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    the silence of the strat

    Hi

    I found this article about how pickups are antennas and how to silence the hum in a strat.

    http://urthman.jsent.biz/music/silence.html

    I figured out a wiring diagram, because I didnt understand very well the one provided, but it didnt work. Maybe because my 5-way switch is different. It has only one side. It came with my MN4 Fender mexican stratocaster "squier series" .

    I tried to contact the guy who wrote it he but didnt get back to me. And didnt found any other pages with a reference to this link.

    Please take a look and let me know.

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    Re: the silence of the strat

    I read this article, and I have a difficult time believing it. Let's look at this quote:

    He suggested that a one-of-three pickup configuration should be a bit worse than a two-of-three configuration, and a guitar with only one single coil pickup installed, or all three pickups engaged, should not have this problem at all.

    If I understand this correctly, a single pickup Esquire should not exhibit the problem noise. My Esquire is as noisy as my Tele.

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    Re: the silence of the strat

    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Collins View Post
    I read this article, and I have a difficult time believing it. Let's look at this quote:

    He suggested that a one-of-three pickup configuration should be a bit worse than a two-of-three configuration, and a guitar with only one single coil pickup installed, or all three pickups engaged, should not have this problem at all.

    If I understand this correctly, a single pickup Esquire should not exhibit the problem noise. My Esquire is as noisy as my Tele.
    Yes, that made me think too. But I have never played a tele, so I couldnt know... But I did try it with only one pickup and of course, it gets noise...

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