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Bankai
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Hello. A few times over the past month I've picked up my guitar (Shine Extreme Series WEB845) in the morning to have a play and the sound has come out really distorted. I just put the guitar down and come back to it in a hour and it's usually fine. As such I assumed the problem had something to do with the cold night beforehand. Anyway I just had the same problem yet it is not going away and it's been around for a lot longer than normal.

I'm not sure what the problem is, I think it might be something to do with the pickups. Any ideas? Am I looking at replacing something?


To help you here is a recording I just made (Home recording studios are great!). This was made using a DI straight from the bass.

[url="http://rapidshare.com/files/356633896/BassFail.mp3.html"]http://rapidshare.com/files/356633896/BassFail.mp3.html[/url]

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[quote name='Bankai' post='759145' date='Feb 27 2010, 02:37 PM']Not an active bass :)[/quote]

Ahh - I was misled by the link to the active bass on your previous thread about it - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=77569"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=77569[/url]

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[quote name='Hamster' post='759283' date='Feb 27 2010, 05:50 PM']Ahh - I was misled by the link to the active bass on your previous thread about it - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=77569"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=77569[/url][/quote]
Yeah, slightly interesting wording on the webpage, that is the bass though.

If I were to replace the pickups I presume any jazz-style 5-string ones would be suitable? Any recommendations?

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Could be a duff solder joint somewhere along the line, they can cause weirdness like distortion, phantom rustling noises & intermittent cutting out. Give 'em the once over, all the joints should be smooth & quite shiny - if there's one that looks dull or even slightly crystalline that may be the culprit.

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