gafbass02 Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Some wires snapped when I changed a control plate, now it's as the title says, wtf have I managed to do?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~tl Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Do you have a photo of the plate as it is now? It's hard to tell what's wrong with it without seeing it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Did you attach the wire to the tone pot with the capacitor? you might have bridged the lugs to the capacitor with solder, so it's like tone is all the way down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 (edited) I'll try to post a pic, I just attached wires to things till sound came out when I tapped the pups with a screw driver. The gone control still seems to do something it goes from wooley to woolier!! Oh yeah and it now buzzes like an mf! Edited December 26, 2008 by gafbass02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~tl Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Heh, that's not a particularly good way of fixing it... but never mind! First off, head over to the Seymour Duncan website and download the wiring diagram for a Jazz Bass (I'm on my phone just now so can't get you a link... sorry... maybe someone else could?). That should give you an idea of where everything should be connected. The buzzing sounds like you've connected the tail piece wire to the "hot" signal connection rather than the earth. It should be a single wire coming from either the tail piece area or through the bridge pickup route and should be soldered to the metal casing of one of the pots. The "wooly" sound is probably the tone control being shorted out, but, again, it's hard to tell without a pic for reference. Hope that helps a little! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Which bass did you tinker with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 Heh yeh I really do suck at this stuff! Luckily it as just the johnny Brooke jazz copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 You should find something like your circuit here :- [url="http://www.fender.co.uk/support/wiring_diagrams_parts_lists.php"]http://www.fender.co.uk/support/wiring_dia...parts_lists.php[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octavedoctor Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 [quote name='gafbass02' post='363769' date='Dec 26 2008, 04:30 PM']Heh yeh I really do suck at this stuff! Luckily it as just the johnny Brooke jazz copy.[/quote] Why don't you just bring it down to me I'll sort it out for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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