livingbasshead Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Not sure anyone can help here but I have a sansamp BDDI deluxe pedal in my board. It has two inputs (A and so I can plug in two basses and preset for each bass. The problem is Input B is temperamental - after playing for some time (which seems to vary in length) the signal starts to break up, crackle and go really quiet. I can change banks and have the same problem. Input A doesn't have a problem at all, so it must be something to do with the input? maybe the socket itself - but would it behave like this? Doesn't seem logical to me. Any ideas? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Assuming it's not your lead, which of course you checked, it'd be worth cleaning out the socket, a quick and easy way is to roll up some wet and dry, or sandpaper, and poke it in out of the Jack socket. Then spray it with some switch cleaner / lubricant. You can also use air spray cleaners. It's amazing what a bit of dirt or dust can do to a jack socket, and amazing again how easy it is to clean. It could be that little movements in the lead hit the dust or dirt after some time and cause the issues. Though it may be something else related to the circuit board ( dry joint?) at least it's one thing off the list when tried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingbasshead Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 Hi thanks for the reply - I have tried some contact cleaner inside and inserting/removing a jack over and over to try and clean it, but haven't tried wet and dry. I'll give that a go but I suspect it isn't that that's causing the problem so open to any other suggestions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 How do you power it? You have three options (battery, DC, phantom) ... do you get the same problem regardless of power source? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingbasshead Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 Hi it's DC power. You have just reminded though that the battery connection doesn't work - I bought this second hand and never knew of the input B issue when i bought it. I doubt that could be related (especially as input A is fine) but someone correct me if I'm wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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