Noisy Bass Guitar- Simple Fix
If your bass guitar is noisy you might have a grounding issue, or are suffering from electrical interference. If the buzz stops when you touch the strings or bridge, that is a good indicator. At any rate, one easy and cheap fix you can try is shielding the electrical cavity with copper shielding tape. If this doesn’t fix the hum you may have other issues, but a good shielding job certainly wont hurt!
For 14$ worth of shielding tape, and 40 minutes of my day, I completely eliminated the excess noise from my P bass and it is now silent.
If you don’t feel comfortable taking your bass apart to shield the cavity, take it to a professional!
This is the tape I used
EP-0499-000 Copper Shielding Tape Strip (1 inch x 5 ft)
Song is “Headspin” by my band “Nico and The Boys”
https://nicoandtheboys.bandcamp.com/releases
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Originally posted by UCRqsj9obSbaJLcSmT1mU0XA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2EEAXUw3x8
Take the bass apart and reassemble. Simple
Please I could get the name for the gold thing you were holding
Another simple fix (especially for older basses) is to make sure the ground wire, usually under the bridge is making a good connection and not all corroded or buried in the body.
How do i know if its the ground wires fault?
(My bass does the popping thing with the buzz as well but when i cover the pickup/ place my hands on top of the strings it gets quieter )
I have a squire affinity series jaguar bass how do I tape the pickup cavity ?
Wat is the tape .name
Good jobs Sir you share amazing ideas
When i play in light Curren the noise wasn't too loud bt, if the Current gone then use to play in generator support, that noise too loud yeah
It's a shame that you pay so much for an instrument and they don't even spend $3 to shield it for you. SMH.
A noise gate is a simple fix
Yeah . I get that. I had an issue. Than I realized it was my labtop. I can record no noise while it's unplugged. Ha ha
wuuuuut? so chaning my pickups to fender noiceless was a total mistake for $200?
Is not a simple fix
Awesome short video! I will try this on my guitars … and make a helmet like this as well
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Buzz killer ???? good tip
Hey thanks for the video man was wondering where that noise was coming from. Have a blessed day.
“Bright side is we can make some beats out of it” ???????????? bro, I’ve been doing that for literally 25 years on my 5 string every time I use my Boss ODB which is basically 90% of the time hahaha
THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
where do I get the copper thing
Does it matter what kind of copper tape you use? I have an Aria Pro II SB-r60 with this problem really bad and saw some copper tape on Amazon that I think would work but I’m not sure if there is a specific brand that should be used for guitars
But you didn’t play it after fixing to know if the bass was sounding and the noise stopped! ????????☺️ I waited all the day to hear you play it without the noise till video ended
So does the whole pickguard need shielding? I would have thought to just shield around the pickup cavity and the area that covers the control cavity would suffice?
That much noise, and the ground wire was doing its job? Did you take a multimeter to it?
Can we use aluminum foil to shield it?
Just yesterday my bass started as so, only when connected with cable, not my wireless system, also noticed that my bass killed a battery in 2 weeks or less
thummer
Love your acting abilities and grounding solutions .Thanks to you for your video and thanks to Jesus for you …
I'm gonna have to do this to my squier CV mustang. I've eliminated all other possibilities. Got a cioks power supply. Unplugged other electronics that use the same outlet. I use high quality cables, have my pedalboard grounded and use the noise gate on my boss GT1B.
If I play my humbucker guitar through my setup it is dead silent. I plug my mustang in and I get gnarly hum with the tone up past halfway. I touch the control plate and it goes away. So my plan is to shield it and check the solder connections and reflow the solder as needed. And if that doesn't fix it I'll revisit the issue when I get new pickups and I'll probably replace the pots and wiring.
I have a Squier Paranormal Jazz Bass but there are two separate cavities that connect under a plate. How should I do it?
Can use almoniun foil paper
No soldering?
Sounds great but my bass does not have a pickguard. And I have that same buzz. Any ideas?
I Shielded it but it still makes that noise what should i do?
I bought a brand new guitar and bass, and they both do that noise? Is there any other workaround to solve that?