russpurdy
November 2nd, 2009, 09:25 PM
hey everyone, i'm sure there are threads on this already but I just wanted to clarify and get some opinions. I installed vintage noiseless pickups in my tele and I had a hard time soldering all the ground wires to my volume pot (i don't think my soldering iron had enough juice and the pot was acting like a giant heat sink). It seemed like I had everything attached well and I stuck a wire under the bridge plate and soldered it to the volume pot since the noiseless pickups don't have the metal bridge plate. I thought everything was working well but then I noticed a slight buzzing that stopped when I touched the strings, metal knobs, bridge, tuners, etc. I plugged other guitars into my set up and they did not have a buzz. Would I be correct in thinking this is a grounding issue with the ground wires not making proper contact? Thanks for your help guys!
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