ngjenkins
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Hey all, been researching this for a month and finally decided to set up an account and try my luck here.
I have a 79 LP Custom and I recently swapped out the pickups for a 490/498 set. I also swapped out the pots for Sweetwater's Emerson prewired set. The pickups sound great. Perfect for what I play (a lot of 90s rock/metal, Alice in Chains, STP, Metallica, etc...) but there's a problem and the tech I worked with is stumped as well.
With any gain, the neck pickup buzzes like a single coil. If I touch the metal tip of the pickup selector, the buzz greatly decreases.
Basically, we've gone through all the wiring and it all APPEARS correct. Do I maybe have a bad pickup (got it used on Reverb)? Or is there some weird grounding thing we've done wrong because Norlin era wiring is weird.
Would love your thoughts.
Thanks,
Nick
I have a 79 LP Custom and I recently swapped out the pickups for a 490/498 set. I also swapped out the pots for Sweetwater's Emerson prewired set. The pickups sound great. Perfect for what I play (a lot of 90s rock/metal, Alice in Chains, STP, Metallica, etc...) but there's a problem and the tech I worked with is stumped as well.
With any gain, the neck pickup buzzes like a single coil. If I touch the metal tip of the pickup selector, the buzz greatly decreases.
Basically, we've gone through all the wiring and it all APPEARS correct. Do I maybe have a bad pickup (got it used on Reverb)? Or is there some weird grounding thing we've done wrong because Norlin era wiring is weird.
Would love your thoughts.
Thanks,
Nick