the back of the guitar body is rubbed or even the back plate cover of the tone and volume pots is rubbed, i can hear some sort of scratchy sound through the amp. Also, I never had this before but when I knock on the guitar's body, i can hear my knocking through the amp.

Can this be fixed?? whats the solution?

Any info would help.


Thanks,
Duke

 

[Duke of Metal]

Re: scratchy sound when rubbing back of guitar??

umm.. anybody home??

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: scratchy sound when rubbing back of guitar??

I can hear the knocking thru my amp when playing with my LP at high gain/volume settings, but I'm not terribly bothered by it. I'd be interested in knowing the reason for this as well.

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: scratchy sound when rubbing back of guitar??

Sounds like static electricity...the scratching noise I mean. Try wiping it with a anti-static pad like you'd use in a clothes drier.

As for the knocking sound when you tap on the back of the guitar: best cure for that is not to do that.

Lew

 

[Neolumi]

Re: scratchy sound when rubbing back of guitar??

probably just the vibration of it being strached/whatever resonating through the body passing to the pickups. I can only assume as the sound isnt being picked up in the usual way itll sound different to as intended. Jus the same when you hit your guitar!

 

[Zerberus]

Re: scratchy sound when rubbing back of guitar??

Sounds like static electricity...the scratching noise I mean. Try wiping it with a anti-static pad like you'd use in a clothes drier.

As for the knocking sound when you tap on the back of the guitar: best cure for that is not to do that.

Lew

+1

Although Myself and others actually occaisionally knock the axe on purpose for certain interesting effects

 

[Neolumi]

Re: scratchy sound when rubbing back of guitar??

yup along with switching the pickup stich quickly, bending strings behind the nut etc. And jus hitting if i get pissed off with it

 

[Zerberus]

Re: scratchy sound when rubbing back of guitar??

.....And jus hitting if i get pissed off with it

While the rest is great, I still cannot understand why people blame their own failures on inanimate objects and then "punish" them as if the object really cared or they were hurting someone other than themselves

Other examples:

Throwing or "focusing" skateboards
Hitting PCs
Throwing Tennis rackets
Punching walls (Watch the wall laugh when you break your hand on a beam)
etc, etc

 

[Kent S.]

Re: scratchy sound when rubbing back of guitar??

As for the knocking sound when you tap on the back of the guitar: best cure for that is not to do that.

Lew

:laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2: ...You took the words right out of my mouth ... Yeah that's called normal, as resonations (not sure if that's a real *word*) carry through the body and thru the strings, of course even with potted pups, that physical knock is going to transfer to moving the coil a bit ... instant signal created. Yeah, if it bugs ya ... then don't do that ...

 

[Kent S.]

Re: scratchy sound when rubbing back of guitar??

While the rest is great, I still cannot understand why people blame their own failures on inanimate objects and then "punish" them as if the object really cared or they were hurting someone other than themselves

Other examples:

Throwing or "focusing" skateboards
Hitting PCs
Throwing Tennis rackets
Punching walls (Watch the wall laugh when you break your hand on a beam)
etc, etc

Well, then there was the time a drunk friend of mine decided to take his own short comings up on a solid brick wall ... Well, that was intelligent my friend, would you like to go to the ER now, or go ahead and punch with the other hand so you can have a matched set ...

 

[danglybanger]

Re: scratchy sound when rubbing back of guitar??

sometimes its necessary to vent on inanimate objects... hopefully ones you don't have much of affection for. drunk Guy at the dorms last year wanted to be the sh*t out of some guy... led him outside to smoke a cigarette, and vent on a palm tree. F***ed up his hand, but he was fine after that!

(Is a palm tree inanimate though? It is alive... whatever)
dan