fr8_trane
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So I posted a couple weeks ago that my new area T's were humming loudly. I couldn't figure out what I had done wrong so I took it to a pro to fix it for me...
Long story short, I have now taken the guitar to 2 pro's and neither one found anything wrong with the wiring.
I have continuity on the ground from the input jack to the control plate to the bridge to the neck pickup cover. Yet then tele continues to hum unless I touch something that's grounded. The guitar is essentially useless and the only culprits remaining are the pickups themselves.
I am going to call dimarzio today but my gut is telling me it CAN'T be the pickups. Can someone explain how it COULD be the pickups. The last tech said maybe one of the dummy coils isn't working properly... but on BOTH pickups? That seems like a stretch although not impossible. He actually measured the resistances and both pickups checked out against the specs.
Any ideas would be much appreciated.


Long story short, I have now taken the guitar to 2 pro's and neither one found anything wrong with the wiring.
I have continuity on the ground from the input jack to the control plate to the bridge to the neck pickup cover. Yet then tele continues to hum unless I touch something that's grounded. The guitar is essentially useless and the only culprits remaining are the pickups themselves.
I am going to call dimarzio today but my gut is telling me it CAN'T be the pickups. Can someone explain how it COULD be the pickups. The last tech said maybe one of the dummy coils isn't working properly... but on BOTH pickups? That seems like a stretch although not impossible. He actually measured the resistances and both pickups checked out against the specs.
Any ideas would be much appreciated.


