First time soldering, pu's are noisey

[john_g]

I picked up some Aguilar jazz pickups to replace the stock ones in my Squier VM Fretless. I had never soldered before (outside of high school shop class 20 years ago). It went relatively smooth but the pickups are noisey...it does sound better with both full up and I know single coils can be noisey but i wonder if its the result of my soldering. Will a poor solder job make it sound like that, even with both volumes full on?

 

[symbolic_acts]

if it's working and the pickups are soldered to ground (back of pot) it should be fine.
probably just single coil noise. try the bass in a different house/apartment (not kidding). single coils do not like certain buildings wiring.