Hi All, i'm sure this has been covered but not quite sure i can find what i need so posting another query. I have just put all the electronics into a new build, and when i tried it out to ensure its working i found i have a huge noise issue and assume its grounding.
I have 2 hum buckers that are plug and play and doubled checked everything. Ok, so here is what's happening:
When i plug the guitar in and don't touch anything its really noisy, a loud buzz/humm. This doesn't happen on my other guitars. When i touch the strings or any metal part on the guitar (wraparound bridge, washer around the switch) the noise completely goes away.
I did run a ground wire from inside the stud wall to the cavity but for some reason it doesn't seem to be working (my assumption) so i ran another from between the inside of the stud well and the stud and that didn't help either.
In a separate query it seems that the graduation of the pots isn't as i expected, they are either on or off almost. But this could be affected by the grounding issue so trying to fix one thing at a time.
Now given i can't take out the stud wells, i don't know how to retro fit a ground wire. Its not an easy body to drill a hole in for this. Maybe i can't now??
I also intend to add coper tape int he cavity but not sure this will do a lot.
Thoughts?
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