super.rad Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Plugged my bass (P-Bass copy) into the amp on friday at band practice and it was buzzing really loudly, i could barely hear what i was playing over the noise. Eventually worked out it was the tone pot, I always have it on full but the only way to stop the noise was to turn it completely down. Had 2 gigs on the weekend where i had to play with it completely down, luckily managed to get it sounding alright by fiddling with the amp's eq. Need to fix the bass now but I'm thinking as the tone is always on full (I play punk) would it work just to wire the bass without a tone control? If so could someone please find a wiring diagram. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 [quote name='super.rad' post='169232' date='Apr 3 2008, 04:13 PM']Plugged my bass (P-Bass copy) into the amp on friday at band practice and it was buzzing really loudly, i could barely hear what i was playing over the noise. Eventually worked out it was the tone pot, I always have it on full but the only way to stop the noise was to turn it completely down. Had 2 gigs on the weekend where i had to play with it completely down, luckily managed to get it sounding alright by fiddling with the amp's eq. Need to fix the bass now but I'm thinking as the tone is always on full (I play punk) would it work just to wire the bass without a tone control? If so could someone please find a wiring diagram. Thanks[/quote] The best place would be the support section on www.fender.com. They have all the wiring diagrams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremen Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 [quote name='super.rad' post='169232' date='Apr 3 2008, 04:13 PM']Plugged my bass (P-Bass copy) into the amp on friday at band practice and it was buzzing really loudly, i could barely hear what i was playing over the noise. Eventually worked out it was the tone pot, I always have it on full but the only way to stop the noise was to turn it completely down. Had 2 gigs on the weekend where i had to play with it completely down, luckily managed to get it sounding alright by fiddling with the amp's eq. Need to fix the bass now but I'm thinking as the tone is always on full (I play punk) would it work just to wire the bass without a tone control? If so could someone please find a wiring diagram. Thanks[/quote] Yes, just snip one of the wires on the cap. I don't use tone controls on any of my basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super.rad Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 Thanks both of you, checked seymour duncan for wiring diagrams but they had none for p-bass without tone, didn't think to check on fender though. Sorted now and working fine again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepurpleblob Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Just as likely (or even more likely) to be the capacitor - cut it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 [quote name='thepurpleblob' post='172264' date='Apr 8 2008, 02:37 PM']Just as likely (or even more likely) to be the capacitor - cut it off.[/quote] What difference does this make? Does this render the tone pot useless? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepurpleblob Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 [quote name='Sean' post='172543' date='Apr 8 2008, 07:41 PM']What difference does this make? Does this render the tone pot useless?[/quote] Yep - completely useless, but it should cure your crackling until you can get it fixed. You don't need it, there's tone controls on your amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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