Guitar buzzing

niall
niall Posts: 244
edited August 2005 in Musicians and Gearheads
Howdy

My friend has a cheapish guitar and when the volume is turned up it starts to buzz and hizz. It stops when you touch the metal volume and tone controls.

I heard that if you take the plate off and put foil around the inside of the pickups it helps to stop the buzzing... Im having tried it myself as i dont have this problem

I would like some advice before i give this advice and she fucks up her guitar cause of me....

thanks amigos
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  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    niall wrote:
    Howdy

    My friend has a cheapish guitar and when the volume is turned up it starts to buzz and hizz. It stops when you touch the metal volume and tone controls.

    I heard that if you take the plate off and put foil around the inside of the pickups it helps to stop the buzzing... Im having tried it myself as i dont have this problem

    I would like some advice before i give this advice and she fucks up her guitar cause of me....

    thanks amigos

    It's called 60 cycle buzz or a ground loop.

    Sheilding will help though if she goes that route I suggest a sheilding plate if there is one available for that guitar, foil is easily torn, the inexperienced could take it to a guitar tech and have it done. You'll still have some buzz but it will cut it out considerably. Isolating the power supply and turning off high EMI devices (flourescent lighting) will help.
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  • Spook Fish
    Spook Fish Posts: 241
    play well fuckin loud and you won't care a rats ass! Pacs right, get a plate or some sheilding.
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  • Spook Fish
    Spook Fish Posts: 241
    get a tech to over haul that part though:-)
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  • JofZ
    JofZ Posts: 1,276
    you are grounding the circuit when you touch it, more then likely you have a wire some where that has a break in the protective cover. Or the ground wire came loose. Either way it is a simple fix.
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  • WES
    WES Posts: 168
    i have the same buzzing problem with my recently purchased tele...what exactly is sheilding, and how exactly can I eliminate or surpress this annoying buzz?
  • HailHailVitalogy
    HailHailVitalogy Posts: 6,020
    WES wrote:
    i have the same buzzing problem with my recently purchased tele...what exactly is sheilding, and how exactly can I eliminate or surpress this annoying buzz?

    tele's are noisy sometimes...sheilding (although ive never done it) is taking foil and putting it on ur pickup inside the guitar...thats the best way to explain it i guess...eddie put a p-90 on his american tele, imagine how much noise that much make!
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  • WES
    WES Posts: 168
    HailHailVitalogy wrote:
    ...eddie put a p-90 on his american tele, imagine how much noise that much make!


    I noticed that when watching them perform masters of war on letterman....i was thinking of making that same modification on my tele nashville...a lack of funds and need for a new amp has since surpassed the importance of the P90 install experiment...

    for now the buzzing is bareable.. i was just hoping for a quick and easy fix
  • Spook Fish
    Spook Fish Posts: 241
    WES wrote:
    i have the same buzzing problem with my recently purchased tele...what exactly is sheilding, and how exactly can I eliminate or surpress this annoying buzz?

    Copper Foil or Adhesive Copper Paint to eliminate noise & Hum. basicaly turn the inside of your axe into an impenatrable metal box. keep your tele in the middle position so the 2 pups are humbucking, cuts it down a bit. IMO a bit of noise dont hurt.
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