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FDP Forum / Fender Feedback: Leave feedback for FMIC / Ground wire to body in Tele
(This message was last edited by gtrfxr at 03:27 PM, Sep 21st, 2005)
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FDP Forum / Fender Feedback: Leave feedback for FMIC / Ground wire to body in Tele
photoweborama
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It worked fine
until I started fiddling with the knobs.Sep 24th, 2003 11:52 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I have a 2002 AmSer Tele, and when I removed the control plate there is a ground wire going to the body from the volume pot. There is no grounding paint or anything.
Is this the way it is suppose to be?
I was told the AmSer had grounding paint in them. Is this the case, and mine just slipped through without being done?
I'm picking up a radio station on it.
gtrfxr
us/fender factorySep 24th, 2003 04:54 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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photoweborama
Contributing Member
It worked fine
until I started fiddling with the knobs.Sep 24th, 2003 07:39 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Thanks for the quick answer. Yes, I chipped the paint and it was there. I may or may not go ahead with my paint-shielding project now. I'll just see how it sounds. I may have not been getting a good connection to it.
Kelsey
Memphis, TN, USASep 25th, 2003 12:02 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I have 2 AmSe Teles and one FSR Custom Tele with ash bodies and blonde finishes. I seem to be getting a lot of single coil noise. Do these have the grounding paint, too? Is the grounding paint just in the control cavity and pickup cavities? Should I chip away some of the finish around the grounding screw to quiet things down?
photoweborama
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Sacramento, CA
Yes, I'm the comic relief...Sep 26th, 2003 10:31 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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My AmSe Tele did not have much noise until I started using a Danelectro compressor. My MiM Strat was really noisy until I painted the inside. Now it's very quiet.
My Tele was terrible until I chipped the paint away and grounded it. Very quiet now.
Your AmSe should have it under the paint. I don't know where, but I think it is just in the control cavities and probably the pickup cavities, but I don't know for sure.
All I know is I don't pickup the radio station on my Tele anymore. It's the pickups that usually are the problem, so when it stopped I would assume that the pickup cavities are shielded also.
Kelsey
Memphis, TN, USASep 26th, 2003 10:41 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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How did you ground it after chipping away the outer finish? Did you change the ground screw somehow?
photoweborama
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Sacramento, CA
Yes, I'm the comic relief...Sep 26th, 2003 12:24 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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No, I used the same ground screw. The lug has a star type of configuration that bites into the wood that helps also.
I had already painted the control cavity anyway, and when I chipped it down to the shielding paint, I just added more paint over the new area and screwed the lug back down, making better contact via the new paint wet.
I think it would have worked fine without the extra paint, but I was already "there" anyway...
gtrfxr
us/fender factorySep 26th, 2003 12:27 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Kelsey
Memphis, TN, USASep 26th, 2003 12:45 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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gtrfxr,
I would love to see some pix from the factory. I never even knew these had grounding paint from the factory. I have AmSe Teles with 2000 and 2001 serial numbers, and an FSR American Custom Tele with a 2003 serial number and 52 RI spec body. I'll have to open up the control cavities for a look tomorrow. They all have a bit more buzz than I'd like, so maybe I need to scrape away some of the outer finish around the grounding point.
Did the California Series guitars receive a grounding undercoat, too?
Thanks for bringing this up, photoweborama -- this is the best new bit of info I've gleaned from the FDP lately.
Kelsey
photoweborama
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Sacramento, CA
Yes, I'm the comic relief...Sep 26th, 2003 01:38 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I would love to see them also.
I would also like to know if there is continuity between the pickup and control cavities. Do they connect?
Oh, and you are welcome.
Jimi R
N. Ireland
Can't beat a Strat.Oct 2nd, 2003 02:29 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Photoweborama
What amp are you playing your guitar through?
I use to have a Fender Deluxe 112 and I found it was the amp that was picking up the Radio station rather than the guitar.
If you are still picking up unwanted interference you can make up a guitar lead with a resistor connected to the amp end jack and this usually cures the problem.
Tygr1
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So Cal
Tin-eared wonder.Oct 8th, 2003 08:22 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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My MIM Deluxe Super apparently had a small area of the already paint shielded cavities which had a piece of tape over it. This was removed after finishing and leaves an area for attaching the ground lug.
Those Mexicans huh?!
8^)
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