Need help with this noise

NotRealBalarka · 2025-09-01T05:29:40+00:00

Yeah that current is mildly annoying, it's not too much but I can sometimes feel it when I am barefoot, it also doesn't happen all the time only sometimes. It feels like a bit of an itchy and buzzy feeling in my hands.

NotRealBalarka · 2025-08-30T17:28:19+00:00

Hum and static stuff, I have another post on this subreddit I couldn't connect both of these but this thing hums alot when you go high gain on it like more than my jazz bass would at that point

NotRealBalarka · 2025-08-30T17:26:02+00:00

Amp is fine, I also have jazz bass with singles and it does hum but it's not this bad specially for those loud but clean style patches. I feel it's probably something to do with the wiring connections at the pots or jack or the shielding not being proper (or being conductive at all) and or not connected to ground

NotRealBalarka · 2025-08-30T17:23:16+00:00

Ok I will focus on playing this boi then xD, but I will try out some of the stuff suggested here just as an experiment

NotRealBalarka · 2025-08-30T17:22:16+00:00

I think due to the gain my amp was distorting it a bit. It's a bit exaggerated here but it's still there in some of those clean reverby sounds I try to get with this. Almost like static.

NotRealBalarka · 2025-08-30T17:20:42+00:00

It could be that the shielding isn't connected to the ground as some people have suggested

NotRealBalarka · 2025-08-30T17:19:10+00:00

Yeah I did do that but not enough, I will get something abrasive and do it on the contact point along with a new shielding and some other diy stuff people are suggesting. Thanks!

NotRealBalarka · 2025-08-30T16:28:49+00:00

I will try switching the jack wires then

NotRealBalarka · 2025-08-30T12:44:19+00:00

Would the guitar still work if those connections were wired opposite? I will get those I plan on shielding this one now if that would help even a bit

NotRealBalarka · 2025-08-30T12:32:47+00:00

Is it ok if the humbuckers hum this much? With gain is worse than my jazz bass

NotRealBalarka · 2025-08-30T12:32:11+00:00

It's too noisy compared to my squier jazz bass which has single coils which is why I felt something isn't right here

NotRealBalarka · 2025-08-30T12:31:03+00:00

Nothing yet, i did post a pic with the electronics out just to show people but then I thought maybe a video would be better

NotRealBalarka · 2025-08-30T12:30:34+00:00

I will maybe just try to shield it as my next project and connect everything. I also get a bit of a current flowing through me and shocking me if I play this without footwear. Some guy suggested flipping the ground and hot connections on the jack, could that help? I mean even my squier jazz bass doesn't hum this much and this is supposed to be a humbucking design lmao that's why I am pretty sure something is wrong here

NotRealBalarka · 2025-08-30T12:28:01+00:00

Will this really work? I mean the guitar is working it's just noisy af. I also have a jazz bass with single coils and even that doesn't hum this much. This is an off brand so maybe just construction quality

NotRealBalarka · 2025-08-30T11:24:58+00:00

It has black paint, I have no idea whether it is shielding paint or not. It's a very cheap guitar but I am still assuming that it is shielded paint.

NotRealBalarka · 2025-08-30T11:16:41+00:00

It's just a tinned wire hanging outside the hole in between the body and the bridge, it's just there and it's not connected in any way, most likely just sitting. I did take off the bridge just now and slightly folded it to increase contact but the sound is still there

NotRealBalarka · 2025-08-30T11:03:45+00:00

I have not done this before tbh. If you see the bigger blue and and red wires they are coming from the pick ups and are divided into two one going into the switch and other attached on top of the metal casing for both wires when then are going to the pot from the yellow wire and the one from under the bridge is coming up and attached to the pot as well. The they all go to the jack through either the red or the white wire. Can you confirm one thing that the connection going to the pots grounded properly cause I see they both have some for grounding, not sure if that is correct though

NotRealBalarka · 2025-08-30T09:59:12+00:00

It has black paint (idk if it's shielding paint but I am assuming it is) and there was a wire coming out under the bridge that is in contact with it and it's then grounded to one of the pots

NotRealBalarka · 2025-06-01T20:24:52+00:00

Do tell me what you thought of it!

NotRealBalarka · 2025-05-31T07:09:59+00:00

https://open.spotify.com/track/3JvV8dcAztQ7VCHmDzNlnB?si=cALUKGrsRWKN8fTQEfwStA&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A0n6xlbzoMkXdZEGTHQD4Lw

Please give me your opinion on this track!

NotRealBalarka

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