I have been tearing my hair out over this one. At a recent gig, my Squier Telecaster in which I have Virtual Vintage Noiseless pickups, suddenly started to hum or buzz terribly. It sounds like a ground hum problem, and I figured it must have been the input jack that went haywire.
Well, after a replaced input jack, replaced 3-way switch, blood, sweat and tears plus a few hours of wasted time, I haven't gotten anywhere.
I kind of gave up. I was fed up with it, so I had my wife drop it off at a guitar repair place in Edmonton. It's currently there waiting to be fixed by next week. I talked to the tech, and he said it would just re-wire everything and it should be fine.
I am not a professional guitar tech, but I have learned quite a few things over the years, and installing pickups and soldering has never been any problems for me. This one though, had me stumped. I check everything, or so I think. I must have missed something, obviously.
It is so frustrating to have malfunctioning gear! The Squier Tele is a cheap guitar, but with these Virtual T pickups, it is very sweet sounding and it also plays perfectly. It is my #2 guitar, after my Fender Strat.
Here's to a sigh of relief when I get it back from the repair guy! He'd better fix it good!
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Yes, Ron, it fixed it perfectly.
Comment added on September 11, 2007So the complete rewire fixed the hum and buzz?
Comment added on September 11, 2007Yeah, I took it to a guitar tech and he totally rewired it from scratch. I am actually not sure what the problem was. Are you having noise issues?
Comment added on September 05, 2007I have a similar problem, was the problem fixed and what was done to fix the problem.
Comment added on September 05, 2007