All I did was change the pickgaurd...in a mess now

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I wanted to change the pickguard on my Fender P-bass Special. After I changed it and got everything put back together I found out something must have gotten screwed up.

It buzzes pretty loud, the p bass pick up doesn't work, and when I put my fingers on the p bass pickup volume knob or tone knob I get a squeeling feedback sound. I took the pickguard off again and everything appears to be in tact, so i can't figure out what the problem may be.

Any suggestions???
 
ralf said:
I wanted to change the pickguard on my Fender P-bass Special. After I changed it and got everything put back together I found out something must have gotten screwed up.

It buzzes pretty loud, the p bass pick up doesn't work, and when I put my fingers on the p bass pickup volume knob or tone knob I get a squeeling feedback sound. I took the pickguard off again and everything appears to be in tact, so i can't figure out what the problem may be.

Any suggestions???
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You are missing a ground somwhere. Should be a wire soldered on one of the pots to the bridge and the output jack. Check for a broken solder joint.
 
MCI2424 said:
You are missing a ground somwhere. Should be a wire soldered on one of the pots to the bridge and the output jack. Check for a broken solder joint.
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You may even have ground and hot wires swapped somewhere.
 
yeah that's it. i figured it was something with the wiring. unfortunately i don't know shit about how to do it...guess i'll have to take it in to my guitar guy
 
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