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Post subject: Screening - 2011 Custom Deluxe Strat
Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 1:46 pm
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I recently bought a 2011 Custom Deluxe Strat in faded 3TSB. Gorgeous guitar, but...

The pickups are Master Design single coils so I expected a little more hum than my other (Mex) Strat and USA Deluxe Tele - both fitted with Vintage Noiseless - but I wasn't expecting the amount of interference I got with this new guitar, especially with high gain settings on the amp. The noise is much reduced when touching the strings (ie when I earth myself through the guitar), but if I let go, it's really noticeable.

I originally had this problem on my other Strat. When I opened it up, it had no internal screening in the body cavity, so I used special conductive paint and it worked a treat. Could this be the problem with the new Custom Deluxe? Surely the Custom Shop would screen the body? Wouldn't they?

Well, actually, no, they don't. I've just taken the pick guard off and although the back of it is screened, the body cavity isn't, at all. Rest assured, the black gooey paint has now been applied and I'm waiting for it to dry before I put everything back together.

Hopefully the improvement will be as dramatic as it was on my MIM Strat. I'll let you know :-)


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Post subject: Re: Screening - 2011 Custom Deluxe Strat
Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 3:12 pm
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Hehe - it worked a treat. Still some hum in positions 1, 3 & 5 if I sit too near the amp, but all the interference is gone, as well as the annoying click if I take my hands off the strings and put them back.

Wonder why the Custom Shop don't do it from scratch?

Oh well, the guitar's even better now :-)


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