Bass_Guardian Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Wish I didn't have to start this topic Just acquired a bass from the Bay and when plugged into an amp I need to crank the volume near enough full on my amp to get noise from the bass and not alot of noise at that. Any possible reasons why this might be? Thanks in advance, Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 More info needed. What bass is it? Active or passive ? Have you checked leads/ batteries ? What about the amp? Over to other bass hatters ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebassmusic Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Whats the make, model etc of the bass? Is the jack loose? Does it need a new battery? How far are the pickups from the strings? Is the amp OK? Is the lead OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebassmusic Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Darn! You beat me to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass_Guardian Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 Its an Hohner P Bass [url=https://flic.kr/p/vNqqNB][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/vNqqNB]IMAG0653[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/128378472@N06/]Alex Shields[/url], on Flickr Jack is tight. Passive bass as far as I can see. Pickup is nice and close to the strings. Amp is perfectly fine. Lead is fine too. (tried two leads) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass_Guardian Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 I should mention the bass is assembled by this point... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Have you checked the pots and wiring? Try cleaning up the jacket socket in case there's oxidation on the contacts. Clean the pots too. If all the wiring looks sound then unfortunately the pickup might be the problem (the poles might have lost a lot of strength or there could be a short in the windings). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass_Guardian Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 I'll have a go but honestly I don't really know what I'm looking for...I'm sure the old man might know what to look for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass_Guardian Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 *Update* Right cleaned pots as best I could just now. All assembled back together. Now getting noise! However I need the volume to be at a specific position to get the full bhoona the rest is dead. Going to give it a proper clean at the weekend hopefully [url=https://flic.kr/p/vNWWbF][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/vNWWbF]IMAG0655[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/128378472@N06/]Alex Shields[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/uRGJZx][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/uRGJZx]IMAG0656[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/128378472@N06/]Alex Shields[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/vw616t][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/vw616t]IMAG0657[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/128378472@N06/]Alex Shields[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/uRyjDq][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/uRyjDq]IMAG0658[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/128378472@N06/]Alex Shields[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/vLg2M7][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/vLg2M7]IMAG0660[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/128378472@N06/]Alex Shields[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/vw5Xzr][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/vw5Xzr]IMAG0661[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/128378472@N06/]Alex Shields[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/uRGFUK][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/uRGFUK]IMAG0663[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/128378472@N06/]Alex Shields[/url], on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 For ther benefit of anyone who's not seen a P copy like this before, it's a 1976 (according to pickup code) Hohner, made in Japan by Moridaira. The 8-pole pickup is a Maxon, and is single-coil despite the double rows of poles. I'm really pleased that the problem's turned out to be the pots, because working examples of these pickups are really hard to find these days. As I type this, I'm looking at two dead ones out of a 1972 Jazz copy, which are sitting on my desk being useless! Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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