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Title: Annoying Buzz in Neck Pup - 20th Anniversary
Post by: mikedm on July 31, 2010, 08:11:46 PM

Hey brothers and sisters,
 
The neck pup on my 20th Anniversary has developed an annoying buzz when a note is played. The buzz fades after a few seconds while the note continues to sustain. There is no buzz when just plugged in.  
 
Let me get the preliminaries out of the way: I played each string along the entire neck for fret buzz; exercised all the pots; swapped instrument cables; checked the signal in various paths using a mixer, an amp/cab rig and combo amp; changed battery; checked for a possible ground issue in the control cavity; and adjusted the gain control. The only effect was that the buzz increases/decreases when adjusting the volume. Then when I swapped pup connectors . . . bingo, the buzz follows the pup wire.
 
Any ideas would be appreciated.
 
thanks in advance,
Mike

Title: Annoying Buzz in Neck Pup - 20th Anniversary
Post by: David Houck on July 31, 2010, 08:50:54 PM

You'll want to wait for Mica's take, but it sounds to me that if you've isolated the problem to the pickup then the next step is to send the pickup to Alembic for testing.

Title: Annoying Buzz in Neck Pup - 20th Anniversary
Post by: mikedm on August 01, 2010, 11:47:31 AM

Thanks Dave. Although fingers crossed for a home remedy.

Title: Annoying Buzz in Neck Pup - 20th Anniversary
Post by: wayne on August 01, 2010, 09:13:17 PM

Mike-
 
Here's hoping for a simple solution, but just in case.....
 
I've got a fiver with your name on it!  :-D
 
 
C-Ya..................wayne

Title: Annoying Buzz in Neck Pup - 20th Anniversary
Post by: mikedm on August 02, 2010, 08:19:02 AM

Wayne, if it's got my name on it why do you have it!
 
Thanks for the well wishes.

Title: Annoying Buzz in Neck Pup - 20th Anniversary
Post by: wayne on August 02, 2010, 11:59:19 AM

Think of it as a lay-a-way plan...
 
C-Ya........wayne

Title: Annoying Buzz in Neck Pup - 20th Anniversary
Post by: mikedm on August 02, 2010, 02:37:01 PM

As in far-a-way. Quit tempting me.