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Post subject: Vintage Noiseless Telecaster Bridge Pickup HUM
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:11 am
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hi guys. please oh please help a guy out.
i have a MIM Tele which i bout years ago. i replaced the pups with vintage noiseless ones a few months after i bought the guitar and all seemed fine. about a year or so later, i found that the bridge pup wasnt as noiseless as it used to be. i got it replaced and installed the new one and this didnt solve the problem. i then took it to a tech who checked all the pots and grounding and all seemed ok. this is extremely frustrating as the neck pup is brilliant and dead quiet and the bridge is just, well not! :( anyone got any ideas or had similar troubles? also i noticed that the bridge pup is a little quieter but i think i read somewhere that they are lower output then the neck position. this is the third pickup i have tried so i doupt its that. please shed some light on this if you have an idea. cheers !!!


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Post subject: Re: Vintage Noiseless Telecaster Bridge Pickup HUM
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 11:40 am
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How do you use your Telecaster ? Hi gain amp , hi gain pedal ? Or direct in a clean amp ?


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Post subject: Re: Vintage Noiseless Telecaster Bridge Pickup HUM
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 12:48 pm
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cheers for the fast response :) i use it mainly for blues and pop rock. i dont throw anything too hot in front of it. having said that, i can put anything within reason in my rig and if im on the neck pickup, it will stay dead silent. the best way to describe it is that its like having just one noiseless pickup in. the sound doesnt seem like a grouding buzz, its more like the 60 cycle hum :? thanks again


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Post subject: Re: Vintage Noiseless Telecaster Bridge Pickup HUM
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:08 pm
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Is buzz stop if you touch stings with your hand ? No playing just touching.

Or any other information ?

Sometimes bad solder on wiring could make noise , but if your tech look at .


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Post subject: Re: Vintage Noiseless Telecaster Bridge Pickup HUM
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:25 pm
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the buzz seems to be there regardless of whether im touching the strings/volume plate/bridge. ill try and take a video and link to it on here tomorrow after work. i think thats the best way to show exactly what its like. im getting closer and closer to just buying all new electronics and replacing them to see if that helps but thats a last resort really. cheers :)


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Post subject: Re: Vintage Noiseless Telecaster Bridge Pickup HUM
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 3:09 pm
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Post to " Telecaster forum " too , maybe more popular than " Pickups and accessories " ?


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Post subject: Re: Vintage Noiseless Telecaster Bridge Pickup HUM
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 4:32 pm
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It sounds like the bridge pickup has simply gone south, for reasons yet unknown. It's not that uncommon.

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