soundprizm
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Anybody know what causes the electrical hum of a guitar? I'm getting a very loud hum when my guitar is plugged into a distortion pedal. Anyway to fix or reduce this hum?
cellardweller said:You'd hum too if you didn't know the words.
not knowing the words
soundprizm said:Wow, more replies... Hmmm... Well APL, my guitar is a horrid piece of poop... a lotus... I do have a tube crt monitor, and I've tried a noise gate, but then I lose pretty much all those nice harmonics and such, the hum is that loud. Maybe its just time to upgrade the guitar. I was fearing that, but hey, gotta do what I gotta do...
Thanks for the replies guys, still gonna look into those other option first...
soundprizm said:noise gate shouldn't affect the timbre of your sound when it is open.
Not exactly sure what that meant, but when I try to get that hum out of there I need to have the thresh hold up high, which is why it takes away some of the guitar with the hum. I'd just rather fix the guitar, or get a new one rather than mess with a bad beginning sound.
zengeezer said:This may (will) sound ridiculous as hell, but it works for me.
Get about 18" - 24" of speaker wire. Strip both ends. Unscrew one of the bridge screws and attach one end of the wire, tighten screw. To the other end of wire, solder a large washer (1" diameter or larger). After solder has cooled and you're ready to play, put the washer end in your pants! Specifically, in your belt so the washer has full contact with your skin.
Again, it sounds weird, but it works for me.
Try it.