Hi there!
Had my Classic Player Jazzmaster for about 5 months now all was fine until today.
I finished playing at rehearsal and noticed a strange buzzing (not humming) that goes away when I touch the strings or ANY metal part of the guitar. When touching the strings I can feel a strange sensation, almost like static.
Things to note:
This is NOT the normal hum one gets from single coils, it has a different sound to it. It developed directly after I noticed some problems with the connection (it was very week and was getting louder then softer), the connection problem stopped and then there was the buzzing.
I took the guitar straight back to the store, they plugged it in and the guitar was totally fine. I took it back to the rehearsal room, my amp had been moved to a different room at this point-the guitar was fine again here. Played for about 15 mins with no problems
What caused the problem?!?!
My amp was plugged into a 4way power extension (that had the other 3 plugged in use by another amp and 2 effect pedals) which was plugged into a large reel power extender which was then plugged into the wall socket.
I'm doubting that a near new Fender guitar would develop a grounding issue. The scratch plate has been lifted up about 2 cm to access the pup selector once as it was getting stuck in the neck position and put straight back. Shouldn't have caused a problem.
Will be testing again tomorrow, hoping it's ok.
Thanks,
Karl.
