mikevirok Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 Alright guys & gals, time to lend a helping hand to a confused noob'. I just purchased a PRS EG SE (so many abbreviations!) whose stock pickups were replaced with a set of Fender Noiseless single-coils. Well, upon plugging the guitar into my amplifier at home, I noticed a static-y noise and thought it was the single-coils. I was wrong. Upon further inspection, I noticed that the "static" noise was being picked up by the pickups whenever my fingers came into contact with the pick guard. I play guitar with a near-constant contact of my pinkie and ring finger on my picking hand resting somewhere between the bridge pickup and touching the actual pick-guard. So, I was hearing the contact of my hand against the pickguard's surface. So I had figured this was a mere small grounding issue. I contacted the seller, and he agreed.... But, then I noticed something stranger yet. While sitting on my favorite kitchen stool and noodling around with the guitar totally unplugged, I happened to run my hand across the pickguard... I heard the sound of "static-cling". So I ran my fingers across a few more times to make sure this was not a one time anomaly. There is a physical static-issue somewhere on this guitar. What should I do to fix it? Take the pickguard off and take some picks to show you all? I am extremely noobie to all this guitar repair... help me out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Um, just for the sake of asking, is there a dull plastic film covering the pickguard that easily peels off? If so, remove that and I'm sure the static will go away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Immediately send the guitar to me, it is HAUNTED! I will do my best to drive the demon out. My dad used to be a minister; I will call him to see if he can walk me through the procedure. If I can not rid the guitar of the specter, then I will have to hold it indefinitely for observation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 (edited) double post Edited February 20, 2007 by thegarehanman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluzzman Posted March 24, 2007 Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 Try wipping the staticie area with one of those static removeing fabric softener dryer clothes, that worked for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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