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I started playing guitar when I was 7, and picked up bass when I was 15. I bought it because someone needed a bassist for a punk band, and I'd always been fascinated by the bass because my mum was well into motown, disco, and funk When I was 22 our drummer left so I took up drumming to try and continue in the same sort of musical direction with my singer/guitarist mate. Drumming always just came naturally. Obviously there's a things you have to teach yourself - disconnecting your feet from your hands (mentally) was the first big hurdle Anyway, I realise now that I've always been a drummer. I walk in time, I hear rhythms in all background noise, I drum with my teeth, feet, fingers, and hands, almost constantly, all my life. I remember playing with chop sticks on pots and pans when I was about 5.

I'm surprised you're not getting any noise recording your bass directly into your sound blaster. The inputs on it are likely not designed to take a guitar signal. If anything it should be better recording from the amp, but, I really would recommend you get a decent audio interface if you're getting into recording.

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1432204158' post='2779084'] Nope, it's a fourth. [/quote] Depends which way round! He was going from C to G, which is quite common to do over a C chord, where G would be the 5th

yes, tell us more!

whatever you do, for god's sake, don't complain!

yes he does loop it round his strap I've always used straight jacks with my basses, which have the same stereo barrel type jack as in his yamaha acoustic. I've never experienced anything like this! Anyway, I'll give it a few gigs (3 this weekend!) and then report back

This is so weird. He must have tried pushing the jack in once it had cut out, and that would have solved it... Maybe not! Well, anyway, if it's solved I'm happy. Thanks for all the help

The other end goes into something different every week. Amps, DI boxes, straight into the desk etc. I'm pretty sure it's not that end as when we un-plug and re-plug it works, and this is only done at the guitar end

not sure but I'd open it up and check for any loose connections or dry solder joints

we tried it last night and it didn't cut out once. This doesn't necessarily mean it's fixed, but another few rehearsals and gigs with this cable would convince me. So what's the explanation? The jack just goes into the socket a little further?

Not for everyone but... I started on guitar, and I really liked the percussive style I got from strumming the whole guitar, but just playing one or two notes, so I had to learn to mute the rest of the strings with my left hand. Sometimes this would be with fingers, sometimes with the thumb over the top of the neck. Not so easy on a 6 string bass, but in combination with my right hand it works pretty well.

ok, yeh, I have one of those, I'll get him to try it, thanks!

Flat at each end?! I've never seen a flat guitar cable?

well he replaced the socket for the 3rd time at the weekend, all seemed well, then it happened again during the first song of our set. The pre-amp was replaced about a year ago, and the problem was happening before and continues (it was replaced due to a snapped pot shaft, you can't get them individually) I did suspect the jack cables he had might not fight the socket correctly, but we've tried every combination now So, absolutely stumped. The only electronic parts that haven't been touched are the battery compartment and the pickup.Once it cuts out, you take the jack and, put it back in, and it works straight away. If it was an intermittent fault on the battery compartment, then you'd have to move something close to the battery compartment in order for it to start working again I'm so baffled

Not as far as I know. I don't have access to it at the moment but will check it out on Saturday. I have tried all manner of jack waggling but turning didn't occur to me!

Sorry Blue but it's definitely right. You hear more low end at higher volumes, which I think is the reason for this phenomenon

when you're setting the levels on pedals so that they don't jump up or down when you engage them, you have to do it at full gigging volume. If you're deciding on settings at home, then I doubt you'll be as loud as you are at gigs? Which will lead to problems

it'll be a different impedance as well. A lot of fuzz pedals struggle with active basses due to this. I'm not aware of any that'll definitely work, sorry

no, no interference or noise of any sort, the preamp is great, it just cuts out randomly. It can be fine for weeks, then it suddenly goes silent. Take the cable out, put it back in, and it works again It'd be OK except if you do that in the middle of a song without telling the soundman he doesn't like it

If it were a dodgy battery connector, would unplugging and re-plugging the jack cable make any difference? As this does fix this problem

With my folk band we did 15 tracks to a click in a 7 hour session at my studio, so I wouldn't have thought it's that unusual. As above, we're rehearsing and gigging every week so it's no big deal

It sounds like you couldn't tell it was on when you were using it, so you must have set it very subtly. In that case, there really is no point, as long as your rig has plenty of headroom I like to get a bit squishy with compressors sometimes, which is obviously more of an effect than a necessary thing The limiter I use really is necessary as my rig isn't very loud and so it helps to give more headroom before distortion

it is active, yes, but the circuit board is nowhere near the jack socket, it's on the upper shoulder (which I think is standard?) so I wouldn't have thought a dodgy connection on the pre-amp would be doing it, is that what you meant? I know turning computers off and on often fixes them, but an analogue pre-amp?! Weird!

Sorry, I tried to sort out the text, has it worked? Earthing... well, all wires are connected up, and it's a new jack socket. When it cuts out, it doesn't go to a buzz or anything like that, it just cuts out. What should we be looking for with regard to earthing?

[size=4][font=arial, sans-serif]My mate's Yamaha acoustic keeps cutting out. When you pull the jack out and plug it back in, it's fine again. When it happens appears totally random. So far we've tried replacing the socket, and changing jack leads. Anyone got any ideas?[/font][/size]