bridge ground wire??

[danbowskill]

changed my picups on my p bass a while back ,so i dont remember? just took my scratch plate off to tighten my knobs, and the wire coming from my bridge.......do i soilder it to my jack input or the volume pot?? dont want to cock it up ;-( .it was such a noise free bass before ,now it hums like a bitch.

Edited November 9, 2011 by danbowskill

[Ou7shined]

Solder it to to any earth ie pot casings, the negative on your jack socket or cavity shielding.

[danbowskill]

cheers :-) im a bit of a spaz with the lecky side of things.

[KiOgon]

[i]Solder it to ground on the pot body or jack socket outer sleeve, wherever's easy [/i]

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='danbowskill' timestamp='1320873325' post='1432707']
cheers :-) im a bit of a spaz with the lecky side of things.
[/quote]
No probs. It should sort out your hum no end.

[icastle]

Makes no difference although I'd go for whichever is the closest on the basis that the longer the wire, the more there is of it to break.

[apa]

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1320873662' post='1432717']
Makes no difference although I'd go for whichever is the closest on the basis that the longer the wire, the more there is of it to break.
[/quote]

Or the furthest so if it does break you can still solder it to the shortest.*

*Way to complicate a simple answer

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[danbowskill]

what a dope! spent all day re wiring my pups to pots ,changed the bridge wire ,tried each pot and input jack........still humming (well pee'd off by now).

all the time it was a dodgy socket my amp was plugged into :-D.....school boy error!