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HELP Grounding issue / Hum solutions
I live in an old house (1930's), has original wiring that is not grounded - in other words all the power outlets are 'two-prong'.
With most my Acoustics its never an issue, but I one thats giving me fits. Unfortunately its one I really need right now for a recording project. Its a Taylor GS Mini Bass. When I touch the input jack, all the hum is dead quiet, so I know it needs a grounding wire (Taylor makes a nice universal grounding kit with a fuse, the Normal grounding plate for the bridge plate wont work, because its a four string bass!) Its an active system that runs on two alarm clock batteries. So my questions are: 1) If I have one wire attached to the input jack, what do I attach the other end to? I suppose I could rig something that rests on the ball ends of the strings? 2) Is there a DI box that will fix the problem? I'm literally having to wrap a grounding wire around my arm to the input jack until I get this fixed. I can't replace the wiring in my house obviously so I need a different fix! Thanks
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I can answer the second question pretty easily: Most DIs have a ground lift for exactly this purpose.
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