Recent content by deshead

What does the master tone control on a J-bass actually do? I can hear its effect acoustically, but I'm curious what's going on electrically. Is it a simple fader between the mid and bridge pickups? Or is it altering the tone of the mixed signal?

My US224 has started generating a 'whine'. It's the weirdest thing: it only happens when I run software that generates sound. Sonar mostly, though it's also present when I play a file with WMP or Winamp. Some other perplexing details: - The pitch of the whine seems to be exactly 1Khz. (Maybe...