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@EatS1stBassist was my first mentor on taking a cheap bass and modding it to make it an excellent player. He was a gracious and generous person and will be sadly missed.
Remove the pickguard. On some models of Tbirds there’s a pull station under the guard.
LOL - first one that popped up on Google when searching for a pic of a Tbird without a pickguard.
And that right there is why I hate wire mesh pickups. Messy to cut the mesh (tiny hair wires everywhere) messy to solder vs standard multi strand insulated wire and too easy to have a tiny loose strand touching something it shouldn’t.
LOL - going through my typical used bass for sale websites looking for gems. Found a couple.Where were you an hour ago!
Double check the screw to make sure it isn’t touching the pup wire in the pickup cavity. If it’s not and you suspect it’s grounding out inside the can you could try a hillbilly fix - the screw is a slip fit through the pup can, slip a piece of shrink fit tubing over the screw threads (that’s long enough to poke through the pup back plate) shrink it with a hair blower and reinstall the pup and screw to see if that provides adequate insulation. If you don’t have heat shrink tube you might get by with a tight wrap or two of electrical tape around the threads. Obviously leave enough threads exposed to bite into the wood.
Are you sure your house and its contents weren’t built by Lucas Electric or his American cousin- Murphy?
Teflon tape did the trick and less bulky. Fixed and now back in action. Anyone ever seen this before? Something must have rattled around on my trip back home from the GTG. A lot of hours for a simple fix.
