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Ira7 · January 27th, 2008, 11:05 AM

Welcome to the party:

It sounds like you're shorting out something when shoving everything back into the control cavity.

When you work the controls when they're NOT installed, out of the cavity, does eveything work? If so, you're definitely shorting. Did you shield? If so, cover the shielding in the control cavity with electrical tape.

Are you running a ground from the control plate to the bridge? I wasn't suppsed to have to because of my shielding, and the fact that the pickguard's underside is covered with foil, completing ground by touching the overlapping shielding on the bridge and control plate cavities.

But something was STILL screwed up, I was getting big time hum, so I DID in fact have to run a short wire from the control plate to the bridge (was able to hide it under the pickguard), and problem solved.

Plus, I'm talking two Bucks, so this thing should be quiet as can be.

January 27th, 2008, 11:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
Ira7 Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Coral Springs, FL Age: 51 Posts: 326	Welcome to the party: It sounds like you're shorting out something when shoving everything back into the control cavity. When you work the controls when they're NOT installed, out of the cavity, does eveything work? If so, you're definitely shorting. Did you shield? If so, cover the shielding in the control cavity with electrical tape. Are you running a ground from the control plate to the bridge? I wasn't suppsed to have to because of my shielding, and the fact that the pickguard's underside is covered with foil, completing ground by touching the overlapping shielding on the bridge and control plate cavities. But something was STILL screwed up, I was getting big time hum, so I DID in fact have to run a short wire from the control plate to the bridge (was able to hide it under the pickguard), and problem solved. Plus, I'm talking two Bucks, so this thing should be quiet as can be.