Yeah, it's still not perfect. The LP for example has way less noise. But now the guitar is ready to work with :)

I think, it's because of the extra unicorn-powder that is mixed to the paint of the ST-20 😁

Im a noob, what does that mean? Is there anything besides this that causes static?

I'm glad to help you! Best luck to you and your guitar, have fun 😎🤟🏼

@@struppmann. Actually my ground was a tinned copper cable rather than a solid core wire, was/is super squished. The back was already stripped off the paint but sanded it a bit more with a super thin sandpaper Now i notice if i push down on the Treble E string the buzzing (high pitch static noise) completely banishes, heck, even no buzzing from the guitar at all on idle ... Not sure if that's because it puts further pressure down onto the earth wire or what.. I was wondering how did you manage to get the cover of the electronics off? My guitar came in with a plastic wrap, but they were stupid enough when they assembled it that the humbuckers were assembled on without removing the plastic, which led to a bunch of plastic stuck under the pick up screws.. kinda annoying tbf Anyway super long winded but would appreciate any help, thanks!

@@ShimmyX Hi Shimmy, I thought about it and it seems that your strings are still not connected to the ground. Try to sand down the paint on top of the bridge, just there in that little nut on the individual saddles, where the strings touch the bridge. In that moment, when you touch the strings with your fingers, you ground them with your body. Just take off the strings and use the sharp edge of a folded piece of sandpaper for the job. Should help to ensure the connection from the strings to the top of the bridge all the way down to your ground-wire on the bottom. Cheers!

Good idea! I'm gonna change strings today for a dropB-tuning and do that, too. Did you also sand down the bridge at the connection-point between string-rider and bridge-plate?

@@struppmann. Yes. I sanded away the paint on the bridge, like the guy in the video. But there was still no contact with the strings. After taking away paint in the saddle tracks there was contact.

No problem there 🤟🏼

Not an issue with enclosed pick-ups, only with open coils.

@@Leo_ofRedKeep issues are magazines and newspapers. "not a problem"

@@CaptainRon1913 Yes, "issue" can mean something being issued like a newspaper or book, it is also mostly synonymous with "problem".

Sounds like some RF/EM interference. Dude's in a room full of electronics, there's bound to be a lot of interference there. Happens to me too if I aim my pickups in the general direction of my computer.

@@static_motion Yes, but that doesn't explain why the Gibson was not affected. Unless it was shielded in a superior way, which is very likely thou 🤔 But MAN, that would be the wildest difference in shielding!! 😱😱

@@MaximusAdonicus Yeah I'd say the Gibson is probably far better shielded. Plus the pickup output also matters, hotter pickups will pick up EMI much more strongly. Edit: and yeah, shielding makes a MASSIVE difference!

@@MaximusAdonicus Harley benton is mostly not shielded. The JA 60 CC with P90s is even worse. No shielded pickguard, no shielded holes and then P90s, unplayable. Most bought influencers like 60 cycle and so on didnt mention it ;) Only:"Awesome, amazing, cheap surfguitar best in class. Better than most 1000 to 10000 Euro guitars bla bla bla" Yeah......no. My 300 Euro GRG 170DX from 20 years ago for the same price like most HB......no noise. If you buy cheap, you buy twice. There are some bangers in the HB lineup like the DLX Gotohs which come for 200 Euro in Case of the SG and are very good, but most of their guitars are cheap trash like they ever were. Yeah, you can play them now, instead of heating the oven with it, but the classic Newbie Bigbrands like ibanez, epiphone, Squier (new Sonics are awesome) still wipe the floor with them. Maybe they should cut some of the specs they have. I mean coilsplit, stainless steel frets, fr tremolo and so on all on a 230 Euro guitar or something.....no wonder they have to save money on things most noobs wont see like the wiring.

No.

Also no

Please look carefully to EMG sets with no-soldering wiring system ... you will see, that every interconnect wire and every component is carefully shielded. That's the reason, why EMGs don´t need shielding of whole instrument. I am sure, that with correct shielding of the whole guitar, your problem with high-pitched crackling hum noise will be radically supressed. I have LP type guitar with same pickup set, it was noisy as hell before shielding. I shielded control and switch cavities, and horrible crackling noise has completely gone. Only slight hiss is present. Even on highest gain sounds, I don't need set noise gate more than 13/100 on my Mooer GE-250. Pickup cavities are still unshielded (maybe I will shield it later). So I mean problem is with wiring, not with pickups itself.

active pickups dont use a ground only the bridge does

Not sure, if that helps in that case. The rest of the hum comes from the PUs, no matter which electrical devices are around.

@@struppmann. I'm in doubt if this noise comes from pickups ... why you expected this? Every unshielded component like pot or switch, or even small piece of wire, from pickups to output connector, can act like antenna for the EMI, especially if we working with these levels of gain ... Complete instrument shielding can help.

Ja, die Löcher für die bridge waren vorgebohrt, aber jede (!) Schraube ging am Loch vorbei 😂 aber wohl eher, weil die Schrauben krumm drin waren, die Position der Brücke hat gestimmt.

@@struppmann. Hab mir ne neue Bridge für 24 Euro bei Thomann bestellt. Ausgetauscht, kein surren mehr. Juhu.

@@sentenced87 Also gar nichts mehr? 😮

@@struppmann. Wohne im Altbau und kanns nur über Kopfhörer testen. Da hör ich nichts...werd nochmal im Proberaum meiner Band antesten

Hab letzte Woche Seymour Duncan Mayhems einbauen lassen, jetzt ist die Gitarre geil.

Yep, me too. I sanded the paint off the back of the bridge. It made no difference.

Gain on the amp was on maximum for that demo. That was probably the biggest mistake.

The rest of the noise comes from the pick-ups. If you shield them you have an acoustic guitar ;)

This is what I was thinking too. Even though you sand the paint off from the bottom of the bridge, you still need to make contact with saddles and strings. In practice you need to sand so much paint that it will look just awful at the end of the day.

It's way less hum. And the gain on the amp was on max for that demo. On a "normal" setting it's ok. But yeah, still not perfect.