bass gone distorted :S:S:S

[darbs]

i'v been playin my tanglwood warrior 3 (i no. . .piece of sh*t) for about 5 years and its been playin great but recently it has gone distorted:S:S:S iv cleaned the pots and hecked the electronics and they seem to be alrite tryed a different bass through the amp i'm using and the amps fine any ideas? ? ? ? also hen i turn the volume up full on both pick ups i can get even more volume and power if i turn the down slightly any ideas? help will be much appriciated!

[Kiwi]

er, change the battery?

[bnt]

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='226844' date='Jun 25 2008, 06:27 PM']er, change the battery?[/quote]
That was my first thought too, but that's a passive bass. Unless it's been modded, of course.

[darbs]

yeah its passive the only thing i can think of is if the pick ups have given up......

[Musky]

I'd tend to suspect that the pots are worn, if only because you're getting more volume by turning down slightly. If there's access at the back of the pot you could try switch cleaner, but you'd probably be better off replacing the pots.

Another thing to check and clean is the jack socket. I've never known distortion to be an issue with a dirty jack, but I had a sudden loss of bottom end on one bass which turned out to be down to an imperceptably thin layer of lacquer like substance.

[Kiwi]

[quote name='bnt' post='226855' date='Jun 25 2008, 06:51 PM']That was my first thought too, but that's a passive bass. Unless it's been modded, of course.[/quote]
Well he did mention checking the electronics. Passive basses don't really have electronics to speak of.

[darbs]

cleaned the pots used wd40 they wer dirty as folk....have to see if its helped after tonights gig bass seemed ok at practive tho but we'l see when i crank it up tonight:D:D:D:D:D