https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/trouble-shielding-a-squire-strat/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:27:52 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/trouble-shielding-a-squire-strat/#post-211485 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:36:44 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance sbreefer https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/trouble-shielding-a-squire-strat/#post-211485 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/trouble-shielding-a-squire-strat/#post-211190 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 02:40:12 +0000
Mark]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance mjmark223 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/trouble-shielding-a-squire-strat/#post-211190 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/trouble-shielding-a-squire-strat/#post-211171 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:51:08 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance art&lutherie https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/trouble-shielding-a-squire-strat/#post-211171 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/trouble-shielding-a-squire-strat/#post-211169 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:09:06 +0000
Recheck that diagram, make sure you didn't accidentally swap some wires somewhere. IF you're tapping the pickups and getting no sound, it's probably going to ground (assuming you've wired everything, which you've checked). That's the only thing I can really think of.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance lunchmeat https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/trouble-shielding-a-squire-strat/#post-211169 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/trouble-shielding-a-squire-strat/#post-211164 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 23:21:43 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance hueseph https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/trouble-shielding-a-squire-strat/#post-211164 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/trouble-shielding-a-squire-strat/#post-211162 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 23:14:42 +0000
Thanks for the help]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance mjmark223 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/trouble-shielding-a-squire-strat/#post-211162 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/trouble-shielding-a-squire-strat/#post-211152 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:12:39 +0000
Some questions I have:

1: what style of music are you playing?

2: what position do you use most on the 5 pos. switch?

3: what kind of amp are you using and what are your gain settings?

The reason I ask is that the 2 and 4 positions on the switch cancel hum (personally the tone in those positions also sound the best). Also, depending on your amp, you can get a great blues tone without a lot of gain. In fact you don't want all that much gain for blues. Even for some heavier rock and even punk, you can get some great crunch without an excess of gain. In fact too much gain is a mistake that a lot of people make when they try to get a good crunch. Too much gain=lots of hum.

Anyhow go over the diagrams. Check your solder connections. Make sure your heating the post and not the solder otherwise you will have what are called "cold solder connections" which do not conduct well. The metal of the post has to be hot for the solder to stick. If you have big globs of solder on your posts, this is a good sign that you're not heating the post properly. You don't need that much solder to make a good connection.

Let us know how the progress goes.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance hueseph https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/trouble-shielding-a-squire-strat/#post-211152 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/trouble-shielding-a-squire-strat/#post-211146 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 19:45:43 +0000 just retrace all the wires checking the solder connections to the pots, pickups, grounds and jack.
it can be a mind bang sometimes. be patient.
everytime I get frustrated I forget the simpliest things.
we are human. hang in there.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance dogbite https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/trouble-shielding-a-squire-strat/#post-211146 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/trouble-shielding-a-squire-strat/#post-22099 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 04:37:59 +0000
Thanks

Mark]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance mjmark223 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/trouble-shielding-a-squire-strat/#post-22099