charlie brown Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 SOOOOH, it's YOU! You're full of "Static!" LOL! Well, in the New Mexico dryness, that's a real possibility. (Gosh, I hope you're still Dry?...Parts of NM had a major flood, huh?) Hope that didn't effect you, or any "family!" Hope you get it figured out, and/or it "goes away".... CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 The static being generated has nothing to do with the wiring, shielding, pickups or anything else electrical on the guitar. It is being caused by the vinyl pickguard. A dryer sheet will fix this. Or if you prefer, you can take your guitar to a technician and pay him to shield and triple ground everything, take all the fluorescent lights out of your house, ban anyone in the neighborhood from running an electric drill or shaver while you're playing (and that includes any electrical toys your mom might be using in the other room) and until you will still have the static pop until you treat it with a dryer sheet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashbak Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 I'll give the static sheet a try. In researching this problem I came across a person who claims to have had the static issue and he replaced the jack which he claims fixed the issue. It is weird how you can hold the guitar by the edges of the body and tilt it up horizontally and hear all kinds of static and crackles. Charlie Brown thanks for the NM concern but we are all fine here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Weiss Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 All you need to do is discharge your static , You are like a capacitor, when you walk accross the carpet you charge yourself, just touch the little screw that holds the light switch cover in place, it goes thru the switch which is grounded. In the dry winter months you may even hear a little snap crackle pop...Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 LPs look better without pickguards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 (edited) LPs look better without pickguards. You just couldn't let this one pass, could you!?! After waiting 11 years, I am relieved a solution to this problem has been found! Edited February 14, 2019 by Big Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyricalbob Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 I came to this forum because I was having an identical problem. I got rid of about 90% of the problem by opening up the back cover and bending the ground wire away from the walls and cover. I then covered it (albeit crudely) in electrical tape. The "static" sound is no longer present on the pick guard and is almost completely unheard except for a very sporadic "pop" or "ping" that could be accounted for as simple body static discharge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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