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 Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:49 pm
My 1960s re-issue Fender Jazz Bass is really nice but it buzzes & its passive. The buzzing stops whenever I touch anything metal including tuning knobs, bridge, strings, & the back of the tuning knobs. Anyone wana help me caus I dont know whats wrong with it.
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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:52 pm
rage1331 My 1960s re-issue Fender Jazz Bass is really nice but it buzzes & its passive. The buzzing stops whenever I touch anything metal including tuning knobs, bridge, strings, & the back of the tuning knobs. Anyone wana help me caus I dont know whats wrong with it. Most likely a grounding issue, take off your bridge and check the wire underneath, if there isn't one, there should be. If there is one, take a knife to the metal part of the wire to clean it, and sand the bottom of your bridge to clean it as well. You could also shield your cavities (pickup and control), it's a relatively easy process, just apply the tape or paint to every part of the cavity so you don't get any outside electrical interference. http://www.warmoth.com/supplies/supplies.cfm?fuseaction=copper_shielding http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups/Supplies:_Shielding/Conductive_Shielding_Paint.html And no, aluminum foil won't do the same thing.
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:38 am
Or maybe your treble could be too high. It sometimes happens with mine, it buzzes, and when I put my hand on it it stops. I turn it down a bit, and it usually fixes it. Or it could be a grounding problem.
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:43 pm
Passive pickups are grounded to the bridge most of the time.. thus... when you touch the strings the buzzing stops stops... most every passive pickup will do it to some extent... I hate passive...
and to comment your poll question... I hate Fender anything
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:58 pm
My bass does that buzzing and then I touch strings or bridge and it stops...somewhat, I can still hear it if my amp is loud enough, or treble is high enough for that matter.
My bass is second hand, so no doubt it needs to be cleaned in every way possible.
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:08 pm
any passive jazz bass I've played buzzes when I wasn't playing.....
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:36 pm
dude... 60's reissue!
I WANT!!
but my Jag does the same thing
it was Active/Passive pickups
i broke the active switch on it though... so
its passive... till i can get it fixed
but yeh, i'm gonna go gety the wiring checked out
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:37 pm
angrymalazar rage1331 My 1960s re-issue Fender Jazz Bass is really nice but it buzzes & its passive. The buzzing stops whenever I touch anything metal including tuning knobs, bridge, strings, & the back of the tuning knobs. Anyone wana help me caus I dont know whats wrong with it. Most likely a grounding issue, take off your bridge and check the wire underneath, if there isn't one, there should be. If there is one, take a knife to the metal part of the wire to clean it, and sand the bottom of your bridge to clean it as well. You could also shield your cavities (pickup and control), it's a relatively easy process, just apply the tape or paint to every part of the cavity so you don't get any outside electrical interference. http://www.warmoth.com/supplies/supplies.cfm?fuseaction=copper_shielding http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups/Supplies:_Shielding/Conductive_Shielding_Paint.html And no, aluminum foil won't do the same thing. i could'nt have explained it better.
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:08 am
Alright I think I got it. I took it apart & shielded the pickups & controls & now it almost never buzzes. Thanks!
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:11 am
ZacTheOneAndOnly dude... 60's reissue! I WANT!! but my Jag does the same thing it was Active/Passive pickups i broke the active switch on it though... so its passive... till i can get it fixed but yeh, i'm gonna go gety the wiring checked out I almost bought a Jag but the one I tried had some horrable wiring problems. Hows yours?
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:01 am
rage1331 ZacTheOneAndOnly dude... 60's reissue! I WANT!! but my Jag does the same thing it was Active/Passive pickups i broke the active switch on it though... so its passive... till i can get it fixed but yeh, i'm gonna go gety the wiring checked out I almost bought a Jag but the one I tried had some horrable wiring problems. Hows yours? its a touch fragile and i could use some new pickups i've broken the Active passive switch but all in all it still sounds rad and the groundings a bit out it buzz's when i'm not touching metal but all in all its sexy stands out sounds good and its really really playable! got a nice thin fast neck and a whole heap of sounds i can make it kind of sound like a Double Bass its rad
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 3:21 am
Damn basses are really tough at all points except for the wiring. I really hate it. Had to rewire my cheapo Dean Edge 01 before I learned about quality basses. I've purchased a Fender Jazz Bass (Mexico), and it's been really kind to me. I'd be terrified if it broke. Rewiring a more expensive bass like that... *shudders*
Perhaps you can post a Guide to rewiring it, with pictures and all? That'd help out a lot of us. Help us without having us destroying our basses, that is. xp
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:15 pm
Antiklontermiddel Damn basses are really tough at all points except for the wiring. I really hate it. Had to rewire my cheapo Dean Edge 01 before I learned about quality basses. I've purchased a Fender Jazz Bass (Mexico), and it's been really kind to me. I'd be terrified if it broke. Rewiring a more expensive bass like that... *shudders* Perhaps you can post a Guide to rewiring it, with pictures and all? That'd help out a lot of us. Help us without having us destroying our basses, that is. xp Omg that is the funniest signature Ive ever seen!
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:38 pm
rage1331 My 1960s re-issue Fender Jazz Bass is really nice but it buzzes & its passive. The buzzing stops whenever I touch anything metal including tuning knobs, bridge, strings, & the back of the tuning knobs. Anyone wana help me caus I dont know whats wrong with it. mine has the buzzing problem frome time to time but i love it and it loves me try taking the amp cord out a little thats what i do and it made it stop
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Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:30 am
My first bass did that... but it was a shielding problem. The jazz bass I have now doesn't buzz at all (it's a Reggie Hamilton PJazz passive/active).
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