Electric Guitar no sound from amp

ryanch09 · 14-05-2013 3:13pm #1

Happened out of the blue today, its an SX Strat and its a year old, no sound comes out of the amp and when I plug it into the tuner it doesn't detect a signal either, I've checked all the connections inside the guitar and nothing appears to be wrong.

Any ideas?

Alanstrainor · 14-05-2013 3:15pm

Does the cable work? When the amp is on, take it out and do you here a loud buzzing from the cable, which will change when you touch it with your hand.

ryanch09 · 14-05-2013 3:42pm

Yeah tried that and they're both fine (should be since I only got it a few weeks ago!), so I know its definitely the guitar...nothing has happened to it since the last time I used it, hasn't been moved or anything..

Alanstrainor · 14-05-2013 3:46pm

Could be a lot of different things. I would check the input jack on the guitar, make sure all the cables are connected. Then check the volume pot and see if its connected. It's a tough one to diagnose on the internet:p

ryanch09 · 14-05-2013 3:49pm

It all *seems* fine from initial inspection earlier, perhaps the best thing to do is bring it into someone, thanks anyway :P

SamBrugha · 14-05-2013 7:47pm

ryanch09 wrote: »

It all *seems* fine from initial inspection earlier, perhaps the best thing to do is bring it into someone, thanks anyway :P

Could be the wiring, leads, or the amp. Or what happened to me once, I was half asleep one day and plugged my guitar into the headphone jack and couldn't figure out what was wrong... One of my lesser moments...

johnROSS · 15-05-2013 9:00pm

make sure the volume is up on the guitar too :pac:

ryanch09 · 23-05-2013 8:21am

Sorry for not replying until now, as much as I wish all your easy suggestions worked sadly there's nothing.

I'm going to have to take it in somewhere to have a look.

KeithTS · 23-05-2013 12:54pm

where are you based?

ryanch09 · 23-05-2013 5:07pm

Sligo town, anyone know what's the best place to take it in?

Electric Guitar no sound from amp

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