Bass DI

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Do you have a multimeter? Check the earth between the bridge and the pickups and the volume pots.

Does the noise change when both pickups are turned all the way up or one pickup is up the other is off?

Is the wiring cavity lined with shielding, this is sometimes just silver foil?

Alan.
 
witzendoz said:
Do you have a multimeter? Check the earth between the bridge and the pickups and the volume pots.

Does the noise change when both pickups are turned all the way up or one pickup is up the other is off?

Is the wiring cavity lined with shielding, this is sometimes just silver foil?

Alan.
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Getting that much into it = trip to the guitar shop. :)
 
mjbphotos said:
Does it have an access panel in back to check the wiring?
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It has one behind the tone/vol controls, yeah. I'll take it up to the guitar store this weekend. Thanks for your help Mike and Alan.
 
Basic things like opening up the control section of your guitar and messing with the knobs should not warrant a guitar shop trip!
 
mjbphotos said:
Basic things like opening up the control section of your guitar and messing with the knobs should not warrant a guitar shop trip!
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I won't know what I'm looking at, nor do I care/have time to figure it out in the immediate future. Thanks
 
I guess you DO care, otherwise you'd put up with the bad sound ...
I've met people who've been playing guitar for years, yet do not know how to change strings.
 
Here's a new clip, same issue. Please listen all the way through as most of the noise is near the very end. It's only 20 secs. Note that during the final held note, I am holding up the bass and moving it around. There is a cracking noise that I suspect is from the output jack in the bass.

 
I think it has to be your bass and I would look to the output jack.
 
If the output jack is crackling, the bass obviously needs some work.
 
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