I have worked on several dozen for guitar and bass player’s that I’ve gigged with over my 46 years of playing.
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No Treble has a wonderful article on how to shield your bass.įender bass’ have always been notorious for not shielding their products unless you paid the mega bucks for a ‘Custom Shop’ instrument. It should take them no time at all to find it.įor you other readers out there that may realize that you have a potential shielding issue. If you’re scratching your head right now, you might take a quick peek and if you don’t see anything obviously wrong, take it to a repair person and tell him that you have a grounding issue. If you have a multi-meter, you may be able to quickly suss out where the grounding issue is. You can also check under the bridge and make sure that there is indeed a ground wire connecting the bridge to the electronics ground in the control cavity. I would take a look in the control cavity of the instrument and make sure that there isn’t a ground wire disconnected from the underside of a pot or the input jack. If you have a ground issue (and I’m assuming that it isn’t just bad wiring in your rehearsal space!), it is likely that a wire may have come loose or disconnected somewhere. If your instrument hums but becomes quiet once you touch the strings, you have a shielding issue.įor a ground issue, here is what I have learned from the researching vast the knowledge base of the internet:Īll of the metal on your instrument should be connected, from the tuning pegs, through the strings, into your bridge, through the electronics, out the jack, through your instrument cable, into your amp and – eventually – through the ground of the outlet in the wall.If your bass hums once you touch the strings (but is otherwise quiet), you have a grounding issue.Manufacturing for Schecter, PRS(SE), D’Angelico, Yamaha, Fender, ESP(LTD), Supro, Jackson, and Dean among others.Q: Why does my bass hum when I touch the strings and play in the rehearsal studio? I use SVT, Digitech multi-effects pedal and a Ibanez Roadstar II with big humbucking pickups.Ī: There is some confusion out there between what happens when you have a grounding issue vs. Manufacturing for Greg Bennett, Silvertone, Squier, Epiphone, Washburn, and Hohner among others. Reportedly Cort produces roughly 1 Million guitars a year, between their Korean and Indonesian factories.īeside their own Cort branded guitars they manufacture for Ibanez, Fender/Squier, G&L, Gretsch, Laguna, Avalon/Lowden, Music Man, Schecter, Lakland, Strandberg, EVH, Chapman and Jackson among others. Note that by law, non-Indonesians can not own land or property in Indonesia. If you’re wondering, “PT” is an acronym for Perseroan Terbatas, a business entity that is formed and acts per commercial law.Īny Indonesian company receiving foreign investment must take the form of a PT. Several brands have(or had) their guitars made by different factories. PT Wildwood manufactures for Schecter, PRS(SE), D’Angelico, Yamaha, Fender, ESP(LTD), Supro, Jackson, and Dean among others. Wildwood, Serang, Banten, east of Jakarta, West Java. PT Samick manufactures for Greg Bennett, Silvertone, Fender/Squier(includes acoustics), Epiphone, Cordoba, Washburn, and Hohner among others. Operational since 1992.Ĭurrent guitar production capacity 35000 guitars a month(420000 a year). Samick, in Cileungsi near Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.
Reportedly Cort produces roughly 1 Million guitars a year, between their Korean, Chinese and Indonesian factories.īeside their own Cort branded guitars PT Cort manufactures for Ibanez, Fender/Squier(includes amps), G&L, Gretsch, Laguna, Avalon/Lowden, Music Man, Schecter, Lakland, Strandberg, EVH, Chapman and Jackson among others. Operational since 1995.Īrguably the biggest of the 3(or quite possibly in the world, together with Fender and Gibson). Cort(or Cor-Tek) located in Ngoro, Mojokerto, near Surabaya, East Java. So I thought I’d outline the big three, incidentally all Korean owned. What I mainly would like for this thread, is people to start realising these guitars are made by different factories, owned by different companies. (I think this thread is not the time or place to offer my personal opinion on this, but rest assured, there will be one) Inevitably the question arises if they are any good, and comparisons are drawn with their Chinese and Korean counter parts, usually with a generous helping of sweeping generalisations. Over the last 10-15 years you may have noticed an increase of guitars labeled “Made in Indonesia”.
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