freebirduk

Wow neat work. If the wrist strap doesn't work this is where I'll be going next.

Flourescents and dimmers not an issue here (fortunately!) and anyway I'd have thought that would affect my Epi as well. Will try the dryer sheet thing. Looking foward to a Les Paul with a wonderful lavender bouquet. The gigantic alligator clip sounds like the solution I'm looking for though.

The logic of this is that it requires me, my location and this guitar to manifest the problem. Substitute any of these and the problem goes away. Looking around various forums I note that these circumstances do arise for a minority of other folks also. Is this something that Gibson should be responsible for mitigating, or at least warning prospective customers about? Oh, hey maybe that's something to debate another day. I know, I started it but life is short, etc. What I've since discovered is that if I grab the central heating radiator in the room where I'm playing the problem disappears. Here in the UK central heating systems are grounded. So I've ordered an anti-static wrist strap which I'll tether to the radiator when I'm playing. It's not a cool look but I'm pretty sure it'll work. And then I just wait for the nitro to do that which I'm assured nitro does. Thanks to all for your input. Tin foil hat anyone?

Thanks for that. 🙂 It's just that I was hoping a £2k, made in the USA guitar wouldn't need me to "get the cavities shielded with something better than the crappy paint the factory uses, and take every effort to properly ground everything." It seems that folks are ok with that. I'm finding it a bit of a challenge though.

Wow so reading that thread it suggests that you buy a £2,000 guitar and folks accept that for a couple of years it will crackle and pop to the extent that you can't record with it. Alternatively it implies that you can try out various surgical procedures. On a brand new guitar? Have I misunderstood? I've been so excited to own one of these. I want it to be a great story. I want to see the positive here. I've made a great investment I'm sure. I just thought that I'd be able to take it out of the case and play. But that's not the case. Is it my fault? Am I being unreasonable?

The problem Bought a new Les Paul 2020 Standard. Playing it direct into a DV Mark using a new top of the range Fender cable I get hum and a clear and distinct crackle as I run my finger down the strings. I also get an occasional loud and slightly alarming cracks through the amp. The hum and crackle are mitigated somewhat if I put a finger on the screw holding the relevant pickup. I play an Epiphone Sheraton II Pro through the same rig without and issues. Attempts at a solution Being a new guitar I returned it to retailer. They called me to say they didn't have a replacement in stock but would give me my money back. However they said they'd had a look at it and couldn't find a problem. I got them to send it back to me. The problem was still there. Took guitar cable and amp to a local guitar tech. He put it together and played. There was no problem. I played it. There was no problem. He checked the wiring and grounding at the back. No problem. So I gave up and went home. Got a non-guitar playing friend to come round. Asked him to pick up the already rigged guitar, switch the amp on and run his finger down the strings. No problem. I did it and it crackles! My question How do I make this go away! The problem is consistent but seems to require both me and my home location to manifest itself. I'm baffled.