Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: SHROOMPLATOON on March 06, 2010, 09:38:54 PM
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I was finally able to install my Crawler pickups into my Ibanez prestige...I install them according to the specs but i seem to still get the ungrounded buzz. I hate to post a new topic someone asked already but i didnt find anything relevant in the search....After a while i decided to open up the back once again and take everything apart,clean the solder off the pots,the switch and redew it... when I got done this time the volume pot was making a scratchy sound and the ground "humm" went away as long as I was touching the strings or bridge... but the part that baffles me is that when i start to pluck or strum the strings(while my hand is still grounding the guitar) The Ground "buzz" is audible .. ...I hope im just making a simple mistake,, The way i have it set up is very standard , 2 pickups with a 5way switch and one tone and one volume pot....somebody please help
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You might have a ground loop. Make sure that there is only one way that the ground can get to the jack socket. Another thing to check is that you have a ground wire to the bridge. What pickups were you replacing? 2 humbuckers with a 5 way switch is a PRS set up, but for that to be hum free in the middle settings the magnet needs to be reversed in one pickup.
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Before i had a dimarzio tonezone in the neck with a steves special in the bridge...with a 3way switch... the guitar came originally with the stock Ibanez V7 bridge and V8 neck with a 5 way...im actually working on it right now...Im gonna put back the 3 way and see how it works...
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if the magnet needs to be reversed is there a way to fix that without a whole ne pup?
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if the magnet needs to be reversed is there a way to fix that without a whole ne pup?
Not really, the was potting would need to be redone. If you are not using the PRS split coil modes then you should be OK.
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Problem apperently was in the 5way switch....Swapped it out and bingo...