Help - Is This An Earth (ground) Problem?

[Denis]

I am trying to put a tele together, and it's not going well for a number of reasons. I need some basic help, please.

It's very conventional electronically, with single coil bridge and neck pickups and a "normal" control panel that I bought in. I wired it all up before finishing it so that I could check it was OK, and because I am an impatient kinda person, and wanted to hear it.

I have not shielded any of the cavities with copper yet. When I switch to the neck pup, it sounds OK (ish), but there's a residual hum that goes when I touch either the bridge or the control panel. So I guess that I need to ground the bridge and shield the cavities?

When I swich to the central or bridge position, there is an almighty hum, and that's all. No sound from the strings.

My first thought was that the pup was faulty, so I have taken that direct to the jack, and it works as well as the bridge does. I know that the switch is OK as I checked that as part of working out how to wire it up.

Where do I do from here?

Thanks in advance

Denis

[bluesy]

When I swich to the central or bridge position, there is an almighty hum, and that's all. No sound from the strings.

My first thought was that the pup was faulty, so I have taken that direct to the jack, and it works as well as the bridge does. I know that the switch is OK as I checked that as part of working out how to wire it up.

Where do I do from here?

Thanks in advance

Denis

My advice would be to fix the second problem first. Hum and no sound most likely means it is wired incorrectly.

Edited August 25, 2008 by bluesy

[Paul Marossy]

My advice would be to fix the second problem first. Hum and no sound most likely means it is wired incorrectly.

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