Broken treble control on active bass

[timmyo]

The relatively inexpensive (£160) Fender P Lyte I just bought has a non-working treble control (it's active P/J with vol, blend, bass, treble controls). I've looked inside the cavity and there's nothing obviously disconnected and a (very) gentle wiggle of connections doesn't result in anything.

I'm just wondering if it's really worth paying someone to look at it, or if a comparable replacement might be as cost effective - obviously not top of the range stuff, but anything more modest ?

Suggestions / ideas welcome,

ta

Tim

[neepheid]

[quote name='timmyo' post='284869' date='Sep 16 2008, 11:33 AM']The relatively inexpensive (£160) Fender P Lyte I just bought has a non-working treble control (it's active P/J with vol, blend, bass, treble controls). I've looked inside the cavity and there's nothing obviously disconnected and a (very) gentle wiggle of connections doesn't result in anything.

I'm just wondering if it's really worth paying someone to look at it, or if a comparable replacement might be as cost effective - obviously not top of the range stuff, but anything more modest ?

Suggestions / ideas welcome,

ta

Tim[/quote]

Got a multimeter which measures ohms? Test the pot. If the pot is working then you could try redoing some solder points in case of dry joints. After that, it's probably a case of replacing wires working back and if that still doesn't work then there's something squiffy with your active electronics - a whole different ball game.