Members edwardl Posted November 27, 2008 Members Share Posted November 27, 2008 I have an '99 Ibanez 305 DX soundgear bass with the "phat active eq" option.the bass has a wicked buzzing problem. it appears the buzzing goes away when I turn the tone knob all the way counterclockwise. It seems like the pickups are picking up noise from light sources in the room and then the preamp in the bass is amplifying that noise and the result is the buzzing I hear from my amp. I've used multiple amps and cables with the same bass and always had the same problem. So I'm assuming it is the bass itself. the buzzing seems to depend on the room I'm in and what lights are on and also the direction I'm facing in the room greatly effects the degree of buzzing. once I tried connecting a copper wire between the bridge of the guitar and a cold water pipe in the house to ensure the bridge was grounded and this helped dramatically. the electronics cavity is shielded with conductive paint and as far as I can tell the pickups are passive and single coil. I was considering getting some humbucking pickups from EMG or Bartolini. I am looking for any suggestions on pickups selection and ways to eliminate buzzing. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nAmzrTakin Posted November 27, 2008 Members Share Posted November 27, 2008 Single coil or buckers? Could be a shielding problem, sounds like it. How are the pickups picking up light? That doesn't make sense to me. How good are your leads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nAmzrTakin Posted November 27, 2008 Members Share Posted November 27, 2008 It the tone knob thing works why don't you just keep it that way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guttermouth Posted November 27, 2008 Members Share Posted November 27, 2008 once I tried connecting a copper wire between the bridge of the guitar and a cold water pipe in the house to ensure the bridge was grounded and this helped dramatically.the electronics cavity is shielded with conductive paint and as far as I can tell the pickups are passive and single coil. I was considering getting some humbucking pickups from EMG or Bartolini.I am looking for any suggestions on pickups selection and ways to eliminate buzzing. thanks sounds like you've got a problem with the ground circuit. start by checking the ground lug on the output jack and make sure your connection there isn't broken. when you connected your bridge to ground and the problem got better - that tells you it's an issue with the grounds in the bass.so it either gonna be poor grounds from the factory or a broken wire ( maybe between the bridge and the pots or where ever they have the ground points connected in the control cavity). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guttermouth Posted November 27, 2008 Members Share Posted November 27, 2008 It the tone knob thing works why don't you just keep it that way? are you serious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nAmzrTakin Posted November 27, 2008 Members Share Posted November 27, 2008 are you serious? Rarely. I was being a smartass. It sounds like it's not grounded properly. Might have bought a lemon.might only be a matter of re-soldering the grounding wires Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted November 27, 2008 Moderators Share Posted November 27, 2008 It the tone knob thing works why don't you just keep it that way? Because that would suck and the pedal can be fixed to operate correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nAmzrTakin Posted November 27, 2008 Members Share Posted November 27, 2008 Oh and also. I'm a lefty. Clockwise is all the way up for me cause I'm sdrawkcab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guttermouth Posted November 27, 2008 Members Share Posted November 27, 2008 Rarely. I was being a smartass. aaah ok.you never know on teh interWebz.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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