P bass hum

[lancer]

Hi all

I have a Fender Am Original 60’s P Bass with Pure vintage 63 pickups.

The bass is a couple of years old and stock.

Ive checked it over with a multimeter and it seems to be grounded correctly.

The problem is the noisy humming if the pole pieces are touched, I’ve never had this happen with a p bass before.

Any ideas how to cure this please?

[Rexel Matador]

There't a thread on talkbass about this exact issue - due to the pole pieces not being grounded apparently:

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/pickups-buzzing-when-touching-the-pole-pieces.1425595/#:~:text=That's perfectly normal.,the pickups don't buzz.

 

The third post down contains a link to another thread that explains how to fix it:

 

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/pole-piece-hum-a-grounding-tutorial.1229441/