Static from my shirt and the guitar body making contact

[jwp333]

Probably discussed elsewhere, but I'm curious. I'm getting a static type noise through the amp when my shirt rubs the back of the guitar body. I don't think the pickguard is part of the problem. I don't have anything like this with my other guitars. Guitar is a Mario Martin tele, nitro finish I think. Had just been playing the guitar more often recently but I recall this had been happening before. Guitar is relatively quiet otherwise for a single coil guitar. Doesn't a guitar body get grounded to the tele bridge plate or control plate or the input jack cup?

 

[corliss1]

The body itself doesn't get grounded - you can't ground wood. There is a wire from the bridge plate to the ground of the control circuit, yes.

Humidify your house a bit . My rule is when I start zapping the cats when I pet them, it's time to humidify.

 

[Boreas]

Make sure it isn't just your sleeve on the pickguard. Avoid poly/fleece. Conceivably, if your shirt is contacting the string ferrules on the back of the guitar, it could produce noise if your bridge isn't properly grounded. Pretty unlikely though.

Make sure your output jack isn't loose, or cable plug isn't loose in the jack.

Many people use anti-static dryer sheets by rubbing them on the pickguard, but there is no reason you couldn't rub down the body. But as noted above, humidifying your "space" goes a long way toward mitigating the problem.

 

[jwp333]

Boreas, I put a piece of tape over the string ferules and it was better. But I could still purposefully rub the shirt on the wood and make it do the crackle/static noise. Strange guitar!

 

[Sea Devil]

When I get static noise, I just breathe on the guitar. If that doesn't work, I wipe it with a damp cloth.

 

[Boreas]

Boreas, I put a piece of tape over the string ferules and it was better. But I could still purposefully rub the shirt on the wood and make it do the crackle/static noise. Strange guitar!

Metallic paint?!?

 

[jwp333]

Didn’t give up on it. Today i resoldered the grounds to the back of the volume pot and that didn’t seem to help. Then I got the multimeter out and checked various spots for continuity. And when I touched the Jack cup it didn’t quite zero out. So I got out the socket set, took the input Jack out of the cup and put it back together making sure to tighten it good. And hallelujah it’s stopped the static noise. My 2014 tdpri giveaway guitar is working right.

I was expecting a clip in there but didn’t run into it. The cup seems to be in there securely , not sure how. If something goes wrong again, I might go to an electro socket.

 

[dom ray mustang]

I know that phenomena a little bit when rubbing with your cloths against a plastic cover of a guitar. I have that sometimes with Les Pauls. The plastic gets electrostatically charged and the charge find it's way into the electronics. Maybe your lacquer is a bit prone to that.

 

[Billy3]

Try some Bounce

 

[skunqesh]

Try some Bounce

but what if this is a whole new way to go strapless? imagine just rubbing a guitar against your belly a few times and it stays there thru the whole gig?