Good morning all!

Here's my problem, which I'm sure many have experienced before:

I have an America Fender Telecaster (2001) and a Mexican Fender Jazz Bass (2000) both with stock hardware, no mods. In two separate houses (Brooklyn) I get the exact same noise, which can be mitigated by standing in the perfect spot and not moving an inch. Impractical and beyond frustrating. When I go to my moms in Delaware, ZERO noise in any spot in her home. And that's without using any power conditioners, of which I have 3 in my studio. I record into an Apollo Twin going either direct or micing my amp, same results, fwiw. I've also tried turning off all LED lights, making my audio and power lines aren't crossing, etc. I've also tried different outlets in different rooms, no luck.

So after much reading, I've decided to shield both guitars as it must be the single coils that are picking up all the rf. I haven't done this yet as I wanted to ask some questions here 1st.

My questions are:

1. Has anyone had success with using one of these? Would going with a more expensive unit be pointless?
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...rman-p-1800-ar

2. Should I consider swapping out the stock pickups instead?

3. Will shielding completely mitigate the noise?

Any insight is greatly appreciated!

If I had to guess the power conditioner won't drastically improve things. The noise is coming into the pickups through the air. There are power lines quite close to my studio and they definitely get single coil pickups humming. Like you, rotating can change the volume of the noise. I do recall recording a friend's tele who had meticulously added shielding to the cavity of the guitar and it was surprisingly quiet.

The good news is I have found the hum is editable and ignorable in 95% of recording situations. A delicate hushed passage with a lot of space on a guitar line especially with a compressor and tube screamer on it is a guaranteed problem.

Hi theshoppe!

Thank you for your insight! I think I'll just go ahead with shielding then. What plugins do you use to remove noise?