Kev

I have had a development, perhaps this may narrow down what it is. Headphones on and headphone amp turned up as high as I can cope with the white noise, volume on preamp turned up very high, distortion pedal turned on and full gain, I can very faintly hear the bass. And it is coming from the pickups. Turning the volume down on both pickups stops the sound, turning just one off changes the sound to my ears. So, there is in fact output, albeit impossibly quiet and only coaxed out by maxing all gain in my signal chain. Does this mean something???

The NV115 works brilliantly with the Darkglass M900. Like Molan says, it needs power and you'll find yourself turning up higher than you may expect to, but the Darkglass is more than enough to power it as a 900w Class D. Very good sound, sealed so no boomy lows, but no lack of lows either. Some reports say B string suffers if your a five player, that has not been my experience! Very musical mid range drive with no harshness of a tweeter. I love it. No experience with the Vanderkley, had a 112MNT and it was an excellent speaker, if lacking in character a little.

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1493461125' post='3288478'] Turn the volume knob off zero? [/quote] Thanks for your input. But, if a serious suggestion, I advise in the OP that I have experimented with the volume knobs, to no avail.

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1493450122' post='3288346'] Kev, [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Did you check on the jack socket if the metal part which makes contact with the tip of the cable has bent out of shape? i.e., take the bell plate off and plug a cable in, and see if the cable tip and curved part of the socket 'tab' are contacting correctly? Like this:[/font][/color] [attachment=244294:Capture.JPG] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]That's the simplest thing I can think to look at....[/font][/color] [/quote] Nah its not that bud unfortunately. Visibly there is nothing touching/grounding where it shouldn't, jack plug visually looks fine etc. Stumped! [quote name='Gottastopbuyinggear' timestamp='1493453943' post='3288394'] Have you got a multimeter or continuity tester of some sort? If so then I'd suggest using that to check if the hot output has somehow become grounded. The only other thing I can suggest is getting some crocodile clip leads to bypass the jack socket and connect directly to the jack plug on your lead, and working through the hot wires to see if you can find a point where you get some signal, though that's possibly not going to work if you have got it grounded somewhere. It's a tricky one! [/quote] No equipment, looks like its going to a tech But hey, I gigged it in a M2TM Final last Saturday, at least it didn't cut out then!

[quote name='Gottastopbuyinggear' timestamp='1493414742' post='3288253'] Is there any sound if you plug in and play with the bell plate off the body? Reason I ask is I've seen a jack tip connection grounding on shielding or conductive paint before. [/quote] Nope. There is no sound of any description whatsoever once the lead is plugged in.

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1493404777' post='3288172'] Could be a pickup, bit also could be one of the pots, hence taking off the pickguard. If there is nothing obvious then it will need a more systematic approach. But wiggling wires can sometimes work wonders! [/quote] Its a jazz bass, there are no pots on the pickguard. There will be no routing under the pickguard either, that's why I said there would be no point in taking it off as it will take me no further forward. Like I mentioned, visually certainly nothing looks wrong with the pots or wires. Its the silence thats really confusing me. I have never had an issue with a bass where there hasn't been [i]some [/i]kind of residual noise.

Won't it be marked as Class B digital because of the power supply? The pedal will be all analog, Darkglass do not use any digital circuitry. Mine arrived, had a quick play and it does sound pretty good. Certainly much more aggressive in the mids than any other Darkglass circuit.

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1493404362' post='3288165'] You need to whip off the pick guard and have a look. It may be obvious or you may need to get the old multimeter on it. If a wire is under tension and the solder joint is poor then it could have just pinged off but without having a look it's impossible to do anything other than educated guesses. [/quote] Whipping the pickguard off wont help, do you mean removing the pickups? But, if a wire had failed going to one of the pickups, surely that wouldn't cause both to fall silent individually, would it? And, again, without any cracking/interference/hum or anything?? I have zero equipment so any testing will need to be done by a tech, I am just wondering if there is something really obvious I can be checking here.

Worth adding as well that, although this bass is second hand, its about 6 months old.

I'm completely confused. Happily sitting and playing along on my completely passive Fender Jazz when suddenly all sound just stops. No interference/crackling/faint sound, just stopped dead. Unplugged the cable, tried another, no sound. Used same cables and tried on two other basses, no problems at all. Issue certainly isolated to the Fender. Took the control plate out, all cables soldered nicely, nothing loose. Plugged back in, prodded around, pressing solder connections etc, again no sound and no interference. Its a stacked knob passive so tried each pickup independently by rolling the other's volume off, nothing. I'm completely lost as to why this instrument has fallen completely silent. Please will someone give me a clue as to what might of happened here? From my lehmans points of view, it can't be an issue with a pickup wire as isolating one of them should have worked, it can't be a loose solder connection as the prodding had no effect and there is zero interference or cracking. The jack socket looks completely sound and I can't imagine how a socket would just fail like that with no signs leading up to it.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1493374252' post='3287838'] All their products have gone up loads. Funnily enough since a particular event we're not allowed to talk about. Even the B3K is £200 now!!! [/quote] If I was Mr Trump, I would shout FAKE NEWS! The original B3K was around £235.00, so the weak GBP is causing prices to go up here, but they are still cheaper than when they started

Yup me too, I'll stop moaning now

[quote name='fftc' timestamp='1493222208' post='3286683'] Any more than four is for people who wish they played something else. [/quote][quote name='dood' timestamp='1493224316' post='3286717'] Any more than four is for people who [i]can[/i] play something else. [/quote] Absolutely destroyed, fair play

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1493206385' post='3286449'] They are based in the Netherlands, although their UK site now does a very good job of hiding this fact by providing a UK address whch you'll notice says 'for correspondence only'. I don't think any UK shops have had them yet, so I think it's going a bit far to accuse Andertons of not getting stock due to not paying their bills. [/quote] Well bugger me. I never knew that. Always looked at that address and assumed that where they were based. At two day guaranteed delivery and prices in GBP i'd be still happy to use them over Thomann or any other overseas shop, but still, thats a little naughty. Even in the About Us section they don't seem to mention location.

Is the tuning peg nut tight?

[quote name='Hamster' timestamp='1493137213' post='3285970'] Well, we're doing a lot of promoting ourselves we instigated the gig. We're a tribute band and so the back catalogue isnt a problem! The main band is on for 90 minutes. Some of our band want to play for 75 minutes, some for less - just trying to get a consensus. We can play for 75 mins as we organised the gig, but somehow that feels a lot compared to the main band. I know that for 99% of the gigs that I've been to nearly everyone is waiting for the main band to come on. [/quote] 75 minutes is certainly a lot if the headline band is only 90. That's almost a co-headline slot, which I presume this is not. 45 mins has to be the very top end of what I would expect really. As good as you may be, people coming to see a headliner wont want to wait longer than that.

Somewhere between 30-60 minutes?

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1493127428' post='3285842'] Which UK shop already got and sold out of their stock then, Bass Direct? I've never seen them in stock anywhere over here. [/quote] Bax

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1493122418' post='3285757'] Can you suggest some better ones, considering that 99.9% of musicians have no understanding of what a decibel is? [/quote] Isn't she an American actress that looks a bit like Katy Perry?

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1493117867' post='3285706'] I have never had a pre-ordered musical item arrive on time. Doesn't matter what brand or retailer. I think in a way we have been spoiled by Amazon DVD pre-orders and that sort of thing. I now just view a musical pre order to be nothing other than getting in the queue, and I'll simply order it from a shop I trust rather than the one that might have it a little earlier. [/quote] On principle ill do just that if it doesn't ship this week, wait a little longer (maybe??) and get it from Bass Direct.

[i][color=#ff0000]Please keep the conversation civil, folks, and we can keep this thread open. Any personal grievances please deal with privately as opposed to the public forum. [/color][/i]

Mine has showed April dates since preorder but just keeps being pushed back, currently 28th April expected stock day. You ordered sometime after me so may be different batches, but either way I really hope it arrives in the next few days.

[quote name='0175westwood29' timestamp='1493068328' post='3285420'] where have you heard this from? again they can only send it out once they have it. [/quote] On my order history as the expected stock date. I know that But again, its frustrating that another smaller UK store has already had and sold out of their stock and my unit that has been preordered since March isn't even in the country yet. I know it may not be their fault (if they delayed paying for their order for some reason it will be), but I just get irked when preorders ship late. Defeats the point entirely! I wont do it again and thus wont moan again

Expected date at Andertons pushed back again...