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Post subject: Fender Jag slight hum develops
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:38 am
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My 62 reissue Jag has developed a hum. This definitely wasn't there several years ago (10 years old) and is not a patch chord problem or related to being near any lights etc.
If I touch the strings, the hum is gone so it is probably some poor gnd connection to some metal plate on the body? I have the wiring diagram but want to know if others have had this problem and where the most likely problem is.


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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 7:44 am
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I had a '62 MIJ reissue and it did the same thing from day one. I replaced the pickups with Seymour Duncans and it got better but never totally went away. I assumed it was cheaper wiring on the MIJ models as opposed to USA models. I sold it to get another guitar and never figured out exactly what the problem was.


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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:40 am
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My '62 reissue Jag is one of the first MIA ones (1999).
I did a bit more testing. The noise/hum seems to be only noticeable when the rhythm/lead pickup selector switch (the one at top of body) is set to use the lead and rhythm pickups and the noise is there, in this mode, independent of which of the 3 sliders is selected.

I'm going to take the body apart when I restring (as I need to tighten the trem. arm socket) and will take detailed pictures of the wiring/soldering and report any findings here.


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