https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/high-pitch-sound/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:21:36 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/high-pitch-sound/#post-335788 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:44:01 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Blue Jay https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/high-pitch-sound/#post-335788 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/high-pitch-sound/#post-335762 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:51:01 +0000
I'm not to pressed though because the hum isn't really that bad.

And I think that tone pot is middle and bridge and not just middle.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance JoeHempel https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/high-pitch-sound/#post-335762 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/high-pitch-sound/#post-335750 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:45:01 +0000
Anyhow, let me try to understand the problem first. The bridge pickup itself is okay, with the 5 way at position 1.

The middle pickup, which is reverse wound and polarity, is okay by itself, at position 3, or "middle".

Then we assume that the combination of middle and neck are okay at position 4, which indicates that the orientation of the middle pickup in relation to the outside 2 pickups is okay. And pickup locations were not mixed up at the factory, because the colors of lead wires from each separate originating pickup are clear, meaning definitive, and consistent.

The pots you removed were okay to the eye with the lugs tight and oriented correctly. The new ones were probably just as good. It is not possible to tell, but usually high in probability that you have tone controls for the neck, and middle, while the bridge runs wide open. Sometimes they throw you a curve and put middle and bridge on the furthest tone pot, which would open up an interesting possibility.

This assumes that your troublesome little hum is only with the combination of the bridge or middle. Oh boy, that is supposed to be noise cancelling, or anti-hum.

Well, pardon the quick jump to conclusion, but since I've done it often and at the same time try to eliminate irrelevant data or probabilities, I would want to blame the new switch, in the position #2, or bridge and middle.

I don't think that it can be fixed, but it can be swapped back to the old switch which worked. And if you are not going to re-solder anything back to the switch that is in there now, you could try some light oil, and work it around a bit. That would normally wet the switch enough to either make it work if possible, and if it doesn't fix it, it means it was poorly made, and you wouldn't be soldering on it again, so the oil all-over-it is going to be of no consequence - because it would interfere with new solder application and connections from adhering.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Blue Jay https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/high-pitch-sound/#post-335750 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/high-pitch-sound/#post-36791 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:12:24 +0000
I also have a bit of static in one of the positions of the switch I think it's the one where it's the middle and bridge pickup. I can't tell if it's the jack or if it's some sort of interference with the headphone amp.


EDIT: IT' THE HEADPHONE AMP.
Also the buzzing happens in the middle position and in the bridge position, no others produce a buzz. And the buzz isn't that bad it's almost like it's normal, but since this is the first time doing any of this I thought I'd ask.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance JoeHempel https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/high-pitch-sound/#post-36791