BenTunnicliffe Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 (edited) Hi guys, I've had a new bass since last Crimbo and I'm having issues with it cutting out compeltely or failing to give the right amount of output etc unless the lead's possitioned in exactly the right place. It's working sometimes but is one of those cases of sitting down with my bass and having to fiddle with the angle the jack is going into the socket for it to finally make a good connection and bring it to life. The bass is active and has a locking jack system and I've tried numerous leads and replaced the battery but the problem doesn't go away. The strange part is that if I hit a note hard the signal cuts out completely and it's been a fantastic case of every time I take it into the shop it works a treat so i have no idea what's going on. The ends of both the leads I've used with it have been fine so i'm a tad reluctant to fork out on another 'lasts forever' lead if I can find out that this does indeed sound like the output of my bass as that's a cheaper issue to resolve by just getting a new unit. I can't possibly have two dead leads can I?!......or can I? When I move the lead around to try and get contact in the bass it makes a sound of a bad connection to me but I suppose that could also be an issue in the lead somewhere. I've just had a look inside and there's nothing visibly making a poor connection at all which is a tad baffling. I've tried different amps etc so it's not a problem with a channel on my amps. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Cheers, Ben. Edited March 22, 2011 by BenTunnicliffe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Might just need soldering. Unscrew your control cavity cover and check for loose wires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenTunnicliffe Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 Already checked the control cavity and there was one wire that I managed to push on to it's post thingy a bit better but apart from that everything's clean as a whistle. Plugging in the bass as we speak to give it a going over! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenTunnicliffe Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 Wow. Who'd have though pushing such a smallwire literally half a mm onto it's post would save the day. Top plonker. Thanks for the help anyway ou7shined! ADMIN CAN DELETE THIS NOW CHEERS GUYS, SORRY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Ou7shined' post='1172401' date='Mar 22 2011, 06:23 PM']Might just need soldering. Unscrew your control cavity cover and check for loose wires.[/quote] +1 Also, if your jack socket is a 'skeleton' socket like this: push a guitar lead into it and you'll see where the tip of the lead makes contact with a metal strip. Is it pushing hard against the tip of the guitar lead? If it isn't then pull the lead out and very carefully bend the strip towards the hole the plug comes through - just enough to make it push harder on the jack plug. Don't overdo it - a 2mm amount is probably plenty. A small pair of pliers would do the trick here. It's not designed to be a permanant fix, replacing it is better, but if the socket has lost it's tension it'll probably last you a few more months and at least you'll 'know' what the problem is... EDIT: Oops! - too late Edited March 22, 2011 by icastle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robocorpse Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 The fact that you can "push" a wire back onto its "post" means there is something wrong, and it WILL fail again, probably in the middle of your showcase gig. Get it fixed properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Might be a spade connector or EMG type "kwik konnekt" or whatever they call the computer type connectors they have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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