We’ve decided to start out our blog with a series of installation tips for our hum-canceling systems.This topic will cover some useful modifications that you should consider before installing one of our systems.

Tele Bridge pickup mod:
Most Tele bridge pickups come with a metal bass plate. The bass plate is attached to the bottom of the pickup and is connected to the black ground wire of the pickup using a short jumper. In this way, the bass plate is grounded.
When installing an Ilitch hum-canceling system, the ground connection of the bass plate must be separated from the pickup black wire.

In order to keep the bass plate securely grounded, we recommend running additional wire from the bass plate to the control cavity. In this way, the bridge pickup is converted from 2-conductor to 3 conductor output wire and is now ready to be connected to the system.

Tele Neck pickup mod:
Tele neck pickups come with a metal cover which covers and shields the neck pickup. The cover is connected to the black ground wire of the pickup with a short bare wire jumper.When installing an Ilitch hum-canceling system, the ground connection of the neck cover must be separated from the pickup black wire.In order to keep the neck cover grounded, we recommend running additional wire from the neck cover to the control cavity. In this way, the neck pickup is converted from 2-conductor to 3 conductor output wire and is now ready to be connected to the system.


Note: Some Tele guitars use the same black wire of the bridge pickup to ground the guitar bridge plate. When we modify the bridge pickup output wires, it is better to run a separate wire to ground the bridge plate because it cannot be securely grounded via the 3 bridge pickup mounting screws. This separate wire will need to be soldered to the main guitar ground on the volume pot housing.

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