caitlin

I have what I believe to be terminal crackle. A solid blast of switch cleaner in the back of the pot and some wiggling clears it up for a time but the death rattle returns in hours. The balance pot is a wee bit crunchy This bass has what I believe is a PJ arrangement, split neck size pups and a bar pup near the bridge. It doesn't work without a battery so I surmise it's 100% active. Inside the back looks like this: and pulling off the knobs reveals some nuts: So I think if I get those undone and the jack out of the way the board should come out. The volume pot is labelled A100K The balance (I believe ) is labelled B100K and is center notched. The bass and treble pots are also center notched (I guess because that's to mark when it's neither boosting or cutting) but the labels are mostly worn I think one says B100K and the other one *probably* says 100K but there's no trace of an A or a B. I'm more than confident soldering, I've build point to point and strip board tube amplifiers which actually work and haven't cause a fire, but I've not got a lot of confidence identifying these pots. I have a multimeter so I guess I could pull them and measure the range and rate (I don't know if they're linear or log) but I wonder if anyone might know what this arrangement looks like. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I'm just learning what these knobs DO and now when I turn them I get sad.

Thanks, I'll have a rummage in there. I've tried blasting them through the holes in the back of the pots with switch cleaner and wiping the pots from end to end and that gets them working flawlessly for a time, except one which feels a touch *gritty* so I think the track on that one is truly spent It would be much easier to tear into if I got that other bass, because I'm dependent on this one working to play it.

Nah, I have a healthy shame for me and my silly drumming friends. I do like the one about checking if the stage is level thoughbut. Here's me at the 100 club in yer london. I promise to *mostly* talk about bass though.

Hello. I'm afraid I'm a drummer, I've been doing that for decades and a long time ago I thought learning a bit of bass might help my band's rhythm section stuff work a bit better. I have no idea if it did or not because I'm not playing with a band, haha. I mainly play a Roland TD-30KV at the moment, but I have my Gretch Maple Renown tubs packed up ready for the next time I get to be really loud. Anyway, that's not what we're here for. I've now had TWO bass lessons and can nearly name the notes inside the stave on the bass clef without sweating. (I'm avoiding tab and trying to learn some theory) I'm playing a JHS 'Vintage' 4 string at the moment. It's a bit sad really and has crackly pots. That wouldn't usually be a problem for me to fix, but it's an active bass and they're soldered directly to a board in the cavity which I think is glued in! I'm trying to talk myself into AND out of buying a Cort Action 5 string but don't know where that will end up yet. For better or worse I've started recording myself to hear how bad it sounds and HOPEFULLY to hear some improvement over time. I don't know if I can post what I've got because it's using Trinity backing tracks off their grade 1 exam stuff. So yeh, hi!