Soldering Novice here... need some help

[Mr. B]

Re: Soldering Novice here... need some help

Make sure no bare wires are leaning against something, and look to see if solder has dripped down making a connection you did not intend to make. Triple check your wiring schematic.

[Jocelyn]

Re: Soldering Novice here... need some help

I still feel it is either the Volume pot or the switch. Try this connect just one pickup to the volume and then to the jack and see if the buzz goes. If it still persist connect it directly to the jack.

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Soldering Novice here... need some help

From looking at your pics, it looks like you have applied a lot of heat to those pots and switch (not excessive heat, but too little heat over too much time). Could be you fried the pot.

I would do similar to what others have suggested, but start by connecting the humbucker directly to the output jack. There should be no hum. Now wire the pup to the vol pot (no other wires attached anywhere) and to the jack. Any hum? Continue adding components until the hum starts. The last item added is the culprit (or the soldering/wiring connected to it).

Good luck.

[dancox27]

Re: Soldering Novice here... need some help

FIXED IT!! In my process of soldering and resoldering all the grounds again i got the hum to go away for the most part, so it was one of the ground wires that wasn't soldered properly. it still does hum a tad, but for me it's bearable, and once i start playing you can't hear it at all. so thanks for the help guys!!

[Uncle Fred]

Re: Soldering Novice here... need some help

I would get rid of that switch and get a Fender or an Ernie Ball 5 way and get a diagram and wire it up, those import switches always cook out so easy.

[DreX]

Re: Soldering Novice here... need some help

FIXED IT!! In my process of soldering and resoldering all the grounds again i got the hum to go away for the most part, so it was one of the ground wires that wasn't soldered properly. it still does hum a tad, but for me it's bearable, and once i start playing you can't hear it at all. so thanks for the help guys!!

Thanks for telling us what it was. If you plan to mod your guitar often, you should buy a spool of hookup wire, Kester pocket solder, a solder sucker, a soldering iron with a fine tip and a sponge for cleaning the soldering iron, and rewire it all clean and minimally, using only as much wire as is necessary to get from component to component neatly, and then it will be easy to avoid these sorts of issues.

I would get rid of that switch and get a Fender or an Ernie Ball 5 way and get a diagram and wire it up, those import switches always cook out so easy.

IMO, if you're burning parts, you're doing it wrong, or at least not using the right tools.