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Post subject: Vintage 62' Jazzmaster Horrible Hum
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 7:44 am
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Pardon me, I have never been in a forum before, but I have a concern with my American Vintage 62' Jazzmaster. This guitar has such a horrible hum, that I can't hardly stand to play it. As long as I keep my hands on the strings or on the bridge I can cancel the hum somewhat. I have five different amps, it hums through all of them. Any advice?


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Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:41 am
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Is the hum greater than the hum of any other single-coil guitar? This is the downside to single-coils - the hum can drive people nuts. It never bothers me, but it drives my wife crazy.

You can look into noise-cancelling pedals which can eliminate most of the hum. I've never tried these, though, so I can't recommend any specific model.


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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:21 pm
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Hum can be an indication of poor connections, grounding and polarity. Start with basic things like your guitar cord or possibly the polarity of the amp and receptacle. In days of old, some amplifiers came with an on/off/on switch that would eliminate hum, such as the vintage '70s Peavey amps.


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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:06 pm
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What you've got there is a grounding issue, open 'er up and if you think you're able to or at least not afraid to, go in there and resolder or survey all of your connections. I'm willing to bet that it's definitely a ground wire connection gone awry and you can fix it yourself if you're comfortable, it's very easy. I'm sure you can do it yourself, good luck man.


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I forgot to say that you must check under the tail/tremolo to see if your ground has slipped out or broken. Like I said though, you don't need a guitar tech to fix this if it is in fact the grounding in your guitar.


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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:19 pm
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Have you changed the bridge saddles for Tusq or Graphtech? If so, these are not conductive. The bridge is what's grounded on the standard Jazzmaster/Jaguar. If you change to non-conductive bridge saddles, you (or your tech) will have to open up the tremolo unit and ground it.


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