grounding

Hello fellow talkbassers! I have a question that I know someone here can help me with. Here goes. I'm going to be installing new Seymour Duncan...

I bought these active EMG p bass pickups. I followed the instructions correctly and wired everything up correct. Checked it over 3x. For some...

[ATTACH] Dear Bassheads that are wired with the skills, experience and / or knowledge to pick up (in this case comprehend) and subsequently answer...

Creating a new thread since this one is getting bloated with different questions. I just changed my bass from active to passive, replaced all the...

Ungrounded pickup poles can be an annoying source of hum. Here's a method of grounding that can be used when the poles are not accessible from...

Here's a diagram of a very basic pedalboard I/O box I built. [ATTACH] I used all metal 1/4" jacks (mono). I have an A/B switch on my board so...

I just recently acquired an 80s MIJ jazz bass and it was working perfectly until I accidentally grazed the exposed ground wire that runs from the...

Posting here because fx is the main cause for my question. I've been running vocal fx a lot recently, and have trouble with getting shocked...

Dear Electronics Experts, I put new pickpups in new locations in a bass that previously had no pickguard. Mod thread here. The underside of the...

Hello, I'm having trouble with noise in my modified Fender Squier Mike Dirnt Precision w/ mexican pickups and i just ran out of ideas to solve it!...

Having acquired a curiosity for the 5th string, and perhaps too much sake whilst perusing Yahoo-auctions, I'm now the happy owner of an early 90's...

So when Im jamming on my rig i get sound problems, when im not touching all the strings that is, it starts small but gets louder pretty fast its...

Hey TB, Today I've been working on my guitar, putting a whole new wiring loom and new pickups in it with some weird switching. Everything works...

Ok so this one has officially stumped me. I've got a Mockingbird Heritage Classic. I seem to have a major grounding issue as I get a loud hiss...

TLDR; What's this sound. Both of my basses. Both of my guitars. All of my amps, assuming it's a grounding problem. Just the b450+ampeg svt make...

I just installed a side jack in my old Jazz bass. To do this, I had to unsolder the connections to the jack and then resolder them back. To be...

I'm moving the jack from my Jazz from the control plate to a side plate. All my existing wires will stretch to the new jack location except the...

My 62 Custom Shop JB has a visible brass "grounding strip" between the neck PU and the bridge (ON the front side of the body). The strip works...

Several times a week questions are posted about hum being caused by touching exposed pole pieces. Grounding the pole pieces will eliminate this...

Hi all, I've done some searches, but could not find the answer. I have always had an issue with my lakland hollowbody in that it has some buzz...

Learned a new technique! If you want to check your instrument's grounding, have your entire signal chain and amp plugged in and on with the...

hey guys I have an issue that I need to solve quickly with what I believe is a shielding issue, there is a hum and soon as I touch any hardware on...

So I installed the P set, but didn't use the quick install. I wanted to experiment on different value pots and also have a three way switch to try...

So my 5 year old Sadowsky NYC has developed a small issue and just thought I'd ask the TB crowd (I've already called the shop and gotten a...

Here is a picture of the grounding wire that is connected to the bridge of my G&L LB-100 bridge. (Classic P bass) I have a noticeable hum that...

I'm changing out the pots on my MIM Jazz (2006) and the neck pot had 2 ground wires heading to the neck pup Under the pick guard, after removing...

Was playing my P Bass, heard a fairly faint 'pop', and now the bass has a fairly bad hum/buzz. Gets worse when I remove my hands from the bass,...

My only bass is a 5 string traben i bought used. its an active bass with humbucker pickups and a 3 tone knob, a pickup switcher, and one volume...

I want to be clear I don't think the Audere is the problem, I'm pretty sure it's the cavity ground that's causing trouble. I love the Audere JNC...

I have some 60 cycle hum when I play in a certain building. I go to the local college in my town to participate in their jazz workshop, but...

I'v been reading some tutorials (including the sticky on this thread) about shielding. I'm actually all done with my bass except for one part: if...

Had a slight hum most noticeable during recording on my AVRI pbass. Thought I'd found the problem when I re-soldered a detached bridge ground....

In the book "Electric Bass Guitar", the classic one which is a compilation of Guitar Player bass articles (and is now available on...

I've been playing my favorite bass for nearly a decade without ever having any significant issues. To be honest, I had never even noticed that the...