Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: dav2321 on May 17, 2006, 04:10:51 AM
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Hello all, I have a nailbomb(4-conductor wire) that I've installed into a Washburn N6 (H-S-S, 5-way position switch). I get a hum noise thats more prevalent when the guitar is facing upward or facing down-but not hardly at all when in normal playing position (weird?). I have wired it according to BKPs suggestion i.e. red to hot,black/bare to ground, and white/green to the push/pull coil tap. Is this just a wire not insulated on my part or did I wire this incorrectly? The pickup sounds great by the way. Thanks.
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How much hum are we talking about when the guitar is pointing up/down? So much that there's hardly any notes if you sound the strings? (Loose wire to ground)
I would guess that if you'd wired it totally wrong there'd be no sound out of it at all, regardless of how you held it :)
Possibly something hasn't been grounded?
When in a playing position, if you take your hands off so you're not touching any metal parts (strings/bridge/tuners/jackplate etc) does the hum change much?
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Oh, & welcome BTW :D
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How much hum are we talking about when the guitar is pointing up/down? So much that there's hardly any notes if you sound the strings? (Loose wire to ground)
I would guess that if you'd wired it totally wrong there'd be no sound out of it at all, regardless of how you held it :)
Possibly something hasn't been grounded?
When in a playing position, if you take your hands off so you're not touching any metal parts (strings/bridge/tuners/jackplate etc) does the hum change much?
the hum is the same whether I'm touching any metal or not. Also it's the same with the lights/ computer monitor off. Could this be just because the pickup is high output?