Asllan Pizzatto

I was told the exact same thing on Reddit. Maybe the Seymour Duncan SPB1 is a really noisy pickup. Or maybe I just got unlucky with this one... I thought about maybe swapping it for an SPB4, but I like the sound of the SPB1 😢

Yes. I'm trying several forums because I can't find a definitive solution.

Good evening, friends. About a year ago, I bought my long-awaited Japanese Steve Harris Fender Signature. Since the first day I got it, I've been suffering from noise problems. One of the first things I did was shield it, which reduced the noise when I have both hands on the instrument. After 3 luthiers, a poorly done wire re-soldering, and replacing all the electrical parts with CTS potentiometers, the bass still makes noise with the tone knob turned on. I bought the Steve Harris Sansamp in December, and the pedal sounds wonderful with the bass, however, it seems to amplify the noise even more... I'm starting to give up on this bass, because the noise is VERY ANNOYING. The worst of all is that I use it to record with my Focusrite interface, and the noise usually appears at some points during the recording... NOTE: the noise usually decreases when I touch the instrument and even when I touch the Focusrite... And it usually is a noise that varies in intensity. Sometimes it's louder, sometimes it's quieter. NOTE 2: I don't believe it's a problem with the instrument's grounding itself, as my trusted luthier has already shown me with the multimeter that the bass is grounded!