Help on guitar grounding
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- Doc Holliday
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Help on guitar grounding
Hi guys! Looking for a bit of advice, pro help.
I recently decided to let my P90 gold top go.
I’ve got other Les pauls I enjoy more and having it sit here in the case I thought was a damn shame.
So I bought it 2017. Limited run in the UK.
It came with the usual circuit board inside etc
I ripped it all out and upgraded it with switchcraft jack and switch.
RS linear pots on the volume and CTS TVT pots for the tone .
50s wired with pio caps.
I took out the Tyson pickups before sale and bought a Gibson for the neck and Bare knuckle bridge.
Tbh the setup since I had it was never perfect so I took it to a guitar shop I trust and paid for a setup.
Got it back plugged it in. Nice.
Packed it, advertised on eBay and gone!
I’ve received a message and a video from the buyer complaining of a grounding issue on the bridge position.
Basically humming like mad and if you touch the guitar neck it gets louder.
Now, I ain’t got a clue what’s happened.
I don’t know the guy but he’s Caeser Edmunds a producer in London. Worked with a few well known artists according to his website.
He wasn’t sure if the guitars been damaged in transit but I sent it in a hard case and a big thick Thomann box I got hold of.
If something’s happened I can only think it’s rattled something loose??!!
Here’s his video
I recently decided to let my P90 gold top go.
I’ve got other Les pauls I enjoy more and having it sit here in the case I thought was a damn shame.
So I bought it 2017. Limited run in the UK.
It came with the usual circuit board inside etc
I ripped it all out and upgraded it with switchcraft jack and switch.
RS linear pots on the volume and CTS TVT pots for the tone .
50s wired with pio caps.
I took out the Tyson pickups before sale and bought a Gibson for the neck and Bare knuckle bridge.
Tbh the setup since I had it was never perfect so I took it to a guitar shop I trust and paid for a setup.
Got it back plugged it in. Nice.
Packed it, advertised on eBay and gone!
I’ve received a message and a video from the buyer complaining of a grounding issue on the bridge position.
Basically humming like mad and if you touch the guitar neck it gets louder.
Now, I ain’t got a clue what’s happened.
I don’t know the guy but he’s Caeser Edmunds a producer in London. Worked with a few well known artists according to his website.
He wasn’t sure if the guitars been damaged in transit but I sent it in a hard case and a big thick Thomann box I got hold of.
If something’s happened I can only think it’s rattled something loose??!!
Here’s his video
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- Spook
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Re: Help on guitar grounding
Could be a cold solder joint on the bridge vol pot, since the problem only affects the bridge p.u.
Also worth checking the bottom of pickup If the wire has Come loose.
It's hsrd to say without having the git in hand.
Also worth checking the bottom of pickup If the wire has Come loose.
It's hsrd to say without having the git in hand.
- Jim Goad
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Re: Help on guitar grounding
Would need to see inside the control cavity. Could just be something touching the earth inside.
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- Doc Holliday
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Re: Help on guitar grounding
Yeah thought the same. I’ve asked for pictures
- bluemoon
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Re: Help on guitar grounding
Maybe just tell him to take it to a tech and you will refund him the cost???
- Doc Holliday
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Re: Help on guitar grounding
Hmmm... yeah but I could fix it myself which would prob take 15mins tops.
Losing £60 or so for someone to tap around and maybe tighten the jack nut or re-solder a bad connection kinda sucks.
I get it though yeah rather than go through the saga of messing about it might be worth it.
Losing £60 or so for someone to tap around and maybe tighten the jack nut or re-solder a bad connection kinda sucks.
I get it though yeah rather than go through the saga of messing about it might be worth it.
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- Doc Holliday
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Re: Help on guitar grounding
It’s back and back up for sale man.
Yeah nothing major.
The wire which connects all 4 pots had came loose on the tone control for the bridge.
The solder connecting it had just came away at the pot on the inside cavity causing it to buzz.
I gave a full refund and paid for return shipping.
Took 10 secs to fix which sucked.
He said his guitar tech had a look but couldn’t see any obvious signs.
That guitar tech must be the worst guitar tech going as soon as I took off the back panel to the cavity I saw it straight away. With a sigh of relief my I add as it was so easy to fix my 7yr old son could re - solder it.
I’m not really 100% sure on how I feel as he was asking me to claim the insurance to have it fixed.
Obviously if it arrived not working as it should I totally get not wanting to pay to have it fixed.
Still I would have sent £40 to him for a iron, solder and £20 for the 10secs for him to re-attatch himself.
I hate sending guitars personally. It was in a hard case and well packed but I still think it was thrown into the back of the van or knocked over as the impact may have caused the vibration to unattach it.
I’ve added more solder so that ain’t going anywhere now
Yeah nothing major.
The wire which connects all 4 pots had came loose on the tone control for the bridge.
The solder connecting it had just came away at the pot on the inside cavity causing it to buzz.
I gave a full refund and paid for return shipping.
Took 10 secs to fix which sucked.
He said his guitar tech had a look but couldn’t see any obvious signs.
That guitar tech must be the worst guitar tech going as soon as I took off the back panel to the cavity I saw it straight away. With a sigh of relief my I add as it was so easy to fix my 7yr old son could re - solder it.
I’m not really 100% sure on how I feel as he was asking me to claim the insurance to have it fixed.
Obviously if it arrived not working as it should I totally get not wanting to pay to have it fixed.
Still I would have sent £40 to him for a iron, solder and £20 for the 10secs for him to re-attatch himself.
I hate sending guitars personally. It was in a hard case and well packed but I still think it was thrown into the back of the van or knocked over as the impact may have caused the vibration to unattach it.
I’ve added more solder so that ain’t going anywhere now
- innerflight
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Re: Help on guitar grounding
Not good man, I dont mean to be cynical but I wonder if he had buyers remorse and tampered with it you know if he really loved it you would pay to get it fixed surely.
I saw recently where someone claimed a kid had ripped out a tranny on a pedal
Hopefully it will sell quickly for you
I saw recently where someone claimed a kid had ripped out a tranny on a pedal
Hopefully it will sell quickly for you
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Re: Help on guitar grounding
Yeah, buyers remorse maybe. Any tech would’ve spotted that and fixed it within 5 mins. I doubt he even took it to a tech.
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