https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/wiring-diagram-help/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:39:50 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/wiring-diagram-help/paged/2/#post-345171 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:42:43 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Blue Jay https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/wiring-diagram-help/paged/2/#post-345171 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/wiring-diagram-help/paged/2/#post-345134 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:22:50 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance ShadeSquamous https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/wiring-diagram-help/paged/2/#post-345134 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/wiring-diagram-help/#post-344858 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:54:37 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/wiring-diagram-help/#post-344858 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/wiring-diagram-help/#post-344849 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:24:00 +0000 tubes continue on and create electric field interference. a lot of it -- esp near end of life. I've heard plenty of humbuckers picking up noise -- not 60 or 120 hertz hum, but buzzing. the humbucker is a good thing, esp as there is no practical magnetic shielding (unless you go in for annealing mu-metal laminates), but let's not ignore one or the other. both electric field and magnet field interferences exist at significant levels, and the high impedance magnetic pups we favor in our instruments need consideration for both. if a player uses a high gain setup both are def going to be important. a well-shielded humbucker is the best all around protected. (too bad some of us don't find it to be the best sounding!)]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance gnease https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/wiring-diagram-help/#post-344849 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/wiring-diagram-help/#post-344848 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:21:25 +0000 are susceptible to electric field interferences such as from older TVs/CRTs, florescent and neon lighting, DC motor brush noise. that's the reason many come standard with metal covers. humbucking only rejects magnetically coupled interference, such as from power supply transformers and AC wiring. Still, the main interference from most of the above sources is magnetic. CRT TVs and monitors emit AF alternating magnetic fields from their magnetic deflection coils. Fluorescent lights emit alternating magnetic fields from their ballasts. Neon lights have high voltage transformers that emit magnetic fields. Electric shielding's a fine thing and will also help to reduce noise, but it won't make a single coil anywhere near as quiet as a balanced humbucker.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/wiring-diagram-help/#post-344848 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/wiring-diagram-help/#post-344846 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:10:13 +0000 Your humbuckers are not susceptible to 60 cycle hum and much other interference. unless well shielded, even humbuckers are susceptible to electric field interferences such as from older TVs/CRTs, florescent and neon lighting, DC motor brush noise. that's the reason many come standard with metal covers. humbucking only rejects magnetically coupled interference, such as from power supply transformers and AC wiring.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance gnease https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/wiring-diagram-help/#post-344846 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/wiring-diagram-help/#post-344829 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:17:13 +0000
Lots of good advice here with precautions.

Sometimes we get into overkill, but you'll be fine with that. :)

Your humbuckers are not susceptible to 60 cycle hum and much other interference.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Blue Jay https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/wiring-diagram-help/#post-344829 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/wiring-diagram-help/#post-344809 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:27:33 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance ShadeSquamous https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/wiring-diagram-help/#post-344809 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/wiring-diagram-help/#post-344707 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:36:07 +0000 Of course you can't be too careful. I wasn't thinking of it here, with no pickguard, but perhaps, I dunno, the shielded rear control cover would act like a pickguard and becomes overkill, or excess grounding together with the inter-pot ground wires. Good point; theory is a bit of a tricky science here, and no big project is for the feint of heart.

Good to have another set of eyes and ears around. 8) Shielding that guitar wouldn't be much different than shielding a Les Paul or similar. A shielded rear control cover only blocks interference from a limited direction. You would want to coat the cavity with shielding paint, copper foil, or even aluminum foil.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Hyperborea https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/wiring-diagram-help/#post-344707 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/wiring-diagram-help/#post-344682 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:19:53 +0000
Of course you can't be too careful. I wasn't thinking of it here, with no pickguard, but perhaps, I dunno, the shielded rear control cover would act like a pickguard and becomes overkill, or excess grounding together with the inter-pot ground wires. Good point; theory is a bit of a tricky science here, and no big project is for the feint of heart.

Good to have another set of eyes and ears around. 8)

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