rjgoos
18th January 2005, 6.59 pm
Well I started on my second tap instrument 9 days ago, and it is almost done, after spending two weekends and scattered hours during the week.
It is a 34" scale, 8-string unit, tuned in 4ths and 5ths (essentially, like a Stick, but leaving off the low low bass string and the highest melody string). My thought was to have a travel instrument (not much money in it, mono output, could play with just an effects pedal and set of headphones or a little cube amp in a motel room, etc.).
I was pleasantly surprised how well and how fast it went together.
My problem is the dang hum from the pickup. Yes, it is a single-coil "J-bass" pickup, and I know that some hum is inevitable...but not THAT much!!
I don't think it is a shielding problem for the most part. I can take the entire pickup assembly out of the instrument, encase the whole works in aluminum foil, and the hum doesn't go down much.
Any suggestions? I plan on getting a hum-cancelling pickup for my third instrument, but any suggestions for this single-coil unit would be appreciated.
Jay
It is a 34" scale, 8-string unit, tuned in 4ths and 5ths (essentially, like a Stick, but leaving off the low low bass string and the highest melody string). My thought was to have a travel instrument (not much money in it, mono output, could play with just an effects pedal and set of headphones or a little cube amp in a motel room, etc.).
I was pleasantly surprised how well and how fast it went together.
My problem is the dang hum from the pickup. Yes, it is a single-coil "J-bass" pickup, and I know that some hum is inevitable...but not THAT much!!
I don't think it is a shielding problem for the most part. I can take the entire pickup assembly out of the instrument, encase the whole works in aluminum foil, and the hum doesn't go down much.
Any suggestions? I plan on getting a hum-cancelling pickup for my third instrument, but any suggestions for this single-coil unit would be appreciated.
Jay