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Post subject: Noisy blacktop
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:33 am
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Hi,

I recently purchased at Amazon a Blacktop Stratocaster HSH. The guitar has a sort of noise, positions 2 to 4, only switch at 1 or 5 is normal. Apparently the middle pickup is defective.

Anyone with a similar issue? Thankyou


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Post subject: Re: Noisy blacktop
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 11:34 am
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Ground or bad wiring issues are the most common causes. Poor shielding and improper soldering of the wires are also important factors which may largely contribute to the 60-cycle hum.


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Post subject: Re: Noisy blacktop
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:46 pm
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Hi.I did a little research and found that your middle pick up is a telecaster neck pickup.Also the reason that on a regular strat you get no noise in positions two and four is because the middle pickup is reverse wound,but not so on the blacktop. You are getting no noise in positions one and five because your pickups are humbuckers.You did not mention position three but i would bet you are also getting noise there. Now you have two choices,enjoy it for what it is,or put a noiseless pickup in the middle position (fender,seymour duncon,etc... The noise is from a noisy pickup and its just the nature of the beast.


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