Quote Originally Posted by nickflook View Post
WEIRDBITS !!! YOU ARE A GENIUS! that was it! everything was perfect except i had too much sodder on one of the lugs and it dripped down and was making a connection to the copper tape. oh man. I could cry im so happy right now, Ive been tyring to solve this forrreeverrr. I can finally glue this neck on! You gotta give me some paypal info so i can send you money for a pizza, seriously. LET ME FEED YOU PIZZA. Im forever grateful. Also, dingoboss and everyone else who suggested the copper tape, it TOTALLY got rid of that insane hum.

One last TINY thing i noticed. when i turn the volume knob, it crackles quite a bit, it works fine, just a little crackly, is that because i used too much sodder ? or do i need to blast some air into it to clean it out?

it might just be that the pot is a bit dirty and you just need to give it a spray with some Electrical Contact Cleaner, you can buy a can of it from most good Electronics Components stores (eg: Jaycar Electronics, Mouser), the stuff you want to buy is the stuff that doesn't leave an oily residue behind once it evaporates, if that doesn't fix the crackling you might need to replace the pot with a new one and be careful with the soldering, hope that helps.