My guitar's making a nasty buzzing noise

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It's not the kind of nasty buzzing noise I want it to make either, just a sort of constant ear-rending hum instead of any actual guitar sounds. It's something to do with the socket where the lead goes in cos I've tried a few different leads and amps and that - does anyone know if this sort of thing is usually easy/costly to repair n'that?

― Ferg (Ferg), Thursday, 27 February 2003 22:45 (twenty-two years ago)

I think it's this one. Give or take a pickup. And Roger Miller.

http://www.sanfranciscoartmagazine.com/02/july/music/missionofburma/119248.jpg

― Ferg (Ferg), Thursday, 27 February 2003 22:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I've always had this with my guitar and I hate it! For some reason a lot of things (like my record player) give off a 50hz mains hum when I use them in my bedroom. I don't know how to fix this though.

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 27 February 2003 22:48 (twenty-two years ago)

It might be a ground on the pickup or plug that has come loose.

If so, it is cheap to fix if you know how to use a soldering gun or probably about 20 bucks from a guitar tech.

― earlnash, Friday, 28 February 2003 00:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, just have someone clean and resolder the connections on the jack itself. My guitar's hum issues have gotten bad enough that I need to do this a few times a year.

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 28 February 2003 00:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Ah. Twenty bucks beats learning to do something of a practical nature any day. Ta youse

― Ferg (Ferg), Friday, 28 February 2003 15:58 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

― yash, Sunday, 25 December 2005 10:31 (nineteen years ago)

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