teen t-shirt Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 i was having some trouble picking up sound from my bass when i plugged it into my amp, i did all the checks the amp and cables were fine when i noticed my volume knob was lose and able to wiggle about so i removed the scratch board to tighten the volume knob when i noticed that a blue wire coming from the pick up was not connected to either the control knobs or the jack socket i took a picture to see if any one can help me cos my beautiful bass aint working. where does the blue wire go tone, volume or jack socket????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 [quote name='teen t-shirt' post='51281' date='Aug 27 2007, 01:54 PM']i was having some trouble picking up sound from my bass when i plugged it into my amp, i did all the checks the amp and cables were fine when i noticed my volume knob was lose and able to wiggle about so i removed the scratch board to tighten the volume knob when i noticed that a blue wire coming from the pick up was not connected to either the control knobs or the jack socket i took a picture to see if any one can help me cos my beautiful bass aint working. where does the blue wire go tone, volume or jack socket?????[/quote] The fuzzy photo doesn't help - one of the wires from the pickup goes to earth - soldered on the back of the volume pot, the other is soldered to the tab on the volume pot. I can't make out which one has come off. Any help? Hamster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teen t-shirt Posted August 27, 2007 Author Share Posted August 27, 2007 the blue wire in my hand is coming from the pick up and wasn't connected to anything if that helps at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 [quote name='teen t-shirt' post='51297' date='Aug 27 2007, 02:47 PM']the blue wire in my hand is coming from the pick up and wasn't connected to anything if that helps at all?[/quote] Where is the other wire from the pickup soldered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teen t-shirt Posted August 27, 2007 Author Share Posted August 27, 2007 [quote name='Hamster' post='51301' date='Aug 27 2007, 02:57 PM']Where is the other wire from the pickup soldered?[/quote] no worries i fixed it i soldered the blue wire to the tone control so i now have that i tightened the volume knob and it sounds better than before but thanks for taking a look and trying to help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 You're welcome Hamster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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