kolossusuk Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Hi there bass pros I have recently acquired a gorgeous black Aerodyne Bass via the infamous eBay but I appear to have a problem. The bridge (jazz) pup is not playing ball at all - I get volume / tone responsive buzzing from the pup but no more than that. All the connections appear sound in the pot and so i fear the problem may reside elsewhere!? Any tips on how to troubleshoot this, pitched at 'novice' level, please. Such a shame as it is a real beauty, but effectively just running on the split pup at present...... Many thanks Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 (edited) Could it be that the J pup's wiring is shorted out somewhere? Inspect the length of the wires and even the pup windings if that's possible. A pic of the innards might be helpful. Worst case scenario is that the pup has died (not very likely but possible) and simply dropping in a replacement would fix it. Your blend pot could also be a suspect. Edited June 9, 2010 by Ou7shined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolossusuk Posted June 9, 2010 Author Share Posted June 9, 2010 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='862056' date='Jun 9 2010, 01:34 PM']Could it be that the J pup's wiring is shorted out somewhere? Inspect the length of the wires and even the pup windings if that's possible. A pic of the innards might be helpful. Worst case scenario is that the pup has died (not very likely but possible) and simply dropping in a replacement would fix it. Your blend pot could also be a suspect.[/quote] Many thanks Blend pot? Blimey, I thought it was just a tone control! Could this be a case of user error!? I was expecting the jazz pup to be able to act on its own - ie nil vol on the P pup Have I been very very dumb here?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 (edited) Probably not I forgot that it's probably vol vol tone. Still it could be the respective vol pot that's at fault. Edited June 9, 2010 by Ou7shined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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