A Hagstrom 3 (1960's) came to me for new slide switches and electronics rewiring, I followed the diagram exactly. The pickguard underside is metal which I will call "chassis ground" as all the new switches are screwed directly to it, the guitar cavity is lined with foil for shielding, also there is an original bare wire that connects to the bridge and to the output jack chassis (ring is ground and the output to tip). Here's my dilemma; when the output jack chassis come's in contact with the bare wire everything cuts off/no sound, without the bare wire the pups work but there is a low ground buzz, when I touch the strings or the bridge the buzz get's worse not better as it should. None of this makes any sense to me, the bare wire is connected to the chassis ground with all the other grounds, why should it be "shorting out? Any advice as to what I am missing is appreciated..
Don
Don
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