Akai Deep Impact problem - help!!

[Gunsfreddy2003]

Just doing some re-wiring of my board this morning and found out that my Deep Impact has a problem. When you click it on it is like it is running at half volume. You have to have the input level on full and the same for the output level to hear anything at all which is not right.

Anyone experienced this before and got any ideas what the problem could be?

If not can anyone suggest someone who could have a look at it and knows a bit about repairing older pedals?

[woodyratm]

Are all the cables all plugged in fully? What happens when you remove the power and plug it back in? Does the volume come back to a normal level then?

Fixing it could be a bitch

[Gunsfreddy2003]

Yep - I took it off the board and tried it in isolation so that I could check everything and nothing makes any difference.

Surely if they can fix old Mu-Tron III's they can fix a DI?

[woodyratm]

I've never looked inside the mutrons - the deep impacts just pain because of the Micro processor.

Does it behave the same way with another bass (passive/active etc)?

Edited July 15, 2012 by woodyratm

[Gunsfreddy2003]

Only tried with the Stingray 5 today but it was fine with that before so would be surprised.

Last Saturday night it was fine with the jazz and hadn't used it since then.

Really worried that it is going to be shafted!!

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I've never looked inside the mutrons - the deep impacts just pain because of the Micro processor.

Does it behave the same way with another bass (passive/active etc)?
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[woodyratm]

[quote name='Gunsfreddy2003' timestamp='1342374598' post='1733957']
Only tried with the Stingray 5 today but it was fine with that before so would be surprised.

Last Saturday night it was fine with the jazz and hadn't used it since then.

Really worried that it is going to be shafted!!
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Hmm wouldn't be the battery on the ray would it? Might not be dead, but dying?

[jonsebass]

give it a squirt of switch cleaner or something and see

[Kiwi]

It might be a lose connection between the power socket and the PCB. The pedals are renowned for this. For a while Akai would do some kind of strengthening repair but now they won't touch them.

[Gunsfreddy2003]

Just tried it with the jazz and exactly the same. It makes all the right sounds but just seems that the output level is about half of what it should be. The input looks fine and the triggering sounds good too.

Ref the switch cleaner where would you squirt it?

Just seen a thread on Talk Bass saying that a company called Panic Music repair them.

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Hmm wouldn't be the battery on the ray would it? Might not be dead, but dying?
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