Pickguard static

[fretlessman71]

Two competing problems:

1) My pickguard crackles when I play thumb-pop style; that is, when my fingers slide back and forth along the pickguard, it creates static that I can hear through the speaker.

2) I hate the smell of Static Guard.

Any suggestions?

[luknfur]

Never had but heard of the problem in threads and it's a grounding/shielding issue that seems to have been resolved by different things: complete shielding, reshielding the pickgaurd, grounding the shielding, and even removing the shielding from a pickguard so it's just plastic have all produced results for different players.

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[fretlessman71]

This is weird: the club where I play every weekend serves a dessert called a "classic Ding Dong", and it's just like the Hostess variety, except it's made with real ingredients. It's fantastic. Anyway, they add to the "decor" by serving this dessert with a piece of aluminium foil (like you'd have to remove if you bought it at a store). And I got an idea...

I ordered a dessert (they're really good, what can I say?), and I asked for EXTRA FOIL. I took a piece and ripped it to fit under my pickguard, loosened the screws of both the pickguard and the control plate, and slid it into place where I could screw it down between the guard and the plate, thereby 'grounding' the guard. Worked PERFECTLY - problem solved.

Thought I'd share!

[fretlessman71]

Originally Posted by Cutty

I'm not sure what bass your talking about,but i had this problem on my Lakland JO5 which had a Jeannie pickguard fitted,the original didn't do this,but what i did was to use a small strip of tin foil,and place it where the pickguard contacts the control plate,just about 2" long,and place it under the pickguard,and under the control plate,the plate is grounded as you know,so it removed the static build up,hope this works for you,good luck.

Yeah - see the above post.