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Originally Posted by XylemBassGuitar  Before you do anything, since you just bought the bass, I would call the folks you bought it from and see if they'll fix up the problem for you. Faling that....
Like you mentioned, check all of the solder connections first (especially the ground). Look for loose mechanical connections, bare wires that may be touching each other, "cold" solders (they'll look dull and grey, not shiny and silver). If you don't find the problem there check:
1) That your pickup cavities and electronics cavity are shielded. If they aren't, you might want to buy some copper shielding tape and shield them yourself.
2) That all of the grounds run to one volume pot, then to a grounding point.
3) That your pickups are internally shielded (call B.C. Rich to find out). If they aren't, consider touching their magnets to some of the shielding tape at the bottom of the pickup cavities. Then, run a ground wire from the copper to a grounding point.
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Thanks XylemBassGuitar for the advice.
A little checking with multimeter and probes revealed that I can get the same decrease in buzz if I ground the front pick up screws, but not with the back ones.
So I suspect the grounding on the front pickups, so will chase that up as a possibility.
Off back to the shop tomorrow so will see what they say.
Cheers
Stuntie.
