I have a Ibanez TR-50, basically a P-bass.

For a while now the lower pick-up was screwed in at an angle, and while this didn't seem to affect the sound I decided to fix it. I took out the pick-ups and examined them to see if it was the screws or something else. I am not sure if this matters but the two pick-up faces attached to each other, they are both still magnetized differently.

My real problem is that my bass won't produce a sound. I checked solder joints they seem to be fine, one or two could use a retouching. My tone pot produces a buzz when I turn the bass down on it.

I found my problem.

After looking a little closer I saw one of the pick-ups didn't have a a connection with the wires.

[Edited on 6/18/2009 by hob]