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Hello Everyone,
I'm a newbie here...I'm hoping I can get some helpful info. I have a 1999 American Standard Telecaster in which I replaced the stock pickups with Duncan Five -Twos. I am now having a problem with a crackle or clicking sound (sounds like static), if my fingers rub on the pickguard when I'm playing. This happens with different amps & seems to be mainly from the neck pickup....if the selector is in the bridge position the crackle is still there, but is not as loud. I've put some foil tape on the back of the pickguard above the channel where the pickup wires run to the switch, & I also taped the wires to try to insulate them a bit ( there was an insulating wirecover on the stock pickup, but not the SD). I was wondering about the ground wire.....when I took the bridge off to replace that pickup, I was surprised to find that the ground wire was not soldered or screwed to the back of the bridgeplate....it just comes through a small hole & the wires lay on the body of the guitar & make contact when the bridgeplate is screwed on. I assumed this was the proper way, because the guitar was all stock & didn't appear to have ever been tampered with. So, I guess I'm now out of ideas apart from soldering the groundwire to the back of the bridgeplate...any other suggestions?? Thanks.
I'm a newbie here...I'm hoping I can get some helpful info. I have a 1999 American Standard Telecaster in which I replaced the stock pickups with Duncan Five -Twos. I am now having a problem with a crackle or clicking sound (sounds like static), if my fingers rub on the pickguard when I'm playing. This happens with different amps & seems to be mainly from the neck pickup....if the selector is in the bridge position the crackle is still there, but is not as loud. I've put some foil tape on the back of the pickguard above the channel where the pickup wires run to the switch, & I also taped the wires to try to insulate them a bit ( there was an insulating wirecover on the stock pickup, but not the SD). I was wondering about the ground wire.....when I took the bridge off to replace that pickup, I was surprised to find that the ground wire was not soldered or screwed to the back of the bridgeplate....it just comes through a small hole & the wires lay on the body of the guitar & make contact when the bridgeplate is screwed on. I assumed this was the proper way, because the guitar was all stock & didn't appear to have ever been tampered with. So, I guess I'm now out of ideas apart from soldering the groundwire to the back of the bridgeplate...any other suggestions?? Thanks.