Hi,
I'm a new member to the forums and have been a reader for awhile - great, great information here!
I've posted this question in a couple of other places, but I haven't found anyone yet with the same symptoms.
I have a 70s LP Custom that I recently put some Fralin HBs into, and I'm loving the pickups.
However, since the new PUs have been put in, I've noticed noise where there was none before.
The noise is more noticeable at high gain, and is also somewhat dependent on proximity to my amplifier. It's not dependent on whether I'm holding the strings or not.
The most significant thing in my beginner's brain that might point to the issue, though, is the fact that the noise completely vanishes when I put the LP in the in-between position on the PUs. It's not wired out-of-phase or anything like that - just a vanilla LP configuration. It's quite amazing - the noise is completely gone in that position. I feel like if it was a specific shielding thing, then noise might remain in any PU position - but I could certainly be wrong. These were coverless PUs, so I did the diligence and wrapped the PUs with copper tape and grounded said tape to the PU frame just to make sure that wasn't the issue, but there was no change.
Has anyone experienced an issue similar to this one? I'm kinda baffled!
Thanks in advance, and please let me know if you want more information.
roah