I've got a Les Paul Classic sunburst 2021 as a gift, originally bought in a shop of a quality dealer for top brands. Guarantee and all the works. Now I am a beginner so a lot is new to me.
And if you're new, new instrument, beginner, a lot is distracting, even a bit intimidating, you have to get to know this guitar. So certain things begin to come into focus when you have
the guitar a bit longer. There was this crackling when I hit the High E-string and also at times the G. I didn't know if this was there before. So is it the amp, is it the cable?
Then I also noticed a zooming noise as my arm came nearer to the guitar-body. And also a noise that resembles the 60-cycle noise (like on an un-shielded Telecaster).
This last noise disappears when my fingers touch the square plate around the output-jack. I tried another cable, same result. Another guitar on the amp did not have these sounds
except for the 60-cycle. That other guitar is a Telecaster, it is normal for that guitar to have cycle noise unless you do more copper shielding on the inside.
Now these disturbing sounds are not there if I have the guitar on 'clean' -mode on my Marshall MG CD15 amp. But when on overdrive with more gain this noise is stronger.
This morning the 60 cycle-type noise is still here, maybe I didn't notice it in the beginning, played perhaps mostly on clean-mode when it does not occur. Yet the E-string crackle is not
there like it was yesterday.
The guitar is new, but do I have to take steps to 'shield' the output-jack? or is it normal for a Les Paul to behave like this on overdrive with gain? Or could there be a loose connection
in the jack area?