olliedf89 Posted July 1, 2015 Posted July 1, 2015 Hello all. Last night after one song in rehearsals my bass completely died on me. I was planning on changing the battery and found the old one to be boiling hot when I did... Leads me to suspect that it is short circuiting somewhere. I've checked all possibilities that I'm able to do and it just won't work, not even in passive mode, though my tuner is detecting sound, its essentially not working. I've got a gig on the 11th and I really want to get it sorted by then. Can anyone point me in the direction of a good tech local to Worthing/ Brighton or maybe point me in the direction of a self help guide? (Not that sort of self help guide!) Many thanks all! Quote
pantherairsoft Posted July 1, 2015 Posted July 1, 2015 In Brighton? Mr Bernie Goodfellow of GB Guitars. He's the man. Quote
Urban Bassman Posted July 1, 2015 Posted July 1, 2015 Try speaking to Pedro at Brighton Guitar Workshop. He did some electrical work on one of my basses a couple of years ago and I was very pleased with the result. His workshop is a bit of tip but he does good work. http://brightonguitarworkshop.co.uk Quote
mikeydee Posted July 1, 2015 Posted July 1, 2015 Might be worth ruling out the battery itself by trying another battery one in there and see if the temperature does the same . . it's a possibility that the battery has a fault. Quote
olliedf89 Posted July 1, 2015 Author Posted July 1, 2015 Thanks for the recommendations! Tried all possibilities including cables, batteries, amps, roadies, groupies etc but just nothing at all thus far, I'll try and nip into Brighton over the weekend! Quote
KiOgon Posted July 1, 2015 Posted July 1, 2015 If you're coming along the coast a bit any time soon I'll be happy to have a look for you - in Bexhill Quote
rmorris Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 In Brighton probably worth asking the techs at either or both of: Badlands Guitars in Preston Road (not Preston Street !) near Preston Circus (Fire Station / Duke of Yorks Cinema) and Woodies in Oxford Street (Off London Road). Quote
EssentialTension Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 [quote name='Urban Bassman' timestamp='1435743212' post='2811933'] Try speaking to Pedro at Brighton Guitar Workshop. He did some electrical work on one of my basses a couple of years ago and I was very pleased with the result. His workshop is a bit of tip but he does good work. [url="http://brightonguitarworkshop.co.uk"]http://brightonguitarworkshop.co.uk[/url] [/quote] My son had his Epiphone Casino fixed there after he fell over while drunk returning to his home from a gig and cracked the headstock. Good work by all concerned. Quote
olliedf89 Posted July 6, 2015 Author Posted July 6, 2015 Ahh yes of course, Badlands, I bought my G&L from there recently. Nice chap. Thanks for all the advice, people, much appreciated, I'll get on it! Quote
rmorris Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 [quote name='olliedf89' timestamp='1436200115' post='2815899'] Ahh yes of course, Badlands, I bought my G&L from there recently. Nice chap. Thanks for all the advice, people, much appreciated, I'll get on it! [/quote] Did you get it sorted ? Quote
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