1982 Gibson Chet Atkins CE: how to fix ground hum? - FRETS.NET2024-03-28T20:58:31Zhttp://fretsnet.ning.com/forum/topics/1982-gibson-chet-atkins-ce-how-to-fix-ground-hum?feed=yes&xn_auth=nowait, scratch that!
it's a "C…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2023-05-13:2177249:Comment:2914492023-05-13T03:51:33.663ZWalter W Wrighthttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/WalterWWright
<p>wait, scratch that!</p>
<p>it's a "CE", that's the earlier nylon string version. i was thinking of the "SST" steel string.</p>
<p>it doesn't have the LB-6, rather it's an ovation-style wide plastic saddle piezo. it also appears to have individual piezo outputs for each string, with what look like gain adjustment trimpots for each </p>
<p>the problem is likely still within the saddle element itself, but there are no steel strings to ground so it's not going to be an obvious fix at all.</p>
<p>wait, scratch that!</p>
<p>it's a "CE", that's the earlier nylon string version. i was thinking of the "SST" steel string.</p>
<p>it doesn't have the LB-6, rather it's an ovation-style wide plastic saddle piezo. it also appears to have individual piezo outputs for each string, with what look like gain adjustment trimpots for each </p>
<p>the problem is likely still within the saddle element itself, but there are no steel strings to ground so it's not going to be an obvious fix at all.</p> that low frequency hum that g…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2023-05-10:2177249:Comment:2909682023-05-10T02:49:18.732ZWalter W Wrighthttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/WalterWWright
<p>that low frequency hum that goes away when you touch the jack almost always means the actual piezo pickup element in or under the saddle is damaged and needs to be replaced</p>
<p>your gibson chet should have an LR baggs LB-6 piezo saddle pickup; the guitar is long out of production but baggs still makes that pickup.</p>
<p>as for a "quick" fix, if you contrive to ground the strings then when you touch them that hum will mostly go away, meaning that you can still play it.</p>
<p>if yours has…</p>
<p>that low frequency hum that goes away when you touch the jack almost always means the actual piezo pickup element in or under the saddle is damaged and needs to be replaced</p>
<p>your gibson chet should have an LR baggs LB-6 piezo saddle pickup; the guitar is long out of production but baggs still makes that pickup.</p>
<p>as for a "quick" fix, if you contrive to ground the strings then when you touch them that hum will mostly go away, meaning that you can still play it.</p>
<p>if yours has bridgepins then adding a brass plate like the mitchell platemate and wiring it to ground will do the trick, or as an emergency fix you can weave a guitar string through the strings behind the saddle then wrap it around the output jack</p> And here are the pics for the…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2023-04-18:2177249:Comment:2903042023-04-18T17:40:04.493ZKarl Adamshttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/KarlAdams
<p>And here are the pics for the wiring of the volume/EQ and jack plate. </p>
<p>And here are the pics for the wiring of the volume/EQ and jack plate. </p>