Kev

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1494122152' post='3293442'] Did he not then check all the soldering, or fiddle with the wires more to try recreate the issue and check there isn't an internally defective wire, bad solder etc Then actually fix it. If not I wouldn't gig it. As further movement could disturb whatever it was again. Sounds like a bad solder joint or bad wire to me. From your description and of him pulling at the wires etc then it working again. It could hold in that position and be fine of course, but in transport to a gig, then being moved about playing.... Well sounds risky. Not to sound funny but the tech should of done a bit more. As there is clearly some issue there, pulling at wires isn't/wasn't a repair. Despite the instrument working. One day that's likely going to come back. And sods law at the worst possible moment. Not to sound too dramatic lol. [/quote] He messed with the wires to see if it stopped the sound, which it did not. He offered to resolder all the electrics and stick some new hardware in there just in case, but he reckoned it was a waste of time/money. It must have been shorting somewhere, I just have no idea where The tech did all I asked of him

I took the bass to my local tech yesterday, without trying it first he took the plate off and pulled at a few wires a little, plugged it in and...sound. I have no idea what he did, he doesn't know what he did (and I'm sure a tiny part of him thinks I just used a dodgy lead!) but it is now working. Took it home, and sure if with the same equipment it's working fine. Almost certainly sounds like something was grounding or shorting somewhere, can't see how it can be anything else. Do I have the confidence to gig it??!!

[quote name='Mastodon2' timestamp='1493749405' post='3290434'] Normally I'd be put off by a rosewood fingerboard, especially on an instrument of this price, as it's a budget option, but my Euro has the darkest rosewood I've seen, it's a nice thick board too. [/quote] An interesting point you raise there. Check out the cost of fingerboards from wood stockists, you will be pretty surprised at the mark up luthiers charge for a more 'exotic' fingerboard. They cost very little, so whilst a nice exotic hardwood board may be as much as double the cost of a rosewood board, in money terms you may be looking at £15/£20 odd difference

[quote name='burno70' timestamp='1493669155' post='3289889'] I know what the radius is - in terms of a bass set up. But what does it mean in terms of a new build?. [/quote] The radius is the curvature of the fretboard and this is of course determined when the neck is carved. This is not altered during a bass setup

1600 Euro for the model I would want. Not quite as cheap as I thought it would be! But still good value for a custom order

Excellent tone he had going on there

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1493650872' post='3289705'] Is their best pedal just doesn't add anything for me I don't already have. And the clean blend really needs it's own level control. Personally not sure its worth the price tag. [/quote] Wouldn't life be simple if we all liked the same things Out of interest and to bring this subject up again, what tone is it you after looking to achieve that can't be achieved with the Level and Blend control? I see this complaint quite a lot so there is clearly mileage in it. The only reason for a clean level knob that I can see for this is if you had a completely dry signal and using the pedal for its EQ only. And yes, if that is the intended use there are much cheaper pedals available to do that job!

Its great. I think it may be their greatest pedal. Has all the aggression of a b*k, with this extra low end heft and fullness, and obviously far stronger mids and much higher gain. This may be a one pedal solution for dirt, its incredbile!

You need to try them both really. The Cali is not a very transparent compressor, certainly adds something to your tone. The Super Symmetry does not do this, but it does roll of highs slightly. For me, cheap compressors are no good. Certainly these two are some of the best in the market, I preferred the Super Symmetry as I liked my tone as it was, but both are excellent.

[quote name='Gottastopbuyinggear' timestamp='1493480232' post='3288687'] Are there a pair of resistors attached to the pots, with the tip of the jack socket connected to the middle of those resistors? If not then I can see how a dodgy (earthed) pot might kill the sound. It could be that you've got a very fine strand of wire in there somewhere which is shorting out. And apologies for stating the obvious, but be careful with those headphones on and everything turned up full, just in case it starts working again as quickly as it stopped! [/quote] I'l have to check that, and yes I was prepared for sudden noise! [quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1493495870' post='3288820'] Did you try the touching thing I suggested earlier? [/quote] Sorry, yes I tried this before, there is no noise whatsoever once the cable is plugged in, whether I touch the plug or anything else inside.

[quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1493477732' post='3288660'] Possibly a dodgy pot If you have a soldering iron though you may want to go over the solders in case of a dry joint. [/quote] Surely it would be dodgy pots though, for it to be the same for each pickup? Which seems highly unlikely, unless an issue with one somehow has a knock on effect on another.

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