Nico2112
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I own a Yamaha RBX200 bass. I know it's old ('80s), but it sounded great when I bought it second hand a couple of years ago.
In time, it has stopped sounding crisp, and a terrible humming is audible no matter what I do to my recording/editing gear. Now I'm really having problems when trying to blend my bass track with the rest of the mix. It sounds awful (since I have to use Noise red and hiss red heavily)
I took it to my local luthier, and had it checked. He told me that the circuitry was all wrong, and that the jack it had installed was inapropriate.
I went to pick it up yesterday. I checked the work he did, he changed the jack, and did all the soldering again. In theory, it should sound great, without any humming...but the hum is still there. I took my Tascam to check the sound before paying him. He said the following:
1) He showed me the circuitry layout diagram, to ensure me he had soldered it the right way; and told me that, the earth pole (I don't know if this is the correct way to call it) is soldered to the bridge, hence the hum. This hum dissapeared whenever you touch a string, any string. He kept on, and told me these Yamaha basses had this design flaw
...I just don't beleive him.
2) Dull sound is due to old strings (that I beleive, those strings have not been replaced in more than 5 years. I'm doing the denatured alcohol cleaning procedure tomorrow, since I don't have any spare cash for a new set of strings).
I just don't buy it!
What do you guys think.
Is my bass trash for recording? is there something I should try doing?
I took it to a luthier to solve the problem once and for all, and the problem is still there
Any input is going to be greatly appreciated.
Cheers!
In time, it has stopped sounding crisp, and a terrible humming is audible no matter what I do to my recording/editing gear. Now I'm really having problems when trying to blend my bass track with the rest of the mix. It sounds awful (since I have to use Noise red and hiss red heavily)
I took it to my local luthier, and had it checked. He told me that the circuitry was all wrong, and that the jack it had installed was inapropriate.
I went to pick it up yesterday. I checked the work he did, he changed the jack, and did all the soldering again. In theory, it should sound great, without any humming...but the hum is still there. I took my Tascam to check the sound before paying him. He said the following:
1) He showed me the circuitry layout diagram, to ensure me he had soldered it the right way; and told me that, the earth pole (I don't know if this is the correct way to call it) is soldered to the bridge, hence the hum. This hum dissapeared whenever you touch a string, any string. He kept on, and told me these Yamaha basses had this design flaw
...I just don't beleive him.2) Dull sound is due to old strings (that I beleive, those strings have not been replaced in more than 5 years. I'm doing the denatured alcohol cleaning procedure tomorrow, since I don't have any spare cash for a new set of strings).
I just don't buy it!
What do you guys think.
Is my bass trash for recording? is there something I should try doing?
I took it to a luthier to solve the problem once and for all, and the problem is still there
Any input is going to be greatly appreciated.
Cheers!
. 
, no humming!