Pickup buzzes when I touch the baseplate and/or the mounting screws?

[Rex_Rocker]

Does this mean something is wrong with my wiring or the pickup itself?

Because the wiring is the Gibson Quick Connect stuff. I just had to splice the pickup leads up with the little quick connect plug to get it work. But maybe I did something wrong?

It's just on the bridge pickup too. The neck pickup is fine.

 

[jeremy]

sounds like the ground might be switched with the hot?

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Wouldn't that mean my middle position would be out of phase? It currently isn't.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Alright, so I reversed the hot and ground, and now the buzz is gone, but the middle position is out of phase, LOL.

 

[hamerfan]

Which pickups do you have? Maybe you need a magnet flip.

 

[jeremy]

right, what pups are we talking here? i assume the middle is a single coil?

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Gibson 500T in the bridge, DiMarzio Evolution Neck in the neck. :scratchch

 

[Hank-]

Swap the red & green wire on the evo neck, that should fix the out of phase issue if there is one.

Would flipping the Evo neck around by 180° flip the mag polarity as well or is it essential to flip the mag in one of the pickups?

 

[jeremy]

no. flipping the pup itself wont do anything to the polarity. you need to flip the magnet itself within the pup

 

[uOpt]

What wires do the pickups have? 4-conductor plus shield?

 

[Rex_Rocker]

What wires do the pickups have? 4-conductor plus shield?

Yes.

 

[uOpt]

Yes.

Then the shield gets put on a hot wire somewhere.