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  1. J

    Trying to diagnose the buzz/hum/ground noise

    ran a wire connecting the pots and it made no difference -____- i dunno wtf im doin looks like i gotta go give long and mcquade a million dollars an hour to fix it or just live with the buzz hum -____- wooohooooo
  2. J

    Trying to diagnose the buzz/hum/ground noise

    this is the jackson wiring and it doesnt buzz/hum you can see the pots are wired together this is how my dean was wired before the pickup install. no ground connecting the pots. maybe this is my issue?
  3. J

    Trying to diagnose the buzz/hum/ground noise

    I think this is more accurate for my wiring setup. notice a ground wire runs from volume to volume to tone in like a horseshoe shape? my wiring setup never had this so maybe this is my issue? also the ground and .047 cap from the tone pot are on the middle prong and on my guitar its soldered on...
  4. J

    Trying to diagnose the buzz/hum/ground noise

    ya i have a multimeter and it says i got continuity all over the guitar thats why im so puzzled... i wonder if when it was made in china if it was wired correctly then because tbh i dont remember if it had buzz/hum before i replaced the pickup because it had a loose input jack and wud cut out...
  5. J

    Trying to diagnose the buzz/hum/ground noise

    also i have continuity on the multi meter from all pots to the bridge and from all ground wires i can see and touch to the bridge. so im assume my bridge ground isnt dissconnected or the multimeter would tell me... this is why im soo puzzled o_O:ROFLMAO:
  6. J

    Trying to diagnose the buzz/hum/ground noise

    only wires i soldered on was the hot and the ground for the pickup i installed and it did it in the same place as the old pickup i removed.. i need to locate wheres the ground wire to the bridge then trace it back to which pot its soldered too. i think its the little black wire on the neck pot...
  7. J

    Trying to diagnose the buzz/hum/ground noise

    i was under the impression that if you touch something metal and the buzz goes away that isnt the problem but if you touch something and it gets louder then that is the problem. is this true to your knowledge?
  8. J

    Trying to diagnose the buzz/hum/ground noise

    ya u hear the buzz no matter what position the toggle switch is in. the toggle switch seems to work fine tho it doesnt make any wierd noises and switches pickups correctly.. the ground wire from the bridge im not sure which one it is tbh.. maybe i should try and trace out all the wires and or...
  9. J

    Trying to diagnose the buzz/hum/ground noise

    if those pictures are crap i can try and get better ones. but i had an idea, can i unsolder the pickup i installed then try plugging in the guitar to see if it still has a buzz? cuz if it doesnt buzz after dissconnecting the pickup maybe the pickup or my soldering is the issue? im not expert but...
  10. J

    Trying to diagnose the buzz/hum/ground noise

    This is the bridge pot I soldered for my pickup. its a new pot i replaced it to see if that would fix the buzz. this is the wiring diagram for the pickups neck pickup pot Tone Pot I found this wrapped in tape. it goes from the toggle switch to the bridge pot. the ground wire has continuity on...
  11. J

    Trying to diagnose the buzz/hum/ground noise

    is there a way i can diagnose which is my ground problem? or should i just re solder every ground on my guitar? also im not sure what you mean by outside the wiring loop. ill take some pictures and label whats what but basically each ground looks like its soldered to a pot.
  12. J

    Trying to diagnose the buzz/hum/ground noise

    Hey i gotta slight buzz/hum coming from my Dean ml dimebag tribute guitar. i just put a seymour duncan dimebucker pickup in the bridge. all my grounds and solder joints look fine and i have continuity all over the guitar... when i touch the metal on the toggle switch, the jack input, the bridge...
  13. J

    CAGED System – The D Shape – Lesson 28

    so i think i gotta understanding of this caged thing. can someone give me an example of how you would use it to your advantage? i was practising scale patterns before i started learning caged and ive realized the major and pentatonic patterns and their roots match up with caged as so - C Form...
  14. J

    CAGED System – The E Shape – Lesson 27

    papa gates gettin tired of these lessons each 1 gets shorter u can tell hes glad to almost be done haha The Guitar Guy is a rock star he just wants to shred! Thanks for the free lessons boss!
  15. J

    Rhea Ripley!

    never know something like that might put a smile on her face!
  16. J

    Rhea Ripley!

    thats dope af u shud try and send that too her rhea's a beast!
  17. J

    Let’s see those axes!!

    Dude wtf is that shark guitar that thing is so cool never seen anything like it
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