HRmusic90
21st Century Digital Boy
A few years ago I decided to use my cheapest guitar for experiments. I had always wanted to change pickups, tuning heads, etc. I also went a step further and put in all new pots, knobs and toggle switch. I did something wrong. I was getting some really awful noise out of it. I didn't know how to fix it, gave up and put it aside for almost a year. I then took it to one of my coworkers who's good with electronics. His best guess was that I burned out one of my pots. I was bummed that I had done that but glad I had something to go on. I bought four new pots and even a new toggle switch. I put everything together again (with all new wiring as well). I'm still getting an awful amount of noise. The noise goes away whenever I touch anything that's grounded, and it gets amplified when I grab any of the signal wires [the signal wires for the pickups (orange) or the output wire from toggle switch to input jack (blue/cyan)]. Here's what I've got:
I'm left-handed. Also, one of my mods was to remove the old 1/4-inch pots and replace with 3/8. That's why it's a bit cramped in there. It's driving me nuts! I miss playing this thing!
I'm left-handed. Also, one of my mods was to remove the old 1/4-inch pots and replace with 3/8. That's why it's a bit cramped in there. It's driving me nuts! I miss playing this thing!