Static when strumming a Stratocaster

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(Not pickup hum) short static crackles when strumming. (90's Standard Strat MIA) I read it could be a static buildup from the pick guard - weird. Anyone experience this and if yes how did you fix it?
 
If you think it's static build up, then where from? Are you wandering around nylon carpet with plastic soled shoes on? Zapping anything else?
 
try dryer sheets.

rub them across every bit of the scratchplate, see if that reduces the static.
 
Yes it's been doing it for years, just had the whole thing resoldered as neck pickup was cutting out. So wiring shouldn't be the problem. Tried different amps, different cables, different rooms, carpet, no carpet. Don't get it on LP Studio or Ricky bass through same cords/amps. So it's definitely the guitar. I've read about sanding the underside of the pickguard and using the dryer sheets.
 
Is the bottom or the pickguard, or the cavities shielded? If so, are they grounded with everything else? Have you ruled out the pots? Is the bridge grounded at the claw?
 
Interesting. My chinses Tele crackles a little when running clean and Anfontan has noted the same thing with his tele of the same brand. I thought it was due to being a cheap chinese guitar, now I'm wondering if it might be static build up or something.

Do you think it correlates to the weather?? Like maybe when the humidity is low??
 
Chili said:
Do you think it correlates to the weather?? Like maybe when the humidity is low??
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Ya know, down here in H-town, it's always humid as fuck. During the summer, in the mornings or at night, it's sometimes literally like a steam room or something. The fog just sits there, and it's hot fog. Sounds lovely, right? Lol. Anyway, there's power lines runing behind my house, and when it's really hot, humid, and crummy, like humid enough to make the cars wet and nothing evaporates, I can hear those bitches humming quietly and it makes my gear noisy. Especially things with single coils, like my Strat and bass. I'm not saying that's what's up with Ido's geetar, but weather definitely can play hell with electrical stuff.
 
Greg_L said:
Ya know, down here in H-town, it's always humid as fuck. During the summer, in the mornings or at night, it's sometimes literally like a steam room or something. The fog just sits there, and it's hot fog. Sounds lovely, right? Lol. Anyway, there's power lines runing behind my house, and when it's really hot, humid, and crummy, like humid enough to make the cars wet and nothing evaporates, I can hear those bitches humming quietly and it makes my gear noisy. Especially things with single coils, like my Strat and bass. I'm not saying that's what's up with Ido's geetar, but weather definitely can play hell with electrical stuff.
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Weird how the weather can be so different within just a couple of hundred miles. We rarely have any kind of humidity. I think we average 35% and you're up around 55 or 60 % average.

I'm definitely checking out that static build up thing this weekend when I get home. Dryer sheets... m'kay!! :)
 
Chili said:
Weird how the weather can be so different within just a couple of hundred miles. We rarely have any kind of humidity. I think we average 35% and you're up around 55 or 60 % average.
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Yeah, what's also weird is at the coast, it's not as humid. You'd think that being right on the gulf, it would be humid as hell, but it isn't. It's certainly not dry, but it's tolerable. I go fishing during the summer and spend the day at the beach in relative comfort. I leave and pull into my driveway an hour later and it literally feels about 30 degrees hotter and grosser.
 
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