There is a hum from my guitar that i hear on my amp, and when i push my guitar cable to one side in the socket the hum stops until i let go of the guitar cable again? Can someone tell me how to rectify this? thanks
2007-01-22 00:18:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
It sounds like the jack is not grounding properly. It could be your cable or it could be the jack in the guitar. If you change cables and it goes away, it was the cable.
If it does not, try taking out the internal jack in the guitar and either replacing it or making sure the wires are properly soldered and the prong is contacting your cable jack solidly.
2007-01-22 03:11:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it only when pushing the cable to this one spot? Or is it just the act of touching the cable (and thereby giving it yourself as a ground).
The common causes of noise would be:
1) electrical ground on the amp: do you have a grounded plug on the amp? If not you may want to try turing the electrical plug around so that the tab currently in the right side of the outlet is not in the left (and vice versa).
2) grounding on the guitar electronics: either not effectively done or not working properly. If you are consisently getting it just from forcing the connect to contact one spot, you may want to check the connections to the jack and make sure all the solder joints are good and that the jack itself is in the shape you'd expect.
3) connections on the cable: does this happen with any instrument cables or just the one? If just the one you can look at the connections, but usually just easier to use a new cable.
Anything else would be normal expected noise (ie, single coil pickups, etc).
2007-01-23 11:50:39 · answer #2 · answered by Paul S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you might have a bad jack or a bad cable. The jack is made pretty cheaply and they can and do wear out, and cheap cables can do it every time.
A little info (so you don't sound like a klutz when you take it for service)...
The jack is made up of a sleeve contact and a tip contact. The sleeve contact is the grounding part and the tip is the part that sends the signal to the amp.
If the cable end doen't make good contact with the sleeve then you can get buzzing. This would be a cable problem.
If the cable doesn't make good contact with the tip than it is the jack... the only way to determine which one it might be is to try a high quality cable (not those little black things that they give away with a guitar or amp). If the sound goes away you're golden. If not, it is the jack and will mean a visit to your local technician for replacement.
2007-01-23 09:03:17 · answer #3 · answered by bikeworks 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a result of improper grounding of the guitar/amp combo the existing house wiring. you should notice the hum disappear if you touch the strings without strumming them,just touch them. i solved the problem by using a small grounding strap 24" from my wrist to the 6th string above the nut in front of the tuner.
i have a small battery powered RockMan amp i plug into a small battery powered speaker set at work and there's no buzz because i'm not plugged into an AC outlet.
you could also look into a line conditioner/power conditioner. check the link below for options...
2007-01-22 04:43:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have the same problem a lot of the time. usually its jsut the cord has gone bad, or there is some electronic device that is interfering with it, like a phone or computer.
2007-01-22 01:02:04 · answer #5 · answered by xcaiusxcassiusx 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋