darbs Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 er, change the battery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnt Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darbs Posted June 25, 2008 Author Share Posted June 25, 2008 yeah its passive the only thing i can think of is if the pick ups have given up...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darbs Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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