phatkat Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 (edited) I recently bought a Peavey Palaedium bass, nice guitar but a bit neglected, I cleaned it up and restrung it so it looks great sadly it sounds sh*t...!! There are a few issues, the strings play at different volumes at various places on the neck, the d and g strings get this harmonic feedback kinda thing going on around 11th 12th frets and will sustain forever....?? Whats going on with this guitar? G... Edited May 5, 2009 by phatkat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh3184 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 sounds to me like the pickups are buggered. I'm not the best techie though so I'd wait for some other replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxrossell Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 [quote name='phatkat' post='479999' date='May 5 2009, 03:36 PM']I recently bought a Peavey Palaedium bass, nice guitar but a bit neglected, I cleaned it up and restrung it so it looks great sadly it sounds sh*t...!! There are a few issues, the strings play at different volumes at various places on the neck, the d and g strings get this harmonic feedback kinda thing going on around 11th 12th frets and will sustain forever....?? Whats going on with this guitar? G...[/quote] How close are the pickups to the strings? Is it an active bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 What is going on with that huge gap at bottom of you post, is it just me that sees that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatkat Posted May 5, 2009 Author Share Posted May 5, 2009 [quote name='maxrossell' post='480016' date='May 5 2009, 03:54 PM']How close are the pickups to the strings? Is it an active bass?[/quote] I tried adjusting the pickups and they are at their lowest setting.... its passive. G... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatkat Posted May 5, 2009 Author Share Posted May 5, 2009 [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='480017' date='May 5 2009, 03:55 PM']What is going on with that huge gap at bottom of you post, is it just me that sees that?[/quote] Its just you..... :blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxrossell Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 [quote name='phatkat' post='480027' date='May 5 2009, 04:08 PM']I tried adjusting the pickups and they are at their lowest setting.... its passive. G...[/quote] Sounds like it could be a pickup failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 [quote name='phatkat' post='480032' date='May 5 2009, 04:12 PM']Its just you..... :blush:[/quote] "This post has been edited by phatkat: Today, 04:07 PM" Or maybe not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatkat Posted May 5, 2009 Author Share Posted May 5, 2009 [quote name='maxrossell' post='480037' date='May 5 2009, 04:15 PM']Sounds like it could be a pickup failure.[/quote] I think you'll need to explain your theory, failure in what sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dub Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 (edited) Try turning the amp down to a low setting, put the bass on and stand away from the amp, if there is still feedback, then there is a chance that the coils are loose within the pickups, making them microphonic. If that is what's happening, the coils could be fixed back in place with great care. Hold the strings and give the controls a good few turns back and fore. If there is a lot of crunching then it might be an idea to spray the pots and any switches inside with switch cleaner and also give the jack input contacts a good clean. It does sounds like the neck needs to be set up properly with some truss rod adjustment. The best thing you could do is take it to a local repairer and get them to fix it and set it up properly, it would be well worth what it would cost. Edited May 6, 2009 by dub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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