need help with acoustic guitar pickup
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:39 pm
All,
I'm stumped. I took my prized PRS acoustic guitar to the PRS factory last week to have an acoustic pickup installed. I got it home, plugged it in, and there was a noticeable hum coming from the amp, which went away if I touched either end of the guitar cord. I could also make the amp "crackle" by running my finger up and down the high E string. I figure the guitar isn't grounded properly, so I take it back to the factory, and they tell me they can't find anything wrong with it. So I take my guitar, amp, and cord to the local guitar store in the hopes of trying out other components to see what's wrong. I plug in my guitar with my amp and my cord at the guitar store, and it's dead quiet. No hum at all. And no crackle running my finger up and down the high E string.
So is it my house power that's not right? Keep in mind I have other acoustic guitars that I can plug in to the same amp with the same cord and there's no hum.
Like I said, I'm completely stumped. Can someone offer a suggestion to try?
Thanks,
Stan
I'm stumped. I took my prized PRS acoustic guitar to the PRS factory last week to have an acoustic pickup installed. I got it home, plugged it in, and there was a noticeable hum coming from the amp, which went away if I touched either end of the guitar cord. I could also make the amp "crackle" by running my finger up and down the high E string. I figure the guitar isn't grounded properly, so I take it back to the factory, and they tell me they can't find anything wrong with it. So I take my guitar, amp, and cord to the local guitar store in the hopes of trying out other components to see what's wrong. I plug in my guitar with my amp and my cord at the guitar store, and it's dead quiet. No hum at all. And no crackle running my finger up and down the high E string.
So is it my house power that's not right? Keep in mind I have other acoustic guitars that I can plug in to the same amp with the same cord and there's no hum.
Like I said, I'm completely stumped. Can someone offer a suggestion to try?
Thanks,
Stan