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  • can someone tel me where i can buy that thing at 9:42 because fucking guitar center, used a fucking hummer to take out the gunk and now i cant even bend and they also fucked up me fucking truss rod.

  • yeah i got a shit load of fret buzz on my ltd ec 1000, so i sold it and got a schecter hellraiser c7 and wow it was perfect, nothing was wrong with it

  • i bought a jackson kelly js series and i noticed the guitar makes excessive pickup noise when i stop playing - is there a way to stop the noise? buying EMG pickups? can u make a tutorial for removing the noise. thanks!

  • Dude, too cheap pickups can result in a high level of hum and noise. This video teaches the same guy to end or at least minimize the level hum of his guitar. If does not work, try a shielding inside of the pots or pickups! or if it does not yet buy a pedal Boss NS2, or attempt to remove the lid of the cavity back of the guitar and leave without it. Remember that poor amplifiers and pedals can also cause poor noise. And it still does not work buy a pair of EMG's.

  • @doom666kratos thanks for the info man. oh and would aluminum work instead of coppr for shielding? (please excuse my noobish questions)

  • @Zero10814 On the issues, no problem dude. So, no problem! you can use an aluminum or copper shield, does not make much difference! the two will decrease the level of hum.

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  • What you are proving using your multimeter is that the shielding is a conductor, nice information but your explanation about "the numbers are moving" ... is not accurate, what you would expect is to have a resistance of 0 or close to 0, that depending on the conductor. By saying the numbers are not moving you are trying to say that the shielding is of a material not metal-conductive meaning that there is no faraday cage of any kind. Great vid by the way! :D

  • Hey guys I'm a beginner and I have a problem, everytime I strum a string my pick makes a "buzz" like sound. Can anyone help me?

  • @Neatroultima Maybe your action is too low?

  • Some genius invented the BOSS NS 2 :) :) :)

  • Do you have a detailed video about how to shield the guitar?

  • How to create a successful guitar-related video that people will actually watch:

    1. Spend at least 1 minute at the beginning of the video shredding to prove you aren't a noob.

    2. Add the rest of the video.

  • @SourRevenge

    shredding IS noobish. 

  • As you said in 9:27, I tried applying tape but it rips off easily after a few slides. I need a different method to pull the fret height up again.

  • how many bloody guitars!!!!!?????

  • Common electric guitar mistake 1: When someone buys a Les Paul instead of a 'Strat lol

  • @McFro95 you can buy anyone you like it... not a big deal..

  • @caminanteplanetario I was joking :P

  • This guy plays metal riffs really good. Audition for Metallica or something lol

  • Hi. Excellent videos. Congratulations. Really helpful. I have an Epiphone SG-G400. I had the pickups changed to a Seymour Duncan SH-1 on the neck and a Bill Lawrence L500XL on the bridge. Now, the thing is, with the Seymour Duncan pickup the guitar is noiseless, however with the Bill Lawrence it has a lot of noise (even if I put my hands on the strings). After lowering the pickup volume, the noise goes away. What might it be? Would shielding it solve the problem? Many thanks.

  • @PhobeRush

    Either not grounded properly, or needs shielding. Shielding always takes care of the problem as long as it's done properly. Some good tuts on youtube.

  • @LfunkeyA Many thanks for your reply :-) I believe all grounds are connected properly, however I have a Mojo Dijon on the Seymour Duncan Tone pot and a different capacitor on the Bill Lawrence Tone pot. Is it possible that the capacitor of the Bill Lawrence is dead and it's making the noise?

  • @PhobeRush

    if the capacitor is dead the treble won't roll off properly, but i don't think it can affect the grounding. i have a guitar with two bill lawrence (wilde) L90s, and it's kind of noisy, but that's because it lacks proper shielding. the BL pickups are decent stuff, but I don't think their wires is as well insulated as the SDs, that could be a reason. try shielding it if it's not too hard to do with your current wiring.

  • @LfunkeyA Thanks. I checked everything and it seems the Seymour Duncan is properly grounded. There's a black wire that comes from the bridge that is soldered to the back of the Seymour Duncan tone pot. However, none whatsoever in the Bill Lawrence tone pot. I also noticed there are two loose wires on the Bill Lawrence (underneath the pickup), a green and white. I don't know where to connect the green and the white.

  • @PhobeRush

    those two are most likely for the coil split/tap (you only use them if you want to split the humbucker into a single-coil). if the pickup can pick up the sound from the strings, then it's OK, you can leave those two wires. you need to look for a ground wire (black or blue) and you should solder it to the back of the volume pot. it's best if you go to a technician first just to get an exact evaluation of what you should do, then you can either fix it yourself or give it to the tech.

  • @LfunkeyA Thanks for taking the time to reply to my questions. The black wire coming from the Bill Lawrence is connected to one of the pots. After I saw your videos, I rewired the BL according to a schematic I found of a Washburn N4 (uses a Seymour Duncan and a BL). After rewiring the BL according to the schematics and your advices, the guitar was noiseless, except when I remove my hands from the strings. My conclusion is that the BL is not properly grounded. The question is, how do I ground it?

  • @PhobeRush

    I don't have any videos on youtube, just one of the viewers replying to your comment. depending on how 'hot' your pickup is, it will always produce some noise, especially on really distorted/loud effects. the idea is to minimize it, is it really loud when you're not touching the strings? usually the black wire is the ground, sometimes it's not on BL pickups, make sure the schematic is specifically for your pickup, otherwise ask/e-mail the BL website. shielding helps too.

  • There's a reason cheap guitars are cheap.

  • Your fucking SWEET at guitar btw.

  • i've got a Ibanez S series guitar w/ Zero resistance (ZR) Double-locking tremolo bridge? recently It's fret buzzing on the 6th & 5th string from 12 fret above. what's the best fixed? thanks!

  • @Zhorellski

    You might want to adjust your truss rod.

  • the esp sucks haha

  • Im gonna record this background music and make a ringtone out of it just to piss people off.

  • if im gonna have to listen to this backround music ever again i swear to god ill jump off a cliff.

  • i think your problem is that your guitars are too pointy.

  • Great video ! Thanks a ton !

  • faraday cage ftw

  • Buy a regulator and shut up!!!

  • Thats what i said to many people who said for example that in expencive guitars you pay the brand.Thats wrong...For example gibson les paul is about more than 3k $ and Epiphone les paul is like 5 times less than gibson.Gibson les paul got the best fret leveling and preety good factoty setup,also the best quality wood.Thats why is 3k $ and not just because it's gibson.

  • this is a great vid but i just didnt get the part after we put some silver tape shod we wire it with the cables or what !?!? or just leave it there ??!!?

  • I just want to thank you for such awesome information. You have answered questions that my local "professionals" couldn't answer. I have a 1984 B.C. Rich Warlock that has some of these issues. Now that I know how to remedy them, I can get started. #1 is a Faraday Cage.

  • what can i do with the fret buzz

  • i need some help with my locking nut the screw keeps falling off can someone help me

  • Do u need this with EMGs??? or just with the passive...

  • Thanks a lot i too just got a jackson demmelition kv .... had the same prob ...

  • @R3T4RDABL3 I'm betting it was made in Indonesia. A lot of guitar company's have been building there most recently to increase profit margin....and it shows. In my opinion you are far better off with a guitar built elsewhere....anywhere but Indo!

  • Your video helped me a lot! My guitar doesn't have that annoying noise In the backround anymore.... Thanks! :D

  • my fuckin ibanez acoustic, three dead notes within a week i dont even kno how it happend

  • I never see this guy not wearing a short lol 

  • Those are some fucking ugly guitars. Carry on. 

  • common guitar problems: wanking

  • Check out the video of the G&L Plek Machine. It's just one more example of why American made G&L guitars are some of the best guitars made.

  • I really like what he is playing at 0:40 to 0:45

  • @azfryguy ♪♫ Dashing to the snow... ... ... ♪♫

  • @MrGreedIsGood Alas, I cannot hear the similarites

  • @azfryguy Ohh... If that so... the- ... nevermind! :D

  • i agree with the other fellas, the info is great, the background music is annoying!

  • so, just this aluminum foil covering the cover of the wires help reduce the noise? i think i will make this in my ibanez...

  • i have emg's and they are fucking noisy and i know they are not supposed to be that way, will sheilding it fix the problem

  • i have a problem: u know where u plug the amp cable in? well the washer thing that keeps the cable in place fell off my esp guitar so now when i plug it in i get no sound from the amp and when i get in playing position(sitting down) the cable falls out can i please get some help i just got this awesome guitar and since my parents dont understand theyre gonna get mad at getting it fixed so i need some help plz and thanks :)

  • @jeffhardyultimte if the washer fell off then what u have to do is unscrew the metal plate the jack that u plug into is on and there is a washer on the inner side of it, hold that in place with a wrench so it doesnt rotate and screw the washer that fell off back on. it should be somewhat tight, but if it is too tight no sound will come out, so when ur done adjust it until its as tight as u can get it while still making sound. hope this helps, this is how i fixed this problem on my old esp guitar

  • so essentially, some guitars simply CAN NOT have a very low action without buzz?

    

  • @whitedime Let's put it like that: Some guitars CAN NOT have a low action without buzz out of the box. But a good luthier should be able to fix that on almost every guitar by leveling faulty frets.

  • one word ''grounding''

  • i tried shielding the cavity but the hum only lessens when i touch the strings or any metal. what seems to be the problem?

  • @ayawlex if you have single coil pickups then you should try shileding every cavity in your guitar, i did that with a knockoff les paul that had seymour duncan single coils in it and the hum was gone entirely. that included the switch cavity, pickup cavities, and the main cavity. if that doesnt work you should check to see if there is something wrong with your ground wire

  • @lansalot53 no, i have 2 humbuckers. i have a mid single coil but i don't use it. i only use the neck or bridge humbuckers. tried shielding it actually but didn't make any difference then i realize that the cavity is already covered with conductive coating so had to remove the shielding. anyways, i get the hum when i put the distortion gain at full and only when i'm not playing. if i touch any metal it minimizes it but still there.

  • @ayawlex dang. i hope its not a grounding problem. it it is then thats gonna take some work, i wish i could help more but i would have to be holding your guitar

  • @lansalot53 na, i realized there is a wire soldered to the back spring of the floyd rose bridge, so i figured that is the grounding. it's probably why when i tried shielding it didn't make any difference since it's grounding and shielded already.. sigh... i think it's the wall socket that is bad... tsk tsk tsk... guess i really need a noise gate

  • Am i the only one that feels like their on a game show watching this?

  • like everyone i have the first problem

  • @ronyahoo07 how did you resolve it?

  • @BDFPA not yet

  • this is an awesome video man u rock.....

    love u!

  • what if i put my hand on it and it doesnt completely stop? maybe about 50% still buzzing

  • i think i see y his guitars have problems do u see him trashing those guitars

  • Ok guys , I have a problem in my guitar , would be glad if anyone can help . well my problem is when i want to bend the high e or b string it hardly could be bend and just get muted , if i pushed so hard to bend the string may get broken , anyone knows what is this problem ?

  • @oOoKhaledoOo Adjust the height of your tremolo/bridge, the strings are most likely to be too close to the fretboard, I used to get a similar problem and that's what solved it. As far as the concern of the string getting broken, check the gauge and tuning, but nevertheless, don't be afraid of bending the heck out of it =D

  • raise your action to reduce buzz.

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  • @tzotzo but we still get the basic idea

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  • Glad I don't buy cheapass shit guitars that have been abused by 15-year-olds at Guitar Center....

  • @DuaLeaD Ya that jackson is really cheap what about 1500.

    What a joke American made by some stoned out failed guitar player who forgot to shield the guitar. Good tips for those that dont know.

  • Just over a year ago, I brought a second hand PRS SE standard, and when I brought it, it played very well. However, over recent months, I have had two major problems; extremely bad fret buzz on all strings, and on the b and e strings, when I bend a note, it will cut out and make no sound if I try to do a full tone bend. I am only 15, and haven't had much experience of these problems, so if any of you could give me any advice, it would be greatly appreciated.

  • @Foovirna Mate your guitar has choke

    this is where you gotta fiddle with the trust rod I REPEAT! DO NOT DO IT YOURSELF! trust me, send it to your local music shop, tell them it chokes and you got fret buzz, they will know what to do :)

  • @zWhu5tiFFIE Thanks man. My guitar teacher also gave me some help with it too, and its back to normal now ;D

  • @Foovirna Glad to help :)

  • @Foovirna I would check the neck angle first. When you get your guitar home, the climate is different. This will cause the neck to acclimate to the new environment. Like you stated, the guitar seems different. If you have a string buz on all strings its the neck. Check the neck angle. I would take it to a shop or to a luthier

  • how many springs on the floyd rose is good for drop d tuning? right now i got 4, would 3 they way you have on the king v make it so it takes less strength to use the whammy bar?

  • and thats a new v220 too?

    im DEFINATELY getting a carvin.

  • Enjoy? I think the words are extremely useful information. Although I know a good amount of this, I think that your taking the time to make these vids is absolutely great.

    Great playing as well - keep it up!

  • @ 1.55 I can see something taped onto your 'cap' of the cavity,

    Could you tell me if that is the battery empowering your active pickups please?

  • Dude you just fucked the shit out of those guitars!

  • \m/

  • is he in the MAFIA???

  • You have some serious talent dude keep going

  • I got a problem which i dont know if it;s a problem. When i hold on, the on strings(e,b,g) 2 frets on a different string n play them both it makes a noise kinda screamy. its a problem or it's normal?

  • @h3rs its called buzz and its mentioned in the video, but i dont know what part

  • love the kinda 80s intro reminds me of wrestling music.

  • my pickups do that to

  • my frets do that to

  • good video just why may i ask the 45 seconds of pure stuff i can never do nd guitars i will never own cause im cheap and shit?? :/

  • What kind of warlock is that? Looks really fucking nice.

  • Thnak you for uploading this video it was very helpful

  • how did u connect d foil-covered backplate 2 d knob?..did u attach a separate wire or what..plz xplain in a little detail..

  • i have a great deann guitar but i have bad fret buzz on only one fret, the 17th? idk why, i got it set up at a really nice guitar shop and they didind even fix it?!, and ive changed the acvtion and it slightly made it better, but gany suggestions?

  • Thanks for the helpful info and explanations...bought a v220 in 1998...sold it a few years ago. I miss it bro, m22sd pickups were so nice.

    Peace

  • Your background reminds me Worms Armageddon =)

  • hey man thanks i watch alot of stupid videos today like 4 hours of em, this one and semor duncans wireing explanation was the best ones.... THANKS

  • this is a great informative video, it could have been better without the gay ass fucking background music.

  • @ElvisBluntman777  I agree,the music is just scary

  • I love how you just came in shredding on your jackson v. <3

  • Just because you play fast doesn't mean your good.

  • @andy92811 yeah it does. it takes skill to play a guitar quickly he is good. the only reason why you say he isnt good is because he hasn't built much technical skill in riff making

  • @Bless1995 No, I say that because I want to see common guitar problems not guitar wanking. LOL.

  • @andy92811 well think of it yourself if you had that skill you'd want the world to see it won't you? i mean im jealous of his skills

  • i love your accent :D

  • ur going to get that string buzz on any guitar at some point in its lifetime. you just have to do upkeep on ur guitars its not that difficult to fix.

  • hey dude, nice job on the videos.

    i have an esp ltd mh401qm and am having some trouble with fret buzzes.

    I know that changing the settings of the pivot studs can also alter

    string action. So can you tell me how to safely raise the heights of

    the studs? I have read that this cannot be done under friction.

    Can you please tell me what that means?

    thanx in advance

  • I have noticed that my guitar has fret buzz on the 1st to 4th frets after changing from dropped c to BEADF#B tuning (d'addario heavy gauge strings 0.012-0.054). To remove this i have tried loosening the trust rod. After i have loosened the trust rod about 180 degrees, i still could not see any change in the string action. What i want to know is,

    Should i continue to loosen the trust rod till i see change?

    I am a little worried that if i do so it will ultimately break the neck.

  • very good man :) hamer the frets

  • very good man :)

  • how can i fix a wet guitar neck ?? i can save it !! just need help im so desperate pls

  • again this is why you have to have your guitar profesionaly set up..unless you buy a custom shop guitar...your mII is a production line guitar and will require a setup to meet your critical needs...no factory can invest the time to do such a critical setup ...sometimes you get lucky.

  • For as much much as you pay for those ESP or USA Jacksons, you really shouldn't get any factory problems. Too bad though.

  • cool chubby thighs, bro.

  • does guitar center fixes guitars like the truss rod or the bridge?

  • Dammit, man, I have no such problems on my CHEAPEST Ltd, like you have on your ESP!!!

  • what is this a history lesson?

  • how did you do 00:36 sound?

  • how can i fixed my guitar it doesnt make no sound , but my amp works well

    and i never touch those wirings inside my guitar...........

  • I have a USA Jackson King V too and it does indeed have a lot of noise issues. I haven't done any modifications to it yet but I would like to try what you did to yours. After you put foil on the inside of the black plate and installed that ground wire did you stop there or did you take out all of the electronics and placed copper housing inside of it? Also, where did you soder the ground wire to in the electronics (which is attatched to the foil covered back plate) if you don't mind my asking.

  • Very very helpful. You solved my main problem. Thank you!

  • There are some problems with this video and the information you present.

    Wood is an organic material that ages and can absorb/loose moisture. As a result something made of an inorganic material like a fret will move as a result of this. To say that a fret lifting in a guitar should result in a finger point at the factory is incorrect.

  • If I take a guitar made in seattle where humidity is 12% and send it to denver where they have a 4% relative humidity t he instrument will implode and frets may be effected. This is not the result of flawed workmanship at the shop.

  • hmmm well the excessive pickup noise is from the high output pickups, because although you can't hear it the strings are always vibrating. When you touch your hands on it, your holding the strings in place. And besides thats what a volume knob and playing are for.

  • I have excessive pick up noise and like this video, he gets louder as you take your hand off. But it doesn't go away when you put your hand on the strings, it 's always there, but not as loud though. At first, i thought it was the amp, but then i realise when i turned the tuner for the pick up down, the noise faded away, but at the cost of a good tone.

    So i can have an awesome tone, with the pick up noise ruining my play, or a mediocre/crappy tone, but no pick up noise :S

  • wats that song that you played with the last guitar?!?!?!?!?!

  • what is that guitar at 7:52?

  • Would chrome tape(found at auto parts stores) be good to use for back plate shielding?

  • I need a lot aof copper!!!!

  • bhahahhaha love the tape fix, great vid a+++++

  • YOU are a GOD!

  • your videos have realy helped me decide better when looking for a guitar to buy or fix or anything

  • i enjoyed ur playing man.

  • U have awesome helpful vids & I TY , but what about the NUT.....I have a Floyd rosE NUT no one mentions a word about String heigth coming from the Nut. ?? anyone got any advice?  this seems to be highly overlooked.

  • Omfg dude i love u, put some tape on my fret and it worked! Only had one little buzz now it's gone:D thanks mate

  • Pleeeeeeeeeaaase get rid of the intro music

  • when you measure how high your strings are do you start on the fretboard or top of the fret.

  • I just got a used jackson RR3 (2008) and the floyd rose on it goes out of tune when i use it. Note: It is tilted back i dont know if this could be causing it. Help.

  • i have an ltd kh 202 guitar and when i lowered the action of my guitar my low E string started buzzing like hell.....any help??

  • You could have used the OHM-meter function of your MULTI-meter and looked for low resistance values as signs of good conductivity

  • anybody think to turn of the volume?? lol

  • I have gig in 2 weeks and just plugged my Fender tele 60th anniversary in a Fender Chorus and I have a weird noise like a BZZZZZZZ which gets higher with the volume going up, I tried another guitar and there's no noise. It's probably an eletronic problem does anyone have the same problem??

    thank you so much Ima bit low on cash these days

  • @fattirevsbud single coil or humbuckers?

  • @elgrau1 Both of em are the original single coil pick ups,

    thanks for ur time and help I appreciate

  • guys, the pickup noise is the gain!turn your gain down a bit and the sound will go away

  • I wish guitar companies would spend less money on bling (LTDs horrid abalone binding) and fancy paint jobs, and hire skilled luthiers to do a fret level before the guitar leaves the factory.

  • @AutodromoF1 so true dude, i just got a guitar and it's straight down my local techie to get properly set up!

  • @AutodromoF1 LTD's are assembly line. if u want a perfect guitar u need a real esp made in japan :P

  • @1metalhead238 I seen a lot of ESP LTD's have bad or no sheilding from my experience. Don't get me wrong, I love ESP LTD's and love their EX's. Just seen their other guitars and they were pretty bad. By the way, Carvin is also an assembly line factory, but they check the entire guitar for deffects when its finished being assembled. ESP doesn't do that a lot since they have a lot of guitars being mass produced.

  • @tuck234 i heard the esp side is a lot more strengent on leting fucked up axes leaving the factory

  • @metalmusiqcrzy Yeah, but ESP is trying to fix that problem. If you get an ESP made in Korea, then its most likely to be great quality. Don't know about Japan now since its been just a wild card over there at the ESP Factorys.

  • @AutodromoF1 LTD is the generic ESP.. ESPs are great.. its the same with Squier/Fender and Epiphone/Gibson... the cheaper line they make arnt as good as the high end ones

  • @skatermason51

    No shit sherlock.

  • damn guitar companys need to step up thier game! i had the same buzzing problem with my dean vendetta 7 string-_-

  • The pick up noise thing, its a problem with my guitar. My guitar has an awesome sound but sometimes what im playing is fucked by the pick up noise.

    But when i put my hand to the strings, the noise doesnt go completely, there is still some there

  • You have the guitar of "I'm In The Band" show on Disney XD, but it's in another color

  • you know alot about guitars

  • I have a problem with my guitar. I have a cheap ESP LTD M-10 and i recently changed the frets.I put a size 9 frets set but it sounds like ... well i cant really describe it ... like iron or something and my frets buzz also.(When i had the old frets it was ok)

    WHAT SHOULD I DO?? can you help me?

  • at 8:09, i have the exact same guitar just a different finish and i dont have dead note at all so maybe you dont know it all even though you play like a mother fucker

  • @logo123ify all guitars are set up different when shipped out of the factory, so yours might not have a problem

  • I belive both of my guitars have good fretting, my stagg used to have pretty low action,I set it alil higher by accident last string change lol

    My Ibanez has really low string action, excpt for the 7th string,it buzzs on the first fret i think, my rg420eg was also very low and comfertable, i sent it back though

  • i have the same problem on my jackson sl1 soloist i bought it used but theres about 6 dead frets

  • Tell me, are you in a band?

  • nice vids but i feel like im watching a school vid