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Humbucker relentless ground hum?
« on: February 17, 2014, 02:38:10 AM »
Hey everyone!

I recently installed a juggernaut bridge into my Stephen carpenter 7 string tele and I cannot for the life of me get rid of the ground hum.

I do not have a neck pickup connected (just the stock emg sitting there).  All the connections are solid and I've combed over all the solder joints multiple times with a friend.  As of right now I have it only hooked up to the volume pot for simplicity and I still catch hum.  There's still hum even when I run a wire to the bridge or if I ground to myself.

The only hum free times are when I'm on a purely clean channel, even slight overdrive gives me some.

Could this be a problem with the pickup itself?

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Re: Humbucker relentless ground hum?
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2014, 04:30:43 AM »
In general with EMGs the bridge is not grounded. Ground your bridge.
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Re: Humbucker relentless ground hum?
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2014, 02:20:29 PM »
Hi. OK so you've tried earthing the bridge and no difference. Are you getting the same hum (I assume 50/60 Hz mains hum depending on your location) on all pickups or just your new Jugg? Similarly do you get the same hum when using different amps or when connected to a different mains supply? Another question to help track down the source  of your problem - does your Jugg have 4 conductor wiring or 2, if 4 then how have you got it wired?