Recent content by portishead1

Hi Sunbeast - No grounds are connected to the tone pot. Reseating it is a bit puzzling as I did try a "wired" ground to it and also measured resistance between the tone pot body and ground and there was nothing and the noise didn't stop until I reseated it.

So I measured all the resistance and everything came back single digits or less. I also took a piece of copper wire and tested all the ground connections to make sure it wasn't a bad link somewhere and also connected a second test ground from the bridge to the electronics which didn't help. I...

The buzz doesn't attenuate with both pickups at varying volumes and both up full. The buzz get's louder/softer depending on independent/together pickup volume. The tone pot makes it go away when it's all the way down. I cleaned the pots with de-oxit an it didn't change anything. My other...

No shielding in the controls or pup cavities, which is the same on my other Jazz bass which is quiet. Is shielding the cavities the only way to try and solve this?

Hi All; I have searched high and low and have not found a definitive answer as to what could be causing the buzz on this bass. The buzz goes away when I touch the strings, the control plate or the shell of the input plug. I also took the electronics out and the wiring is correct. I tried...