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TheSymptom · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:53 pm

On humming/buzzing, imagine my embarrassment when sitting down with my new guitar coach this last weekend and he's playing an old Fender Esquire that's making almost no noise unless played; while my '90s Squire Stratocaster buzzes/hums like mad unless I set my hand across all of the strings.

Is *that* something that a set-up could fix?

gldfshkpr · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:55 pm

No. That sounds like a grounding/wiring/sheilding issue.

TheSymptom · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:57 pm

Enlighten me. I'd figured shielding before, since it's a Squire, but then I'd assume it would still make the sound even when I touched the strings? I guess I don't fully understand the electronics of it all.

texasguitarslinger · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:59 pm

thewood1987 wrote:

You might want to get a paper route or something in case your pops luck does'nt change soon. You never know. One day youll be on your own and providing for yourself. Its never to early to work.

I offered to go work, but my Mom already has a job on the weekend and it would kill my Dad if both of us had to work. He has too much pride for that. I don't know.

We're going to make it through just fine, but that doesn't mean it's a time for buying CDs and getting anything but guitar strings for a little while.

Quote:

Back to bussiness, have you checked the truss rod, for a possible break within the neck? That might explain the popping noise and would also explain the buzzing issue.
J

That sounds really scary... How do I check to make sure it's OK?

gldfshkpr · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:00 pm

Check the ground wire from the bridge to the pots. Look into the back cavity where the tremelo block is. There should be a wire attached to the melal claw.

vinnypop · **Joined:** Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:34 am **Posts:** 908

Have just adjusted the truss rod in my strat neck. Believe it or not a neck which is perfectly straight can also buzz, I know and did it , so I had to bow it slightly with a slight twist anticlockwise and the buzzes which were all the way from 1 to 7 fret disappeared.

ken361 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:38 pm

TheSymptom wrote:

On humming/buzzing, imagine my embarrassment when sitting down with my new guitar coach this last weekend and he's playing an old Fender Esquire that's making almost no noise unless played; while my '90s Squire Stratocaster buzzes/hums like mad unless I set my hand across all of the strings.

Is *that* something that a set-up could fix?

I just replaced the pickup! sounds much better and no noise!

texasguitarslinger · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:11 pm

I took it into the shop and my tech is going to fix it for free.

bluesstrattone · **Joined:** Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:08 am **Posts:** 2265

nikininja wrote:

I cant imagine humidity causing it unless the guitar is absolutely dripping wet and the electrics are shorting across a puddle in the body.

Its far more likely that whoever set it up pulled a wire too hard or knocked a pot, maybe even pulled on the earth wire to the tremclaw a bit whilst adjusting that.

hey nik,
houston is horribly humid, i spent a wk there last week.

sometimes the neck takes time to settle when the trussrod is adjusted.

bluesstrattone · **Joined:** Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:08 am **Posts:** 2265

nikininja wrote:

So enlighten me oh wise one.

Do you in your expert opinion think its possible that the humidity differences in a short stay visit are going to affect a guitar so badly? What did the stones and beatles do in the early 60's? How did they combat humidity problems. Were there humidity problems for world touring artists in those days? Never mind just traveling 160 miles across state on pretty much a parralell line to the equator. Your right there is a difference between buzzing and humming, but we the inventors of the language you speak deem them pretty much interchangable.

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/hum?view=uk

oxford dictionary wrote:

hum

• verb (hummed, humming) 1 make a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee. 2 sing with closed lips. 3 informal be in a state of great activity. 4 Brit. informal smell unpleasant.

• noun a low, steady continuous sound.

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/buzz?view=uk

oxford dictionary wrote:

buzz

• noun 1 a low, continuous humming or murmuring sound. 2 the sound of a buzzer or telephone. 3 an atmosphere of excitement and activity. 4 informal a thrill. 5 informal a rumour.

• verb 1 make a humming sound. 2 signal with a buzzer. 3 move quickly. 4 (buzz off) informal go away. 5 have an air of excitement or purposeful activity. 6 informal (of an aircraft) fly very close to (something) at high speed.

Tell you what, just dont ever address me again you menial lifeform.

hey nik are you a lawyer? :wink:

bluesstrattone · **Joined:** Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:08 am **Posts:** 2265

hey tex,
youll be alright,
when i was growing up, we went throught a massive financial slump.
hang in there.

Manjha · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:00 pm

yeah hang in there Tex.
I was laid off the 15th of May for what they said was a 90 day lay off....just got a letter last week that said its been extended another 60 days. And im a old man.....i know just how your father feels....but it will get better.

Jimmie

cvilleira · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:11 pm

nikininja wrote:

So enlighten me oh wise one.

Do you in your expert opinion think its possible that the humidity differences in a short stay visit are going to affect a guitar so badly? What did the stones and beatles do in the early 60's? How did they combat humidity problems. Were there humidity problems for world touring artists in those days? Never mind just traveling 160 miles across state on pretty much a parralell line to the equator. Your right there is a difference between buzzing and humming, but we the inventors of the language you speak deem them pretty much interchangable.

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/hum?view=uk

oxford dictionary wrote:

hum

• verb (hummed, humming) 1 make a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee. 2 sing with closed lips. 3 informal be in a state of great activity. 4 Brit. informal smell unpleasant.

• noun a low, steady continuous sound.

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/buzz?view=uk

oxford dictionary wrote:

buzz

• noun 1 a low, continuous humming or murmuring sound. 2 the sound of a buzzer or telephone. 3 an atmosphere of excitement and activity. 4 informal a thrill. 5 informal a rumour.

• verb 1 make a humming sound. 2 signal with a buzzer. 3 move quickly. 4 (buzz off) informal go away. 5 have an air of excitement or purposeful activity. 6 informal (of an aircraft) fly very close to (something) at high speed.

Tell you what, just dont ever address me again you menial lifeform.

BUZZ = Something that happens to your brain when you partake in certain substances. It's known as catching a BUZZ :lol:

texasguitarslinger · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:43 pm

Thanks guys, I know it's going to work out.

We've been through worse (my Mom had cancer last year, but she's OK now). As long as it's not a member of my family dying, I'm perfectly happy job or no job. :lol:

bluesstrattone wrote:

houston is horribly humid, i spent a wk there last week.

Yeah, I'm used to it since I've lived here my whole life but I always hate coming back from vacation. After a week in Austin stepping out of the car felt like stepping into a hot, sticky mist. It took me a few days to get used to it again. But inside it's not so bad.

thewood1987 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:11 pm

texasguitarslinger wrote:

I took it into the shop and my tech is going to fix it for free.

Congrats on that. Your tech sounds like a swell guy. Good luck and keep your head up!

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