I, for one, would not want any of that stuff standard in my guitar pickup or control cavities coming from the factory. If they did that, I wouldn't buy that guitar.I just got off the phone with Gibson as my brand new 50’s Standard does it. I was told “it’s normal for some guitars”. It has to do with the nitro and how it is applied. They use an electrostatic process to get a better bond to the wood somehow. This causes the static.
He said sometimes it goes away by itself over time and sometimes you need the extra copper shielding in all the cavities.
How nice. If they know, why don’t they install the shielding at the factory.
Seriously? Why not?I, for one, would not want any of that stuff standard in my guitar pickup or control cavities coming from the factory. If they did that, I wouldn't buy that guitar.
Because it is not needed.Seriously? Why not?
I'm reviving this necro thread because I found it in a search and the OP describes exactly my predicament. I'll be very brief and say that while trying to find the source of this static artifact I realized that of my 3 guitars, 2 of them recently developed this blight and the 3rd which stays mostly in a closet, did not. It suddenly hit me that I had just recently put a light coat of carauba wax on the neck and back of both. Not having any naptha to strip the wax I thought I'd try what I have and so did a prolonged rub down with Dunlop formula 65 polishing cleaner. I was also careful as I'd read up thread to wear 100% cotton and stood on wood floor instead of rug while barefoot. 95% improvement, really huge difference. I could not tell you why, how or what's going on here but it sure is worth trying.
Good luck all.