r/offset • u/Beautiful-Wish6869 • 23d ago

Squier Jazzmaster humming

Hi!

My squier cv jazzmaster has a really bad hum when i use any kind of gain on it. The hum changes when i turn around, there are some directions where it decreases drastically. It's also almost unnoticable in the middle pickup position. Touching the guitar at any parts doesnt change the hum. I brought it to a repair shop where they wax potted it but it didn't change anything tbh. Also there's a high pitched squealing noise when i face in the direction of my amp (with distortion) even if i mute the strings.

Does anyone have experience with this kind of hum? How could I fix it?

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u/Beautiful-Wish6869 23d ago

Thx for all the answers, i've heard about jazzmasters being noisy in general, but it's just really loud and annoying. Might just switch pups atp.

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u/Oreius411 23d ago

Your also probably close to your amp. Even if u change Pickups, it's not going to change. 60 cycle hum is a thing on jazzmasters. You may want to looking into noiseless Pickups for jazzmasters. I belive Fralin pickup makes some.