CraigPlaysBass Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) Just bought a second hand rockbass corvette, I'm pretty sure it is the passive versoin as i cant find a battery anywhere Anyway, when i plug it in, the volume is very low, I have checked the amp with my other bass and it's fine so I am not sure what is wrong? Please help! Craig Just realised this is in the wrong section! Help moderators! Edited February 4, 2010 by CraigPlaysBass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 I used to have one and it was exactly the same. You can try raising the pickups, but I think it may be the fact that the stock pickups are just wound like that, to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 If it's the one with 4 control knobs then surely it'll be active? Therefore it's puzzling that you can't find a battery, maybe the seller had switched the original electrics out for a passive set up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigPlaysBass Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 I have checked the website and the passive version has 4 control knobs also... When i say quiet, i mean it's the same volume in my 300 watt marshall at half volume as my other bass is at half volume in my 30, yes 30 watt marshall... :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 My mistake, the passive one apparently has a 2 band setup too, weird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigPlaysBass Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 It has a volume, pickup selector, then tone for the neck pickup and a seperate tone for the bridge pickup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Didn't you say the seller had to fiddle with some wires to make it work? Maybe a simple loose connection, you can find the wiring diagram here: [url="http://www.warwickbass.com/media/manuals/Rockbass/wirings/SP_RB_127R.pdf"]http://www.warwickbass.com/media/manuals/R.../SP_RB_127R.pdf[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigPlaysBass Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) Cheers, I am a bit of a wiring noob unfortunately :/ i dont see any loose wires but theres some that look frayed and have melted bits of the cable plastic in the solder :S Edited February 4, 2010 by CraigPlaysBass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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