guitar wiring question

sda2mike
sda2mike Posts: 3,131
edited March 2011 in DIY, Mods & Tweaks
i'm a real newbie at fixing stuff with a soldering iron:redface:...any way i am in the process of fixing up my 1980 ibanez...i put some pickups in but needed longer wires....i used regular speaker wire...while testing, the guitar hums, buzzes and crackles...it does play, tho..i did wire the selector switch backwards:biggrin: anyway...is the noise from the wire i used???


thanks
mike
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,604
    edited March 2011
    What model is it? Are the ground wires soldered? Not familiar with your guitar but some have a ground wire from the input jack to the volume pot. Some have a ground wire going to the "claw" on the back where the tremolo springs attach. Got pics?
    --Gary--
    Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
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