Jaguar bridge pickup ringing sound

[mikeytee1000]

Hi all,

I’ve just finished my custom build Jaguar and it is a real beauty and completely unique, I love it. However I’m getting a background ringing/harmonics noise coming out of my amp when I use the bridge pickup. It’s a little annoying and dissapointing after assembling such an amazing guitar.

The guitar spec is as follows. Johnny Marr Jaguar body, Staytrem Bridge, V Mod Jaguar pickups, Kurt Cobain neck, Kurt Cobain controls plus I added a phase switch.

My hunch is the ringing has something to do with either the bridge or pickup height ( I have the pickups pretty much as Fender prescribes for single coils, perhaps a wee bit lower). I’m leaning towards the bridge as I think I can hear a hint of it acoustically.

Does anybody have an opinion as to the source of the noise and a solution to resolve it?

[andy_tchp]

Sounds like sympathetic ringing of the strings behind the bridge, which is what Jaguars (and Jazzmasters) do, and part of their inherent character.

You can weave a piece of felt/rubber band over/between the string lengths between the bridge and tailpiece to dampen these overtones.

[mikeytee1000]

Sounds like sympathetic ringing of the strings behind the bridge, which is what Jaguars (and Jazzmasters) do, and part of their inherent character.

You can weave a piece of felt/rubber band over/between the string lengths between the bridge and tailpiece to dampen these overtones.

Andy, thanks for the advice, you were spot on. I’ve put a strip of electrical tape across the strings and the ringing is 95% gone. The guitar sounds absolutely brilliant I can’t put it down! Thanks again.