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Me bass is broke! :(

  • 12-06-2007 1:45pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭


    About to do a gig on Saturday, soundcheck went fine. We come up onstage to play, I plug in tuner and bass, and I get nothing from the amp. Take out tuner and plug directly in... Still nothing. One of the other bands were well decent enough to lend me a bass so the show went on. I was majorly pissed (as you can well imagine) but when I took it home plugged into my own amp, same story. Can anyone recommend someone to have a look at it quickly? I'm playing 5 more gigs this month and rehearsing as well! I have no idea about electrics etc. so I won't try anything in case I could **** it up even more.


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  • #2
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,363 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Where abouts are you based? Most guitar shops would have a look for you.


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Was going to throw it into musician today, but thought you guys might have other ideas


  • #4
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,363 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    If you're getting no output, it sounds like one of the wires to the output jack is gone. You could open it up and have a look.


  • #5
    Zapp Brannigan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,326 ✭✭✭Zapp Brannigan


    Tis probably a simple soldering job but if you can't handle it just throw it into a music shop as was suggested.


  • #6
    Altoid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 99 ✭✭Altoid


    If the bass is active - do try sticking a new battery into it.

    Also, to confirm, have you tried a different lead that you know works?

    If the above don't match or help, then the chances are there is just a small wire disconnection and it shouldn't be a big problem to fix it.

    -Altoid


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  • #7
    fish-head
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭fish-head


    Sounds like the solder in the jack connection is gone.


  • #8
    steveland?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,842 ✭✭✭steveland?


    Happened to my Maverick F1 a year or so ago, it was one of the wires in the output jack like people above said but it had actually just "broken" off. Reckon it got a tap when the cable was in or something and knocked it loose.

    Quick solder had it up and running and no bother since


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