Fender Starcaster, 2 vol, 2 tone, earthed at switch with vintage braided cable and CTS pots.
Just got it back from my tech and had a phone call with him, we're both flumoxed. I'm taking it back tomorrow but wondered if anyone had any ideas as to what could have gone wrong.
The Problem
Bridge pickup selected, bridge volume off, neck volume on - faint signal from guitar that goes away when neck volume is rolled down
Bridge pickup selected, bridge volume on, neck volume off - sound, ground hum/inteference
Neck pickup selected, bridge volume on, neck volume off - faint signal from guitar that goes away when bridge volume is rolled down
Neck pickup selected, bridge volume off, neck volume on - sound, ground hum/interence
The ground hum fades a bit when I place my hand on the guitars strings and switches but still reacts to interference. Walking towards my printer with my hand on the guitar still makes a horribly loud hum/buzz the closer I get to it.
It's wired like a simple Les Paul, both pickups go: pickup to vol knob with capacitor to tone, vol knob to pick up selector, pick up selector to output jack.
Any ideas?
Comments
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The point about the printer was even with both volume knobs turned down it was till causing interference. Not a ground issue but still not something that should happen.
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