My guitar has mains hum!!??
- Producer Guy
- Feb 3, 2019
- 1 min read
Step#1 - turn off any fluorescent lights
Step#2 - move away from your computer
Step#3 - slowly spin through 360 degrees and note null points
Step#4 - mark floor with masking tape line showing quiet spot
What causes the humming/buzzing?
Every changing magnetic field in your studio. The mains wiring in your house generates a magnetic field. That's probably where the hum comes from. If you have fluorescent lights there will be a ballast reactor generating both audible and magnetic buzzing. Various power supplies in your studio also generate magnetic interference that your guitar is more than happy to let you know about.
Spinning around in one spot will let you use your pickups as a directional field finder. There will usually be a sweet spot in every room where the racket is a minimum.
This is the bane of single pole pickups. They sound great and they're prone to field pickup.




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