---Yes,it does sound like a ground problem,but check all your cables
first.Then try touching the bridge with your picking hand.
If the hum stops,then grounding the control cavity with
shielding may be the answer.
If you are using a processor with a noise gate.....you may be
able to filter it out.
Deedge





In The-Guitar-Cafe@yahoogroups.com, Cara Quinn <Cara-Quinn@...>
wrote:
>
> Still sounds like a grounding issue, just not quite as garden
> variety, <smile> but not all that unusual, unfortunately.
>
> Smiles,
>
> Cara :)
>
>
> On Aug 28, 2008, at 8:14 AM, Mark BurningHawk wrote:
>
> >
> > It happens even when the amp is on battery power, though.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Cara Quinn
> > To: The-Guitar-Cafe@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 11:47 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TGC] my strat
> >
> > Sounds like a garden variety grounding issue. (Bb hums like
that
> > are usually 60 cycles - the US electrical frequency) Of course,
if
> > any such issues are really garden variety! lol!
> >
> >
> > Perhaps Deedge can comment? He was 'round here somewhere, last
I
> > knew. :)
> > Smiles,
> >
> > Cara :)
> >
> >
> > On Aug 27, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Mark BurningHawk wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Naw, it's also with solo practice. It hums at about B-flat,
> >> though, so sometimes I can get some cool looping effects out of
it...
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Michael Crutcher
> >> To: the-guitar-cafe@yahoogroups.com
> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 7:00 PM
> >> Subject: RE: [TGC] my strat
> >>
> >> Does the hum happen all the time, or just onstage? Hum from
single-
> >> coil pickups is fairly common with stage lights, which is why
> >> humbucker pickups were invented. You can get noiseless pickups
that
> >> fit into the space where the single-coil pickups normally go.
> >> They're like stacked humbuckers, so they're really quiet, but
you
> >> don't have to cut up the guitar to fit them.
> >>
> >> I like the sound of a humbucker or noiseless pickup in the
bridge
> >> position on a strat, myself.
> >>
> >> Mike Crutcher
> >> Guitarist/Vocalist/Arranger/Instructor
> >> Available for sessions/fill-ins/performances/private lessons.
> >>
> >> http://mikecrutcher.com
> >>
> >> "I've got swamp water runnin' through my veins"
> >> -Art Neville/The Meters
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> To: The-Guitar-Cafe@yahoogroups.com
> >> From: stone_troll@...
> >> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:02:03 -0700
> >> Subject: Re: [TGC] my strat
> >>
> >> I bought my start back in 1991 second-hand from a little music
shop
> >> in Allston, MA. It needs some work, especially as regards its
> >> pickups, as I get serious hum when I try to play either left or
> >> right pickup, and can only use the center set with any cleanness
of
> >> sound. That's because someone installed bigger pickups in place
of
> >> the original Fender single-coil. Still, it's a great guitar.
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Charles Rivard
> >> To: the guitar cafe
> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 1:41 PM
> >> Subject: [TGC] my strat
> >>
> >>
> >> Here's info on the guitar I got for my last birthday:
> >>
> >> model 0301200. ventage modified strat. Rosewood neck, olympic
> >> white with tortoise shell pick guard.
> >>
> >> specs:
> >>
> >> Vintage Modified Strat®
> >>
> >> 0301200
> >>
> >> Vintage style with some modded twists. Squier's Vintage
Modified
> >> Strat guitar incorporates the best of classic Fender® styling
and
> >> some flashy finishes. Features include a gloss-finished maple
neck
> >> and Duncan Designed™ Alnico 5 pickups.
> >>
> >> (Polyurethane Finish)
> >> Body Indian Red Cedar (Cedro)
> >> Neck Maple, C-Shape,
> >> (Polyurethane Finish)
> >> Fingerboard Rosewood, 9.5" Radius (241 mm)
> >> No. of Frets 21 Medium Jumbo
> >> Pickups 3 Duncan Designed™ SC-101 Single-Coil Pickups
> >> Controls Master Volume,
> >> Tone 1. (Neck Pickup),
> >> Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
> >> Pickup Switching 5-Position Blade:
> >> Position 1. Bridge Pickup
> >> Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup
> >> Position 3. Middle Pickup
> >> Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup
> >> Position 5. Neck Pickup
> >> Bridge Vintage Style Synchronous Tremolo
> >> Machine Heads Standard Die-Cast Tuners
> >> Hardware Chrome
> >> Pickguard 3-Ply Parchment on: 30,
> >> 4-Ply Red Shell on: 25,
> >> 4-Ply Tortoise Shell on: 05,
> >> 3-Ply Black on: 00
> >> Scale Length 25.5" (648 mm)
> >> Width at Nut 1.650" (42 mm)
> >> Unique Features Vintage Style Tremolo,
> >> Custom Pickguards by Color,
> >> Gold and Black Squier Logo,
> >> Engraved Neckplate,
> >> White Plastic Parts,
> >> Dot Position Inlays
> >> Strings Fender Super 250L, (.009 to .042) Nickel Plated Steel
p/n
> >> 073-0250-003
> >> Accessories None
> >> Introduced 1/2007
> >>
> >> ---
> >> Pretty is as pretty does
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > ---
> > View my Online Portfolio at:
> > http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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