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    P bass suddenly has low to zero output

    in Repairs and Technical

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    Hmmmm.... If none of the wiring has come adrift it sounds like a pickup problem.

     

    Do you have a Multimeter or a soldering iron?

     

    With a multimeter measure the resistance across the two outer volume pot lugs - should be around 8K Ohms ish... 

    If it measures around 250K Ohms then the pickup is open circuit.

     

    Desolder the pickup lead from the vol pot outer lug and measure the pickup directly - again should be around 8-10K Ohms

     

    If no multimeter, desolder both pickup leads at the vol pot and croc lead them to your guitar cable/amp input - if no signal then pickup is open circuit.

     

    If you are feeling brave unscrew the pickup (both halves) and pop the covers off.

    Have a good look at where the cables solder onto the very fine pickup windings - sometimes these break.

     

     

    Low sounds pants compared to the rest. Any advice?

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    Hmmm... weird one...

    You've tried all the obvious so it must be something else.

     

    Things to try;

    You could have a weak pickup magnet on the E string (you've changed the pickup so probably not this) - tap all the pole pieces with a (steel) allen key - do they all make a similar bang and are they all similarly 'sticky'?

     

    Nut. Have a good look at the nut slot for the E string - is the slot cut right and is there a tiny clearance (try a sheet of paper) over the first fret when string is fretted at fret 3? Also check the E bridge saddle.

     

    Room. Are all your listening test being done in the position in the same room? Room dimension s can really effect the low end - my living room has a big peak around A which sounds much louder than it really is.

     

    Try with another cable, direct to the amp - there can be odd effects if the cable's conductive plastic layer is not stripped back correctly. (clutching at straws here).

     

    What bass, what pickup, what strings? It is possible to wire a PBass or stacked jazz pickup out of phase which makes for a weird response.

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    Ibanez Roadstar machine head - repair / replacement nylon bushings

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    Nuts & bolts

    in Accessories and Misc

    Posted · Edited by Bigguy2017

    That size is a Neutrik D-Series - panel has a 24mm hole (also known as Universal Format Connector).

     

    M3 countersunk - usually 10mm or 15mm long, plus a plain washer, lock washer and a nut (M3 Nyloc can be used).

     

    If doing a lot of them get an M3 nut driver/spinner...

     

     

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    Action!

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    If relief is AOK and minimal check the nut slot heights.

    Get the fret rocker out... any high frets will ruin a low action.

    If fret rocker shows high frets then a spot or full fret level is indicated.

     

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