SAS-NF NOISE ?

[helmi]

Just picked up a beautiful 2012 swamp ash special NF. sounds great, but when i'm in the 2&4 positions, holy $hit am I getting a lot of noise! I have a singlecut with 3 narrowfields , and don't have this problem. my guitar partner has a NF3 with narrowfields and doesent have this noise. is it something in the way it's wired? anybody else with a SAS-NF ever experience this?
(Les, where are you?)

 

[watelessness]

It's been a while since I had mine but I want to say that it's still a single-coil guitar

 

[justmund]

Just picked up a beautiful 2012 swamp ash special NF. sounds great, but when i'm in the 2&4 positions, holy $hit am I getting a lot of noise! I have a singlecut with 3 narrowfields , and don't have this problem. my guitar partner has a NF3 with narrowfields and doesent have this noise. is it something in the way it's wired? anybody else with a SAS-NF ever experience this?
(Les, where are you?)

Nope, mine was quiet before I ripped the NFs out and attacked it with a router. That complete pickup/harness setup is now in another guitar and no noise in any position. I've got no suggestions, seems really odd.

It's been a while since I had mine but I want to say that it's still a single-coil guitar

Actually, they're humbuckers, they're basically 57/08s on a narrow base

 

[László]

Just picked up a beautiful 2012 swamp ash special NF. sounds great, but when i'm in the 2&4 positions, holy $hit am I getting a lot of noise! I have a singlecut with 3 narrowfields , and don't have this problem. my guitar partner has a NF3 with narrowfields and doesent have this noise. is it something in the way it's wired? anybody else with a SAS-NF ever experience this?
(Les, where are you?)

Hi Helmi!

I'm not getting noise with the NF on my 20th PS in 2 and 4, but the NF is only the middle pickup (the other pickups are 408Ns).

I did have a SAS-NF in the studio for a short time, and didn't have a noise issue with it. I have no idea what might be going on!

 

[vchizzle]

I'd probably pop the control cover off and gently prod with a pencil eraser or chopstick(anything non conductive) and see if you can get noise to change. Could be a wiring issue. Could take a pic and email to PRS to see if anything looks amiss. I'd email them either way, they might have an idea.

 

[Boogie]

Yeah, I'm with vchizzle. Pull up the factory schematics and go over the control cavity with a fine-tooth comb. I'm betting a lifted ground or a short somewhere. Is there any evidence that the previous owner(s) monkey-ed with the wiring at any time?

 

[helmi]

thank you very much fella's for the reply's. doesen't look to be tampered with at all. I could of sworn I saw some post's on this problem a couple years back. must have been mistaken