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Wow. 😮 Those infernal electrons will come off just about anything!

Sounds great Glad you found the problem . When you fix it check all grounds and solder joints and throw in some orange drop caps LOL . Good Luck.

Mystery solved. In short, it was static electricity build-up in the pickguard. When I was practicing last night, the static and hum started again. At some point, I inadvertently touched the pickguard while I wasn't playing, and the static came through the speaker. So I touched it again in a different spot and got static again. I started rubbing the pickguard, and the static would occur and then stop, so I just rubbed the entire pickguard with my fingers, pressing down a little firmly, and both the static and hum went away. I've never heard of anything like that, so I did a Google search for "static electricity pickguard" and found several videos where others had experienced the same thing. Their fix was using a dryer sheet like you mentioned @Eracer_Team-DougH, except it worked for them, and they demonstrated in the video. They mentioned the cause was playing in a carpeted room in sock-feet. I usually have socks and house shoes on, so maybe I've been getting the same effect. When I had played earlier in the day and thought blowing out the output jack may have been the cure, I was about to go out on an errand, so I had shoes on. No static that time. That would also explain why I couldn't reproduce the issue at the store. So, it looks like the short-term fix is to rub the pickguard, with or without a dryer sheet, whenever static electric builds up. The long-term fix would be to add some shielding and/or better grounding under the pickguard.

Seems simple enough to me.😃 I will share this with my wife. Greg

Thanx, just needed this for a cool giggle.

1) Set aside a specific time or time of day to practice. It doesn’t need to be a lot of time – but it does need to be CONSISTENT. CONSISTENCY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN QUANTITY 2) Select a time when your mind is FRESH. QUALITY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN QUANTITY It’s not quantity of minutes that matters – it’s the quality of the minutes that you do put into it. 3) 20 Minutes of focused practice time for 6 days out of the week. (120 minutes total) 4) Get a metronome. 5) Get a journal and write down your progress. (It’s the only way to measure some things.) SHOW HOW TO USE A METRONOME 6) Get a good music stand. 7) Prepare an area to learn. 8) When you practice, BE RELAXED – Your mind learns better when not under pressure. 9) When you practice, BE FOCUSED. Ruthlessly eliminate distrations. 10) Keep Learning Materials close by – Books, Guitar, Metronome, Pencil. 11) Get a Learning Buddy.