I really get the feeling most people are experiencing this issue with the ground securely attached to the correct prong. There are more reasons. He just went for the easiest issue in troubleshooting ground buzz in the signal chain. This is kind of a duh video to me, but I'm experiencing an issue where the jack will more than likely need replaced due to damage it has received. There are non conductive pieces of material that separate the metals for the prongs of the jack. If those materials chip away or get broken and the metal makes contact it will short out your jack and cause issues like this.
@@TheBoglodite so then why do we have language standards taught in schools if you guys are going to butcher it and make up your own? There needs to be common ground for effective communication 😂
@@justinTime077 To teach kids how to communicate with the current standard for language. Are you really that stupid that you think language doesn't evolve and change over time?
How do you know when the jack needs to be replaced? I have a single coil bass that buzzes sometimes and cuts the signal, but works fine when it's held at a certain angle. When it's at the wrong angle, signal is cut, and buzz intensifies when I touch the strings. Both soldering joints look great. It seems to be the sleeve contact in the jack. Buuuuuut....???
The jacks are very simple mechanically, and all they really do is provide a spot where the plug end of your cable can make contact with the the circuit inside your guitar. If your jack isn't making good contact with the plug, it's usually at the tip, since that's the part that can be loosened over time. It's possible to give that tip piece a gentle bend such that it makes solid contact with the plug again. If your jack is physically damaged or "worn out" such that it doesn't make a solid contact with the cable, then I would replace it.
Mine looks and sounds similar to this, but my 'ground wire' as I understand it is one tiny thread of the size of this one and it's disconnected from the same place as in this video. Should I solder that one to the middle plate? I'm getting a terrible loud buzzing.
Yes, the ground wire should go to the middle ring. If your ground wire is abnormally thin, it might be damaged and need replacing. I use 28 AWG wire in my guitars, though I'm sure a thinner gauge would work too.
@@NazarSu hell yeahh thx dude, yeah it's a bass guitar, so Idk if that makes a difference in regards to how large the wire is. Regardless the bass is rather new.
Yea I just had a problem with my jack not making any sound, and I fixed it but then I had grounding issues, and yea the little silver thing wasn’t even touching anything
Does your bass have single coil pickups? If so it might be 50/60 cycle buzz. That stuff can be countered by moving around the room and pointing your bass ,pickups away from electromagnetic interference sources like monitors, lights, etc. You can also reduce that hum by shielding the control/pickup cavity with copper tape.
Not sure I understand the setup here. What metal on the cable are you touching? Are you talking about the casing on the jack itself? Also does the buzz stop when you touch the bridge or strings on your guitar? This sort of buzz could be caused in a number of different areas so it isn't possible to pinpoint the exact spot based on the fact it buzzes. Basically your pickup needs to have a path to ground. Usually this is something like Pickup -> Pot/Electronics -> Guitar Jack -> Amp's wiring -> Outlet -> Ground. If you have multiple guitars and only a specific one buzzes then you eliminate the possibility of it being the amp or an improperly grounded outlet. At that point I would just check the ground path of the pickup(s).Use a multi meter and just check for continuity between the pickup's ground wire and the output jack's ground pin. If you don't have a multi meter I highly suggest picking one up since it makes troubleshooting electronics way easier.
Did you manage to fix this? Funnily enough, my strat does this on rocksmith but my epiphone doesn't haha. Strat doesn't do it on an amp unless I put some manual strain on the cable. Contemplating just replacing the jack to be honest. Or maybe try a new rocksmith cable first.
How about if you connect a pickup directly to the jack like you have here, and then when you touch the actual lead between the pickup and the jack it makes noise, as if you were touching the tip of the jack. Are neck humbuckers meant to do that? My Bridge pickup doesn't, but neck pickup does. Plus it's at least 2 times noisier than the Bridge pickup... Any ideas?
Yeah, that will happen. It's the same thing as touching the tip of a guitar cable plugged into your guitar. It isn't a part you should be touching during normal play though. Is there any noise when you aren't touching the lead? Maybe I'm misunderstanding something.
There is noise when not touching the Neck PU lead and considerably more than the Bridge pickup in comparison. But I wondered why it does this (touch = noise) when the same behavior is completely absent from the bridge pickup. Would have expected them to behave the same.
Noise when touching a lead with your finger is normal and expected. It shouldn't matter what pickup you have connected since the noise is going to from hand to the output jack, to the amp. It'll make the same noise even without a pickup connected. If you wire each humbucker into a separate jack and A:B compare them with one buzzing louder than the other, then the buzz is just caused by the coils in your pickup being out of phase and not cancelling out eachother's noise. You can further confirm it by moving the buzzing humbucker around and pointing it in different directions. If it causes the noise to increase or decrease, it's electromagnetic interference that isn't getting cancelled out by the two coils inside the humbucker.
Yes the Neck is louder than the bridge when A:B tested. But I thought I saw you touch the shielded cable between the pickup and the end point and didn't hear any noise from it. My neck pickup makes more noise when I touch or grab the shielded/covered part of the cable but my bridge pickup doesn't make a sound when I do the same thing. I was curious if it's an absolute - It Shouldn't, or It Should make noise when you touch the shielded cable so I'd know if one of them was faulty. Does that make more sense?? Thanks for your help
Oh I see. Yeah touching the insulated part of the lead shouldn't produce noise since it shouldn't conduct at all. Some pickup leads are wrapped braided metal, which people will generally solder to the pack of the pot to ground the pickup, touching that may produce noise.
i had such problem and it made me look your video .... i m making my own guitar atm and i swear i looked like 5 times wich is ground on pictures .... and guess what ...... i switched ground with hot lead ... fuck .... thanks anyway ! stay grounded everyone
Opposite trouble for me, noise goes when I touch bridge or strings, gets louder when I touch the pickup selector switch. No Guitar Techs open due to this stupid Chinese Virus.
Yeah that sounds like a different issue. For this kind of stuff I'd usually get a good visual look at the circuit and then start probing it with a multimeter to see if there are any missing or shorted connections. My nuclear option for noise issues where the source is unclear is just disassembling the entire circuit and starting with a very basic process of wiring a pickup to an output jack, then wiring both pickups to it, then introducing volume pots, then tone pots/caps. I test at every step to see if I can find a bad component or at least the source what may be introducing the noise. It's time consuming but pretty effective for those outlier cases where despite the wiring looking good, there's some noise.
This was very nice; a lot of people talked about grounding issues online but it was great to actually see the wire they've been talking about.
Finally a simple fix with examples in a short concise video. Thank you!
@Mostiful 3 1/2 minutes later my problem was solved. So yea I’m serious
My wires were random colours and your vid helped me know where to route stuff, thanks a lot. Edit: finally got a working guitar after weeks of pain.
I really get the feeling most people are experiencing this issue with the ground securely attached to the correct prong. There are more reasons. He just went for the easiest issue in troubleshooting ground buzz in the signal chain. This is kind of a duh video to me, but I'm experiencing an issue where the jack will more than likely need replaced due to damage it has received. There are non conductive pieces of material that separate the metals for the prongs of the jack. If those materials chip away or get broken and the metal makes contact it will short out your jack and cause issues like this.
Need *to be* replaced. You’re from Pennsylvania aren’t you? They make their own grammar rules up in some states.
@@justinTime077 Yeah thats literally how language works
@@TheBoglodite so then why do we have language standards taught in schools if you guys are going to butcher it and make up your own? There needs to be common ground for effective communication 😂
@@justinTime077 To teach kids how to communicate with the current standard for language. Are you really that stupid that you think language doesn't evolve and change over time?
@@justinTime077 Also, not sure what you mean by "you guys", I'm not from Pennsylvania, just point a dumbass out when I see one
Thanks for a great explanation and providing an easy fix
I have mine soldered to the jack but it's still grounding :(
How do you know when the jack needs to be replaced? I have a single coil bass that buzzes sometimes and cuts the signal, but works fine when it's held at a certain angle. When it's at the wrong angle, signal is cut, and buzz intensifies when I touch the strings. Both soldering joints look great. It seems to be the sleeve contact in the jack. Buuuuuut....???
The jacks are very simple mechanically, and all they really do is provide a spot where the plug end of your cable can make contact with the the circuit inside your guitar.
If your jack isn't making good contact with the plug, it's usually at the tip, since that's the part that can be loosened over time. It's possible to give that tip piece a gentle bend such that it makes solid contact with the plug again.
If your jack is physically damaged or "worn out" such that it doesn't make a solid contact with the cable, then I would replace it.
Nazar awesome! Thanks dude. This video is great!
Mine looks and sounds similar to this, but my 'ground wire' as I understand it is one tiny thread of the size of this one and it's disconnected from the same place as in this video. Should I solder that one to the middle plate? I'm getting a terrible loud buzzing.
Yes, the ground wire should go to the middle ring. If your ground wire is abnormally thin, it might be damaged and need replacing. I use 28 AWG wire in my guitars, though I'm sure a thinner gauge would work too.
@@NazarSu hell yeahh thx dude, yeah it's a bass guitar, so Idk if that makes a difference in regards to how large the wire is. Regardless the bass is rather new.
Yea I just had a problem with my jack not making any sound, and I fixed it but then I had grounding issues, and yea the little silver thing wasn’t even touching anything
helped a lot! thank you :)
Thank you I fixed my guitar thanks to you
hey man. I checked the output jack of my bass and the ground is intact, and i still have the irritating buzz. What should i do ? :(
Does your bass have single coil pickups? If so it might be 50/60 cycle buzz. That stuff can be countered by moving around the room and pointing your bass ,pickups away from electromagnetic interference sources like monitors, lights, etc. You can also reduce that hum by shielding the control/pickup cavity with copper tape.
my gf's bass is buzz free thanks to this video
Hi, my guitar buzzes but it goes away when I touch the metal on the output jack cable, any thoughts ?
Not sure I understand the setup here. What metal on the cable are you touching? Are you talking about the casing on the jack itself? Also does the buzz stop when you touch the bridge or strings on your guitar?
This sort of buzz could be caused in a number of different areas so it isn't possible to pinpoint the exact spot based on the fact it buzzes. Basically your pickup needs to have a path to ground. Usually this is something like Pickup -> Pot/Electronics -> Guitar Jack -> Amp's wiring -> Outlet -> Ground. If you have multiple guitars and only a specific one buzzes then you eliminate the possibility of it being the amp or an improperly grounded outlet. At that point I would just check the ground path of the pickup(s).Use a multi meter and just check for continuity between the pickup's ground wire and the output jack's ground pin. If you don't have a multi meter I highly suggest picking one up since it makes troubleshooting electronics way easier.
I have the same problem. When i touch the metal cover of my jack output the buzzing sound stop
@@wolfson9308 I just picked up a used Squier Strat and it does the same, did you fixed your guitar?
No that was my amp, i add a earth cable to the power supply
@@wolfson9308 thanks
Thank you so much! It worked!
Thank you good sir
My les paul does this on rocksmith but my strat doesn't. Although plugged into an amp neither of them do it.. it's weird.
Did you manage to fix this? Funnily enough, my strat does this on rocksmith but my epiphone doesn't haha. Strat doesn't do it on an amp unless I put some manual strain on the cable. Contemplating just replacing the jack to be honest. Or maybe try a new rocksmith cable first.
@@anve_ I think so. By setting up the input gain thing in game properly
hey I have exact opposite problem. when I am not touching anything it buzzez when i put my hand on the output or magnet it stops.
My problem too !!
Did you figure it out?
cool!...will check mine as this is exactly what is happening! 👍🏻🎸
Worked for me! Thanks!
Thanks so much
Thank you
How about if you connect a pickup directly to the jack like you have here, and then when you touch the actual lead between the pickup and the jack it makes noise, as if you were touching the tip of the jack. Are neck humbuckers meant to do that? My Bridge pickup doesn't, but neck pickup does. Plus it's at least 2 times noisier than the Bridge pickup... Any ideas?
Yeah, that will happen. It's the same thing as touching the tip of a guitar cable plugged into your guitar. It isn't a part you should be touching during normal play though. Is there any noise when you aren't touching the lead? Maybe I'm misunderstanding something.
There is noise when not touching the Neck PU lead and considerably more than the Bridge pickup in comparison. But I wondered why it does this (touch = noise) when the same behavior is completely absent from the bridge pickup. Would have expected them to behave the same.
Noise when touching a lead with your finger is normal and expected. It shouldn't matter what pickup you have connected since the noise is going to from hand to the output jack, to the amp. It'll make the same noise even without a pickup connected.
If you wire each humbucker into a separate jack and A:B compare them with one buzzing louder than the other, then the buzz is just caused by the coils in your pickup being out of phase and not cancelling out eachother's noise. You can further confirm it by moving the buzzing humbucker around and pointing it in different directions. If it causes the noise to increase or decrease, it's electromagnetic interference that isn't getting cancelled out by the two coils inside the humbucker.
Yes the Neck is louder than the bridge when A:B tested. But I thought I saw you touch the shielded cable between the pickup and the end point and didn't hear any noise from it. My neck pickup makes more noise when I touch or grab the shielded/covered part of the cable but my bridge pickup doesn't make a sound when I do the same thing. I was curious if it's an absolute - It Shouldn't, or It Should make noise when you touch the shielded cable so I'd know if one of them was faulty. Does that make more sense??
Thanks for your help
Oh I see. Yeah touching the insulated part of the lead shouldn't produce noise since it shouldn't conduct at all. Some pickup leads are wrapped braided metal, which people will generally solder to the pack of the pot to ground the pickup, touching that may produce noise.
Thanks
thank you. I wired my jack wrong. 50/50 i Guessed wrong.
i had such problem and it made me look your video .... i m making my own guitar atm and i swear i looked like 5 times wich is ground on pictures .... and guess what ...... i switched ground with hot lead ... fuck .... thanks anyway ! stay grounded everyone
Thank you!!!
Opposite trouble for me, noise goes when I touch bridge or strings, gets louder when I touch the pickup selector switch. No Guitar Techs open due to this stupid Chinese Virus.
Yeah that sounds like a different issue. For this kind of stuff I'd usually get a good visual look at the circuit and then start probing it with a multimeter to see if there are any missing or shorted connections. My nuclear option for noise issues where the source is unclear is just disassembling the entire circuit and starting with a very basic process of wiring a pickup to an output jack, then wiring both pickups to it, then introducing volume pots, then tone pots/caps. I test at every step to see if I can find a bad component or at least the source what may be introducing the noise. It's time consuming but pretty effective for those outlier cases where despite the wiring looking good, there's some noise.