Matt E

I think it may well be the wiring: sorted the pot out now (it still sticks out further than the other pots but it's now firm etc) however it doesn't work at all, twisting it either way produces no volume change via the amp. The soldering and wiring inside look OK, and the amp works fine, so it's either the lead between the two or something internally within the bass. I'll take it into a couple of stores and see what they reckon... Edit - it must be the guitar's electrics as I've just realised the lead still creates static on the metal around the input.

Thanks, managed to prise the pot of, I'll open up the back and carry as you said to as soon as I can get my hands on a screwdriver and spanner, which will be tomorrow. Wood looks fine and obviously I'll be able to tell the electrics once I have a look inside / sort out the tightening. Cheers

Hi all, Skipping all the pointless background info, I took my bass back to uni today, got it out and realised the pot / knob / whatever that controls the volume has come loose from the body - twisting it I can feel it being constrained by the wires connected into it inside, however the actual knob is now useless and twisting it will cause it to work at brief random points only. I guessing it may have taken a bash on the way down as it's poking out about half a cm out of it's socket. Any help appreciated as to how to resolve it. Cheers

Hi I'm Matt, 19, from England. I played guitar in the past at school but in all honesty I have never played bass at all, I messed about with it sometimes back at school but never got as far as tabs or any tuition. However, I really want to start learning so thought I might as well come here from the off to get into it. I'm heading into town tomorrow to have a look at some basic and cheap models and also browsing tabs to songs I know well and watching any useful videos I can. It's only within the past two or three years that I've properly started getting into music, and was drawn in to how quiet and reserved the bassists in my favourite bands (Randy Meisner in the Eagles and Judas Priest's Ian Hill) were but how solid and dependable they were at their job. I really liked the out of the spotlight but essential nature of the instrument and now that I have two months off from uni for summer I thought I might as well actually do something useful with my life, so I'm here to hopefully get started on what was probably a dream I never realised I had! Cheers