thepurpleblob

Yes - I am going mad. Even madder than the mad guy. Don't even ask :blush:

.....ok, leaving myself open here.

Loads of posts marked as updated "Today" seem to be last updated back in 2007 when you go there. Am I just being stupid, or is something borked?

Awaiting abuse

Rubbish title? "Tobias Killer B 5 Bass (Fender, Musicman)"

Firstly that Fender, Musicman thing is just rude and secondly what about people searching for "five string bass" or "5 string bass guitar" or similar. You've missed 'em.

Having said that, I think it's nice... and I'm just up the road in Glasgow :-)

Just look at Music Videos - it's 90% Fender, Rick and a smattering of MusicMan. It's not surprising that new players must think that's all there is!

Mmmm..... The Jaco thing keeps coming up. I'd never heard of him before I started playing the bass and reading forums like these on the Interweb. What's more I *owned* a copy of Heavy Weather (he does play on that, yes?) and had never noticed the bass playing one way or another. Since then I have listened to at most half of one of his tracks, and that was only out of curiosity. I guess though, time marches on - he must have influenced a great many players at the time, he just doesn't seem so relevant now. Being dead probably doesn't help either.

Ditto Wooten - a brilliant player of course, just not particularly listenable. I went to see Bella Fleck et al play live last year. Left half way through. Very, very boring. Self indulgent even.

I pissed around my myself for several years on and off and got nowhere. At the grand old age of 38 I decided it was now or never, bought a decent bass and took lessons. That got me good enough to join a band which I guess made a big difference. I still take lessons off and on. I also have some books and dredge the Interweb for info/lessons/help. After years of effort, I'm still mostly rubbish and get shown up by 12 year olds all the time!

[quote name='Sean' post='172543' date='Apr 8 2008, 07:41 PM']What difference does this make? Does this render the tone pot useless?[/quote]

Yep - completely useless, but it should cure your crackling until you can get it fixed. You don't need it, there's tone controls on your amp

Chances are, no. The pickups are probably designed to be used in that configuration. Most that are switchable are essentially passive basses with a preamp added on (if you see what I mean)

Just as likely (or even more likely) to be the capacitor - cut it off.

I would start by carefully checking your soldering for dry joints (they should be shiny and smooth). Failing that, it's "probably" a dud pot.

Ok.... in (roughly) chronological order

Yamaha BB605 - good value, but noisy pickups. Gone....
Yamaha TRB4ii - still got, mega
Yamaha RBX800AF - first fretless, surprisingly good. Gone....
Yamaha RBX775 - ghastly, neck too skinny and stupid, stupid electronics. Gone....
Fender (USA) Precision Fretless '77 - still got, lovely sound, wish I could play it
Yamaha TRB4p - searched for years for one of these, imported from the USA, hated the sound. Whoops!
MusicMan StingRay 3EQ - still got, well it's a StingRay :-) My main bass I suppose.
ESP Custom Shop J-Five - still got, great passive sound but never quite got on with the Jazz thing. Gone....
Yamaha TRB-1006 - nice, if a bit "soft" sounding. Not sure I have much use for a 6 really

You wouldn't be interested in a five string ESP (custom shop, not a LTD) would you for the Yamaha? Some haggling a real possibility)