WIRING

So it turns out wiring is pretty hard. LOL.

I made a little cardboard work area:


Got all the pots accessible and everything in place:


But my soldering skills are, shall we say, subpar.

Took me a long time to be sure everything was in the right place, but eventually I got everything connected.

Then I plugged it in and...

Nothing. Not even a hum.

Checked and double-checked my work. Can't see where I went wrong. Pretty frustrating. I have only ever wired one other instrument, and that one was a test of my patience, but in the end it worked.

I've decided to have a guitar tech friend take a look at it. Hopefully he can spot where I went wrong.

Feels a bit like I'm cheating by having someone else parachute in and help, but I'd rather a working bass than one that just looks pretty.

So close at this point, yet so far...