StratoTele

[Clint 55]

Re: StratoTele

Everything is shielded and grounded exactly like it was before and it did not hum.

Your pickguard and cavity are not shielded and the switch is omitted from the ground circuit. Correcting these issues will reduce the noise.

 

[jordankersten]

Re: StratoTele

Your pickguard and cavity are not shielded and the switch is omitted from the ground circuit. Correcting these issues will reduce the noise.

The pickguard is shielded and the switch is connected to ground via that shield just like the old one.

 

[Silence Kid]

Re: StratoTele

Don't know if it got missed, but I still think you should ground the neck pickup cover if it is in fact not grounded. First thing I'd do is check any metal part of the guitar for ground continuity with a multimeter. You can even use alligator clips attached to various parts of the guitar to see if adding a ground wire would make a difference.

 

[zionstrat]

Re: StratoTele

This can be a symptom of reverse ground and signal and there's an easy test-

Reverse ground and hot on your jack and see what happens-

 

[jordankersten]

Re: StratoTele

It must be something in the house I was in. I took it back to work today...which is where I installed the pickups...and it’s dead quiet. Now it’s time to enjoy this tone monster.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: StratoTele

^ I was just about to suggest that.

Very nice looking. I personally love black Strats with white pickguard. It looks so elegant.

But I have a question...what is a 7 position switch? I don't think I've ever seen one.

You've been misinformed about what caps do. The .022uf cap will not be any boomier than the .047uf. If anything, just the opposite. Because the .047uf cap sends more highs and upper mids to ground, it will sound bassier and boomier. The .022uf cap will sound brighter.

 

[jordankersten]

Re: StratoTele

^ I was just about to suggest that.

Very nice looking. I personally love black Strats with white pickguard. It looks so elegant.

But I have a question...what is a 7 position switch? I don't think I've ever seen one.

You've been misinformed about what caps do. The .022uf cap will not be any boomier than the .047uf. If anything, just the opposite. Because the .047uf cap sends more highs and upper mids to ground, it will sound bassier and boomier. The .022uf cap will sound brighter.

It’s still the 5 position switch but you add a SPST switch so when it’s off it’s standard Strat switching but when is on position 1 gives you neck and bridge and position 2 gives all three.

I almost always have the tones at 10. I chose the .047 to give me more of a range when/if I want to cut out the highs.

 

[jordankersten]

Re: StratoTele

Thank you all for your comments and welcoming me to the forum. I’d like to also give a huge shout out to Seymour Duncan. The pickups I received were of amazing build quality, incredible sound and their customer service is one of the best I’ve ever dealt with. I highly recommend them. Time to practice...

 

[Clint 55]

Re: StratoTele

The pickguard is shielded and the switch is connected to ground via that shield just like the old one.

Ok, if you want your guitar to be unnecessarily noisy. This is a funny subject. People never want to take simple steps to ground and shield their guitar properly for some reason. They think something is broken. I also play in an area with lots of interference, but guess what? I can play my true single coils clean with no audible noise because I shield my entire pickguard and cavity, run ground wires to all of the components including the switch and mini toggles, and solder a ground wire to the bridge.

 

[zionstrat]

Re: StratoTele

I also play in an area with lots of interference, but guess what? I can play my true single coils clean with no audible noise because I shield my entire pickguard and cavity, run ground wires to all of the components including the switch and mini toggles, and solder a ground wire to the bridge.

Clint, I am a paranoid player and also shield my non-humbuckers (especially P90s). We include shielding in most of our proposals, but the only time it seems to sell is when someones been caught by the buzz- then it's all they want to talk about until we've killed it.

Funny story, I use spin a split a lot, and usually can keep good noise rejection to 25% or so. But we had one club that made it impossible to roll off any of the 2nd coil and I had to rejig my sounds for that venue- Unfortunately it no longer exists- it was the perfect place to find out exactly how noisy any individual guitar was

 

[Clint 55]

Re: StratoTele

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