So the contact cleaner seemed to be a temporary fix. The next day, it reverted back to its previous bad behaviour.

Going to find a local tech who is willing/able to have a look....

Thanks! I'll keep working on it, and report back. I'm encouraged by the fact that I've seen some improvements from just the contact cleaner. Makes me think the issue isn't as bad as I originally thought.

Thanks for your reply, mmmguitar . I have done some more poking around, and have some more/new info. I've plugged the guitar into an amp, and have one string (low E) strung up.

- when I started, I was getting intermittent silence and distortion/buzzing when I plucked the string
- tapping on any of ...

Hi. New member, first post. I recently purchased a blue 1997 (as far as I can determine from the serial number) Nitefly NFV4. Initially, the piezo pickup seemed to work properly, but now it's not. I get loud crackly static intermixed with proper guitar noise. It kind of has a "loose wire" sort of ...