KiOgon

Sad news RIP Rick Here's hoping for a 2017 that's not so cruel

Very best seasonal wishes to all, take care out there folks!

Pete made a urgent plea for a P-bass kit, ordered lunchtime yesterday - delivered & fitted before 12 today - gigging tonight - can't be bad! Excellent guy to deal with. Cheerz, John

I made a Jazz bass kit with series/parallel switching for Andy, a pleasure to deal with him, great comms & instant payment. Cheerz, John

Another deal with Dan, P/J flavour this time around & as always - he's a real Gent to do business with - top geezer! Cheerz, John

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1482251785' post='3198904'] Dear Sir, can I please suggest you take a look at the original post and tell us if you can actually see what's happening in the circuit? If its a relatively standard Jazz circuit then our KiOgon could do it blind-folded with both hands behind his back. If it's a more complicated one, he might need the lights on, but I'm sure it's do-able. Edit: And it would work! John wouldn't sell you anything that's suspect. [/quote]

I really can't see why anybody would buy a wiring loom from ebay You might have a look at my feedback - link below

For the benefit of Mr Kite - there will be a show tonight - on trampoline Sweet!

[quote name='jonnythenotes' timestamp='1481068392' post='3189542'] Ps... Kiogon, I will get a few pics on over the next day or so if it happens again. It seems to be ok now..but I am not 'gig it' confident [/quote]If it is as I suspect - it's certainly not fit to gig - not reliable at all I'm sure you can lift the pick guard and have a peek - but - If you need to get it looked at, please don't take it back to this guy ."It has been in to my local guitar tech chap a couple of times, and he tells me that the pots are ok", find someone local to you from here maybe; http://basschat.co.uk/topic/277468-bcers-prepared-to-help-fix-a-bass/page__fromsearch__1 Cheerz, John

You mention the foil on the underside of the scratch plate & the fact that the plate is cracked. If your jack socket doen't have a wire on both tags and was relying on mechanical contact for ground via the foil - that's your problem! You need to solder a wire from the central 'hole' tag of the socket to a pot body, assuming the pots are already wired together. I suppose you could get away with just repairing the foil, making sure there is electrical continuity between all the electrical bits - pots and socket. Can you put up a picture of the innards + wiring? Cheerz, John

This might help; http://proguitarshop.com/andyscorner/ez-mods-coil-splitting Chererz, John

I have a Mexican Jazz with even less of the original remaining, which I'll be selling soon. I was thinking of leaving as is - maybe I'll wait and see what the outcome of this is Yes agree the 'serial number' is a bit big + the font could be better, but no harm in replacing it IMO.

Paul got in touch about some work needed on his JD P-bass, he came down to deliver the bass & back a week or two later to collect. Great to meet him, we had a good chat both times, could have chatted for ever but - - - Great communications, a pleasure to meet & a big welcome to basschat from me Cheerz, John

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1478419119' post='3168887'] Would seem a bit odd that you are getting lights on with the battery connected but just not working. Can't see it being a bad battery cable connection and sounds like its more to do with the circuit board. Some units the power socket disconnects the battery supply and might be a bit of dirt on the power socket internal connections. Out of curiousity have you tried it with the battery again since using the power supply ? Dave [/quote]When I was changing the battery IIRC the last time I tried it there were no lights, nothing, which made me feel that the more I moved the battery connector/lead the worse it became. No I haven't gone back to trying battery again, it's working now, I think I'll leave it alone! Cheerz.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1478276415' post='3168132'] Have you tried unplugging the instrument lead a few times? Mine does funny things when used on the battery, I find they eat batteries anyway so I almost always have it on mains. [/quote] [quote name='tonyquipment' timestamp='1478282860' post='3168219'] Have u tried with a PSU instead of battery? If PSU route is returning the same then it could be the unit is buggered [/quote] Yes! I found the box - July 2010 I bought it so not much hope of warranty The good news - yes rummaged around, found a PSU & hey presto it's as good as gold on mains adapter! Problem solved , sort of Cheerz, John

Thanks Paul, I'll give that a try Cheerz, John

Recently I've been using my Polytune battery powered & making sure it's unplugged when not in use. Today I connected it up, brief flash of lights as normal, then just 4 red dots in a square. Then nothing! Checked the battery - flat 4.6 Volts! New battery fitted, same lights & square - nothing. New battery tested at 9.6V & reinserted - nothing. First thoughts were the battery clip wires, the clip looks good but the red & black disappear under the black internal cover. Looking at taking the cover off to investigate I find 1 of the 2 screws holding the cover on has not been fitted or tightened correctly, is left sticking up about 2 mm & must be cross threaded - too tight to do up or undo without risking snapping the screw off! I've no idea where the box & any paperwork is, does anybody know if there's a repair centre - any chance of getting it fixed under warranty?! Cheerz, John

I made another kit for Brian, Aria Pro II this time & he's made a proper job of fitting it in & shielding. Great guy to deal with every time, no problems. Cheerz, John

Dodgy Dunlops I reckon, try some different strings before tearing out any more hair

The type of rubber that will work is the sort used for cleaning rails in model train/railway layouts - not you're common or garden 'classroom rubber' HTH

Very unusual "(you will need to insert battery 8v) " I doubt a flat 9V would be any good

Where 'down south' exactly? Happy to help if I can

Ooooh I'll be checking that out

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