Hi
I have recently installed a Dimarzio Chopper T into the bridge of my 96 Mexican Tele.
Now Dimarzio have different coloured wires (why?) but I think I have this correct. White & Black soldered together and taped out of the way, green to the pup selector (bridge lug) and red to volume pot.
The problem I have now is that I get so much background noise when plugged in at playing volume that I'm finding the Tele unusable. Anybody got any ideas what this could be ? Should I go for an extensive shielding exercise ?
All help appreciated.
Hi
I have recently installed a Dimarzio Chopper T into the bridge of my 96 Mexican Tele.
Now Dimarzio have different coloured wires (why?) but I think I have this correct. White & Black soldered together and taped out of the way, green to the pup selector (bridge lug) and red to volume pot.
The problem I have now is that I get so much background noise when plugged in at playing volume that I'm finding the Tele unusable. Anybody got any ideas what this could be ? Should I go for an extensive shielding exercise ?
All help appreciated.
According to Dimarzio the red is the hot and green and bare wire go to ground which is opposite of what you have. I would just try reversing what you have and see if it makes a difference.
Nils is correct.
Also, for reference, guitarelectronics.com has color codes for many of the more popular pickup brands, and basic to advanced wiring diagrams:
http://www.guitarelectronics.com/category/wiringresources.11pickupcolorcodes/
"Everybody got to elevate from the norm."
Thanks people.
However, I have swapped over the green and red wires as, in Dimarzio's guidelines, they indicate this should be done to prevent out of phase sounds.
Still getting the buzz though.... :cry:
Have you got the right type of pots? I'm sure somebody else would know more than me on the subject, but I have a feeling your average pickups ar 250k, and humbuckers are 500k? Mightbe woth checking to see that it all matches.
Peter
What are you grounding to? Are all your ground wires (including the green one :)) going to a common grounding spot such as the back of the vol pot?
"Everybody got to elevate from the norm."
Is it a buzz or a hum? Out of phase will sound extremely thin with almost no volume. Also how is your switch wired and are you splitting the coils with other singles(probably)?
Sounds like a cold solder or bad ground.
Cheers for the advice guys.
Ok, slight update on this.....I noticed last night that the buzz only disappears when I touch the input socket on the Tele. Touching the controls/strings etc has no effect and the buzz remains.
Is there anything I can check/do to the input socket to rectify this ?