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Anyone in surrey who fancies a go at repairing my pbass?


mr.sibs
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Ive been thinking about taking this into a shop but thought i could try to see if anyone here would be interested. Im not sure the exact issue, could be a component or wire problem, the circuit looks okay to my rookie eyes, but is humming and pops when you touch any of the hardware.
Il of course pay the going rate for anyone willing to fix this problem for me and might be interested in a setup if you are w whizz there too. PM me if you fancy making a bit of cash on what should be an easy fix for the experienced fiddler :)

stu

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Have you tried this guy? - Ben Fleetcroft in Godalming [url="http://fleetcroftguitars.com/"]http://fleetcroftguitars.com/[/url]. He's done a few things for me and is a really nice guy who doesn't charge the earth.

Hamster

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[quote name='Hamster' post='219377' date='Jun 15 2008, 07:27 PM']Have you tried this guy? - Ben Fleetcroft in Godalming [url="http://fleetcroftguitars.com/"]http://fleetcroftguitars.com/[/url]. He's done a few things for me and is a really nice guy who doesn't charge the earth.

Hamster[/quote]
+1 for me.Always helpful and friendly.

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[quote name='Hamster' post='219377' date='Jun 15 2008, 07:27 PM']Have you tried this guy? - Ben Fleetcroft in Godalming [url="http://fleetcroftguitars.com/"]http://fleetcroftguitars.com/[/url]. He's done a few things for me and is a really nice guy who doesn't charge the earth.

Hamster[/quote]


thanks, il check him out, obbm (dave) on here who lives in farnham has very kindly agreed to have a look for me which is great, so hopefully we can diagnose the problem!
i love basschat :)

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[quote name='lee4' post='219402' date='Jun 15 2008, 08:11 PM']+1 for me.Always helpful and friendly.[/quote]

Such a friendly shop Fleetcroft I haven't had any work done by them but Ive heard from friends they are good.

Surprised to see so many people from Godalming/Guildford on here!

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Hello Stu, I had the same problem with a Precision when I changed the pickguard. The wiring looked fine to me so I bought some conductive copper adhesive strip from axesrus.co.uk and put some on the back of the pickguard where the pup mountings are and also across all the holes where the tone/vol pots are.

Still buzzing so I lined the pick up cavity and the control cavity with the copper stuff and still it buzzed. Then my good friend greeneking joined the copper in the pup cavity with the copper strip in the control cavity with a bit of solder and hey presto no more buzzing.

Hope that helps.

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[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='219975' date='Jun 16 2008, 04:09 PM']Hello Stu, I had the same problem with a Precision when I changed the pickguard. The wiring looked fine to me so I bought some conductive copper adhesive strip from axesrus.co.uk and put some on the back of the pickguard where the pup mountings are and also across all the holes where the tone/vol pots are.

Still buzzing so I lined the pick up cavity and the control cavity with the copper stuff and still it buzzed. Then my good friend greeneking joined the copper in the pup cavity with the copper strip in the control cavity with a bit of solder and hey presto no more buzzing.

Hope that helps.[/quote]


great stuff, thanks guys, that will be the next thing to try i think, a big thanks to dave, he managed to help me decrease it through a bad connection in the bridge, but it does still hum a bit and id like to get it as quiet as i can really

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  • 2 weeks later...

I just want to say a quick thank you, my bass is now all sorted :)
Thanks to dave or sorting the original bridge problem, and also for the input from everyone about the copper shielding, ive done it tonight and i cant believe how well it works!! no hum at all now, great stuff

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