** WIRING ASSISTANCE NEEDED** (Pic incl.)

[TwilightOdyssey]

Well, I give up. I stripped back all the cables, as instructed, and resoldered the claw ground, as well as ran 2 seperate wires from the output jack.

I STILL have a hum going on! It complete goes away when I touch the ground wires, the cable sleeve, or my amp's chasis. I have never encountered this problem ever before!!

Is there any additional place I should/could be grounding the wires to?

[TwilightOdyssey]

Before I hand the guitar over to a tech, can I ask one extremely stupid question?

I've been doing all this work with just the body; ie, no neck, bridge, or strings on the guitar.

Stupid question: NOT having the bridge/neck/strings on the guitar should have no baring on the ground issue, should it?

[The amazing Phil]

My SG always had a slight hum that goes away whenever I touch the strings or hardwear. And since I'm always touching them while playing etc, it's never bothered me in the slightest. You might want to try putting it all together, then play it just to see how it all is.

[Tim]

Jackpot! You need to have the guitar strung up and bridge on etc so that when you hold the guitar you complete the ground.
Fit the bridge,string her up, flip the guitar over and complete the soldering job,check your joints,tune up and you'll be rocking.

[The amazing Phil]

If only we thought of this before it got soldered 20 times eh? :lol:

[TwilightOdyssey]

LOL!

I can't believe it .... :shock:

Ah well, live and learn, as they say!  :oops:

I shall be stringing up the neck tonight, tuning, etc ... almost there!!

THANX FOR THE HELP!

[TwilightOdyssey]

If only we thought of this before it got soldered 20 times eh? :lol:

LOL! Totally!
I think it's a natural assumption that the guitar is together during all of this, not in "kit form"; but, this particular guitar is a complete rebuild on my part.