How quiet should my 575 be?

[craigpriebe]

New member here,

 

My Heritage 575 has a spruce top, floating #3 pickup with volume control. When plugged into my Fender Blues Jr., it has quite a bit of buzzing unless I am touching the strings. When I plug in my Ibanez AF105 there is no buzzing at all, even without touching the strings. Is this normal with the floating pickup or should I have the wiring checked out for a grounding problem?

 

Thanks,

craigpriebe

[Steiner]

Howdy craigpriebe! Welcome to the HOC and well into the depths of secret good tone amongst the 575 owners.

 

I know what you're saying but a photograph would sure assist in diagnosing the sound.

[GuitArtMan]

I have never, ever, ever, in 35+ years of playing, played an electric guitar that did not do this. Not Gibson. Not Heritage. Not Fender. Not Tom Anderson. Not G&L. Not Don Grosh. Not Rickenbacker. Not Michale Tuttle. Not PRS. Not Hamer. Not Ibanez. Not Yamaha. Not none of them. They all do it. Take a look at a Gibson or Fender or just about any schematic. You will see a grounding wire running from one of the pot casings (usually the vloume pot) to the bridge posts on a Gibson or the spring claw on a strat, or the bridge on a tele, etc. When you touch the strings, you are ground.

[Kuz]

I have never, ever, ever, in 35+ years of playing, played an electric guitar that did not do this. Not Gibson. Not Heritage. Not Fender. Not Tom Anderson. Not G&L. Not Don Grosh. Not Rickenbacker. Not Michale Tuttle. Not PRS. Not Hamer. Not Ibanez. Not Yamaha. Not none of them. They all do it. Take a look at a Gibson or Fender or just about any schematic. You will see a grounding wire running from one of the pot casings (usually the vloume pot) to the bridge posts on a Gibson or the spring claw on a strat, or the bridge on a tele, etc. When you touch the strings, you are ground.

 

+1 This is correct. If you touch the strings and the buzz goes away, the guitar is wired/grounded correctly. If you touch the strings and the buzz gets louder, then the guitar is NOT grounded correctly.

 

Also I think your Ibanez has a humbucker and the floating pickup is a different animal. I believe the floating pickups are closer to single coil pickups.

[Spectrum13]

Might be some static electric. Try rubbin your 575 with some dryer cling remover.

[craigpriebe]

Thanks for the info.

craigpriebe

[DetroitBlues]

The ground wire on my 140 is somewhat thin, I usually have a little ground feedback on it until I touch the strings or the bridge.....

[JeffB]

95-110db