Hey guys. I've just finished my 2nd build. I put a p90 in. Sounded great in the dry run before finishing. So a couple of issues now i have it all back together. I earthed the strings via the tail piece to the out jack and now when I touch the strings I get alot of amp noise. It's worse with the volumn down. The tone pot' s not working as well as it did in the dry run either. I tightened the pot's pretty tight. Could that be a problem, have I damaged them?, and what about the earthing?

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If the pots still turn freely and smoothly I doubt you have damaged them by wrenching the nut tight.

trace your wiring and ensure you grounded the strings and the pot bodies to the sleeve connector of the jack and not the tip, usually EMF noise from fluorescent lights goes quieter when you touch the grounded strings.

check for a cold solder joint

Hey JL. I'm a complete beginner as far as electronics go. I connected the wire to the longest part of the jack. If what you're saying is that I should have connected to the shorter part, then that's my problem. I'll check the soldering as well. Could well be what you say. Thanks for the advice.
Hey JL. Can't thank you enough. All back to beautiful. Now I have knowledge to take to the next build. Cheers mate.

Lucky guess on my part, but thank you.

for reference and for others following, a good pic of this....2 and 3 connector

Good diagram. I found one similar on the net, which is probably what I should've done in the first place. Also should have realised the pots were already earthed to the sleeve. So just a case of zero experience and lack of research on my part. Love this site and the people on it like yourself who offer their wisdom so freely. Thanks again.

aw shucks, we're just a bunch of egotistical blowhards that just like the sound of our own voices with a neurotic compulsion to feel important, LOL

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