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Post by foxx on Feb 21, 2006 17:53:17 GMT -7
So I just got this "one of a kind" guitar, kinda Les Paul Jr. thang. It's got Gibson P-90's, Gotoh tuners 16 to 1 ratio I think. It was made by a cabinet maker in Santa Fe. I wish I had a pic. It sounds better and plays as well as my 93 American Strat. Well anyway, when I take my fingers off the strings, say to change chords, there is a static pop when I touch the strings again. It doesn't crackle at all, the pots don't crackle, the jack is fine. What could be the problem? There is a guy at my local Z dealer, that can probably fix it, rewire it, but I though I would check here first. I love the guitar, it's as nice as the new Les Pauls that I have played, and I got it for $300. I don't mind putting some $$ into it if necessary. Thanks
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Post by billyguitar on Feb 22, 2006 5:58:54 GMT -7
just sounds like an A/C ground problem to me.
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Post by foxx on Feb 22, 2006 17:38:18 GMT -7
Well 3 other guitars don't pop when their plugged into my Mazerati. So, it seems to be isolated to the one guitar. My rig makes no other noises otherwise.
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Post by terryg on Feb 23, 2006 12:31:10 GMT -7
FWIW I've got a tele-style guitar that's not sporting a shielded cavity. During our dry months (i.e. now, winter) I get a lot more noise due to static electricity. It's annoying, but not a mechanical/electrical flaw.
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Post by foxx on Feb 23, 2006 16:50:34 GMT -7
yeah, I was thinking jsut maybe it was a static problem. I live in NM and we are having the driest winter in many many years. It's so dry, that sometimes when you turn on the faucet, the water actually will shock you. Thanks for the info terryg.
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Post by billyguitar on Feb 23, 2006 17:10:01 GMT -7
If it's static electricity then all of the guitars would do it.
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Post by foxx on Feb 23, 2006 21:00:32 GMT -7
That makes sense too billyguitar, yet I wonder about the pickup differences. My strat has Lace Sensors while the other has P-90's. Aren't p-90's more prone to noise and hum, and therefore more prone to let that "popping" come through the amp? I don't know for sure, I am not a tech. I will probably take the guitar to my local Z dealer, they have a great guitar tech at Encore Music here in ABQ.
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Post by terryg on Feb 24, 2006 6:16:26 GMT -7
I'm hit & miss in my experiences with my other guitars. My strat is actually the most predictable in it's noisemaking - it sounds & behaves like a single-coil strat, even though it's got shielding. My 335 is fine. I definitely notice that the cable picks up more noise (PW...their site says "triboelectrostatic" or something) during this time of year. The telecaster can introduce its own static, but I know it's not shielded. Rather, I can drag my finger across the pickguard and sometimes induce a little 'zzzzt' response. It drove me crazy at first, until I made the connection that my hand did that. I try to be less sloppy on that guitar, since I'd rather spend money on more gear than on the guitar itself (it's brilliant otherwise). ;D
At least most of the electrons appear to be making it to the amp, because everything sounds great!
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Post by Curt on Feb 24, 2006 10:16:34 GMT -7
+1, something in the grounding circuit....or lack there of.
Open it up and see if it has the old school Gibby style wire with the grounding shield, those can be a beotch to get soldered well.
Just a thought.
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Post by foxx on Feb 24, 2006 18:14:36 GMT -7
I just got back from Encore Music here in Albuquerque, and they all agreed that it's just static. One guy said "p-90's are like little AM recievers". I will use some anti-static stuff to see if it helps. I was really only concerned if there was some "problem" with the guitar, not so much as to some noise. I like the p-90's because they are kinda obscene (sp?). But thank you for all the input.
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Post by terryg on Feb 28, 2006 10:03:51 GMT -7
cool! I went nuts for pickups recently, and nabbed some old Bartolini P90s...I have yet to find a guitar for them, but I'm keeping my RADAR on..... Sounds like you are all set. Obscenely so, even better
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Post by Lefty on Feb 28, 2006 10:39:49 GMT -7
Ok, here's the fix for static elect and guitars during the dry winter months. Take a dryer sheet, Bounce, Snuggle...I prefer Snuggle, it smells nice. And lightly rub if around your guitar's pickups, knobs, strings etc. This disperses the static and makes your guitar smell nice.
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