Noiseless Pickups Wiring (I have HUM)

[fatboy01]

My buddy bought some Noiseless pickups, they have the copper grounding plate on the bottom, for his strat and I'm wiring them up for him. There's also some pushpull pot on the middle tone control, some sort of boost or mids control. Anyways, it's got a 60cycle hum, and it quiets up perfectly whenever you touch anything metal on the guitar. I've redone all my grounds, I even pulled the push-pull pot out because I thought that was the cause (no luck).

So, do I need to wire the noiseless pickups differently than stock fender? And, should I just take the time to shield the whole thing and star ground? I'm not getting paid so if there is a simple fix than I'd like to try that before spending an evening shielding the damn thing.

[Dr. Guitar]

they aren't perfectly noiseless first of all. But most importantly, they have specific pots and caps to go with them. Sounds like you are trying to drop a used set into a components package that is not "compatable". I can't think of the cap and resistor values right now, but I think all the pots are 1 meg, volume is audio taper, tones are linear? Someone correct me if i am wrong.

Use a multimeter to make sure you have your chassis (the wire that goes to the bridge, or trem claw) connected. Try it in different power sources. At work, I have to turn certain lights off, or a hum comes through the amp no matter what.

[djw]

Hi there,

First post on the site, and actually I found it looking for some resources on my Marshall AVT1500 issues.

But, even though the post is some months old. Here's my update to my 20+ year old Strat.

Strat Project Pix

My Strat Deluxe came with the Fender Vintage Noiseless, very nice pickups.
So, while I had the standard apart I went the shielding route.
Yes there are different values on the pots. Just had to keep in mind single point grounding rule (SPG).

[David Schwab]

I even pulled the push-pull pot out because I thought that was the cause (no luck).

The designer of those pickups (I think it was Rob Turner?) Said on one of the forums that the midboost is an important part of the whole system and that the pickups don't sound right without that circuit.

I'd put it back in.

If the guitar gets quiet after you touch the metal parts, it either needs better shielding, bad grounds, or you have electrical problems in the house.

[frank.clarke]

+1 on the shielding, the pickups are only one source of noise.