Ben,
I didn't think that there should be a buzz from these pickups.
Is your greounding ok??
 
G

Thanks Keith & Will.
I should have known that!
 
D'Ohhhhhh

George is correct Ben, sounds like you have a ground problem becuase  you shouldn't be getting a buzz.

I guess I will have to look more closely at the wiring - AGAIN...  I wired it myself and have never screwed up before, but that means nothing.
 
As far as I shouldn't be getting a buzz, where I come from that could have more than one meaning.
Y'all know what I saying.

Typically an alternate meaning would be deliberate.  
 
It's much trickier if you don't know where it comes from....

That's what happens when the punch bowl is left out and unattended...
 
Mike

Nice one Mike!!
 
George

Ben,
At the moment, I've got a smilar problem with my 75 P bass
Just this morning, I touched the top of the jack that plugs into the bass,.and there was the buzz again!......it happens if I don't touch the strings, or touch the pole pieces of the pup.
I posted this ages ago, and got the response ie..the grounding problem!!
So.to continue..I knew it was just a grounding problem, but at the moment, I'm unemployed, so can't put the bass in to Jimmy Moon in Glasgow (the only guy I'd trust in Scotland).
SO........when I touched the jack....(meant to be insulated in rubber and all that!)........there was the buzz again.....just like with the pole pieces!
So......by chance........I touched the bridge at the same time. Result.......One Quiet and great sounding P bass
Would appear to me (as Adriaan and others pointed out) that the problem most probably arises from the ground under the bridge, or the connections to the jack!
 
Hope this helps.
BTW....I still use the P bass for most live gigs at the moment..............just keep a hold of the strings when not playing!
Funny though.........last week , I never heard a buzz from her.....strings held or not...but at home, you can hear what needs to be done.
 
George

There is something to be said for a good P-bass.  Here is a - This is probably my favorite Rock bass tone... definitely not perfect for every genre of music, but an overdriven valve amp with a good P-bass is hard to beat!

Some of this may be grounding in the home or showcase your playing in. I have experienced noise in different locations using the same gear. An electrician told me it could be due to the sensitivity of the pickups without sufficient grounding in relation to the quality of wiring at location. He also told me the amount of amperage load on the circut can add or subtract the amount of hum or noise. I have been running all my gear thru a heavy duty fused powerstrip and that seems to help.

I am reminded of another incident involving this particular bass (and this departs from the direction of the thread, so please forgive). I was using it at the Fur Peace Ranch during student performance, and the output jack stopped putting out... The Maestro Casady ran into the back room and produced his own bass and handed it to me... the other fellows on stage began playing, so I started in (without tuning the bass...). Of course, it was out of tune, so Jack kneeled in front of me and tuned it while I was playing! You can't make this stuff up!
God bless 'im! Come to think of it, this particular Precisionstein has had some issues...