Members lz4005 Posted November 10, 2011 Members Share Posted November 10, 2011 Totally dangerous solution: Clip a wire to the bridge of the guitar and hook the other end to your wrist, making sure you have skin-to-metal contact. I used to have to do that when recording at home to eliminate the buzz. WARNING: This is a really bad idea and will probably kill you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TomCTC Posted November 10, 2011 Members Share Posted November 10, 2011 Twiddle away on the acoustic instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stratedge09 Posted November 10, 2011 Members Share Posted November 10, 2011 My house is old as hell and it does the same thing, it sucks. It's the wiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spentron Posted November 10, 2011 Members Share Posted November 10, 2011 Essentially all it's going to do is disconnect the signal ground on your cabling. It's perfectly safe because the amp itself is still grounded, but it'll lift the ground on your guitar cable. FWIW you can achieve the same thing by literally snipping the ground wire on your guitar cable. That would eliminate all desired signal and increase hum too. It would almost assuredly help to yank out all the dimmers and replace them with switches, all your immediate neighbor's too though. When I was in an apartment the "ground switch" or death cap helped a lot, probably no real ground. My later house was mostly just terrible, but some outlets were better than others. I actually changed out a humbucking pickup for a better-humbucking one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aaron SS Posted November 10, 2011 Members Share Posted November 10, 2011 I have this problem with certain outlets/areas of the house, no fun at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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