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tone pot and grounding problem

Hi,

two problems

first:

i recently rewired my bass with some new pickups, seymour duncan spb2 and sjb2s

they work fine but i played my bass yesterday and noticed that when I touch the controls when I am plugged in i get a buzzy sound from touching the metal

is this a grounding problem?

second:

my tone pot isn't working. when i dial it up it just makes a faint scratchy buzzy sound. did i wire it wrong or maybe the pot is damaged??

Any help would be appreciated
 
You wired it wrong. Follow this diagram...
 

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