SSP

Just got my new bass of Fleabay and on testing one pickup (neck I think) is working fine, as are the tone / boost controls (it is an active model) but the bridge pick up is dead and hisses loads but no output. I have checked the battery (fine) and the earth on the pot that is not working (re-soldered as it was held on by 2 strands!) All other connections look fine but it does cut out occasionally until I take the cover off and wiggle the wires As it was cheap and I like tinkering I happy to mess about with this but don't fancy spending £hundreds on new bits! So any stuff to check (I have a multi meter...) first of all? I can post pictures if that will help. Thanks, SSP

Well not quite but I have been on a 13 year hiatus from playing. Having started at 14 playing the guitar I progressed to the bass as the band I was in could not find any bassists! I found I loved the bass more and really enjoyed playing the low end. My new set up is a Ibanez 4-string (used to have a 5 string but never really used the "brown-noise" string ) Marshall MB30 and BP80 multi effects pedal. The bass has an odd cut-out that is probably down to a bad solder joint so I will have to check that out and fix. My only issue is working out what I want to play! Since my teenage years my music tastes have widened ...quite a bit! Todays playlist has included Seasick Steve, Muse, Metallica, Carcass and Godspeed! You Black Emperor. I plan to get back in to playing and see what direction I go although I did find a load of songs I wrote in 2001-2 when I was heavily into Unsane / Today Is The Day / and other noisecore / metal. If there is any one / band in the Cheltenham area who are looking for a rusty bass player (and who arn't all 15 years old!) let me know. SSP