timo Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I have a bass with Nordstrand jazz pickups and an Aguilar OBP-3 preamp and I've recently been having lots of problems with interference noise (thought it was stage lights at the time) and clicks when I touch the strings and pots which points to grounding issues. I've just had a more thorough poke around and all the wiring is sound but the pickups seem to be microphonic (if I crank my amp I can use them as a vocal mic). Could microphonic pickups cause the interference noise and grounding issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 No. Although if the pup is loose and possibly moving around there is a chance that something could have shorted inside the pickup. If a humbucker is wired up paralell you will get all the noise of the fair. You could try swapping the wires round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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