Fender Mex Deluxe Precision Bass Special Preamp fault?

[Delberthot]

While I was at practice on Monday my Precision ( the one in my sig ) suddenly went quiet mid song. I thought it was the battery needing changed but thought it was a tad premature as it had only been in the bass since July and I haven't used it a lot.

Anyway, I changed it and took it to tonight's gig.

Everything was fine during soundcheck and the first song but during the second it went quiet again, went back to normal then sounded like I had turned the bass right up on the bass EQ then went quiet again.

I used another bass for the rest of the gig so I know its not the amp, I've changed the cables and it was a brand new battery I used. I've eliminated everything so it has to be the bass.

The bass is only used for gigs and worked perfectly the last time I used it.I only took it to practice as I'm rehearsing with a new band and wanted to make sure it sounded right for this band. It lives in its case at all times and anyone who knows me knows that I am extremely careful with my gear.

Has anyone experienced any problems with this particular preamp?

Its under warranty so I'll be contacting the shop where I bought it from to see about getting it fixed but wanted to find out if anyone here knew of any problems so that I can get it resolved quickly

[Delberthot]

I think I've got to the bottom of it now.

From what I've heard, these are assembled in Mexico with US parts.

The preamp is mounted onto the scratchplate with trailing wires coming off it, these are then attached to the pickups, ground and battery connections via solder connections and heatshrink tubing over the top. It would appear that I have a bad joint to the precision pickup as when I pressed the cable joint from the pickup the sound went back to the level it should be at.

I don't have time to fix now but will repair it shortly