noviceluthier Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Hi everybody, I put in a new pickup/configuration in my stratocaster, and it sounds really good. I grounded the a wire to part of the tremelo unit, but i get really bad fuzz noise when my hand gets near or touches the string or bridge. When i removed the springs from the tremolo, i do not get this background noise. My question is i want to put in the tremolo's springs so that i can use the whammy bar, but i dont want that background noise either. I know this is a grounding issue(any help would be appreciated) thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Try running a ground wire to the spring claw - I had one Floyd Rose that wouldn't ground any other way. If that doesn't work, I'm not sure what I'd do next, but somebody here probably does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansil Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 i actually had teh same prbolem on a factory guitar when i did a rewiring job for him.. did the wiring twice and found that he had a factory flunk up. they had reveresed the wires to the output jack.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noviceluthier Posted April 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 thanks, the problem is i initially grouned the wire to the trem's claw, but it still makes this problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noviceluthier Posted April 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 i tested the problem and it only happens when the trem springs are touching the claw. But i dont understand what can i do other than not put the springs on electronic wizards please help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Hmmm... are you sure you don't have the output jack wired backwards, like Ansil said? You may want to trip over to Guitar Nuts for more info on grounding and shielding if nobody here has an easy answer. It sounds to me like you've got a shield wired to the hot side somewhere, but I'm not sure where to tell you to look without knowing more about your setup. Sorry if I'm not much help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noviceluthier Posted April 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 hey no problem thanks for your help man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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