Humming sound,very noisey.
Hi,
There are usually three reasons for the hum many of us guitarists experience. First, make sure it's not coming from your patch cable you use to connect to your amp. Guitarists who have been playing a while know that these cords need regular replacement.
Another common problem is the electrical outlet it's being plugged into. Often times, if plugged into a different outlet, preferably one that it does not have to share, your amp noise can be reduced.
A great product to have is a line hum reducer, which you plug into the outlet, then plug into that. They are great at reducing line hum, and usually listed on eBay or another retail online establishment dealing with electronics and electrical products. They can range from $7.00 to over $40.00, and in the case of these hum reducers, more expensive does not usually mean better.
Finally, another common and particularly annoying problem with regard to hum, is if your guitar's components are not properly shielded. Even if it comes from a good company adn is a good model, one may have to do some additional work to get it quiet.
Pickups and other electrical equipment inside a guitar pick up and transfer many frequencies of white noise, and it can be a real problem.
Your pickups and your electronics cavity can be completely shielded by using copper tape you can find on the internet. I purchase mine on eBay but you can find it at many places.
The tape is a flat copper strip with adhesive backing. It comes in different widths, even small sheets to cover the inside back of your electronics cover in back of your guitar. The pots should be loosened from the body of the guitar and pulled (gently) enough to work in the cavity (no need usually to remove them - so no cutting of wires and resoldering is necessary in MOST models).
Loosen the screws and pull your pickups and surround them with the tape, and insulate the pickup cavities you pulled them out of as well. Do not remove your pickups completely - just move them out of the way as you work. Be careful not to pull apart any of your solder connections, or you will have to resolder or pay someone to resolder them. More work than necessary.
So these are the big top three. They are all non-complicated fixes, and following the steps I wrote should get you noticed for your guitar playing, and not for your humming.
I hope this helps. Thank you for using FixYa.
