Bridgehouse Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Upgraded the Shuker Fretless today. Nordstrand NJ4SE Pickup bought. Also decided that the old preamp in it was probably a bit long in the tooth and adding to the general hum, hiss and crackle and bought a shiny new Delano Sonar 3 to slap in. Also decided to go 18v for extra headroom and so forth. Spent all afternoon ripping out the old and putting the new in. After my travails, I plug in - and get nothing at all. Nowt. Nada. Nyet. Zip. Long story short - here are three ways not to be a numpty: - When installing another preamp with a graph tech ghost piezo system, always use the AUX PWR out from the ghost board and don't splice the power line from the battery to power your new posh preamp.. - String up your bass after install, as it turns out that modern preamps are super quiet - lack of noise before moving strings does not mean you have wired it like a numpty. Not putting the strings on to check does make you a numpty. - When going from 9v to 18v you need a second battery. ALWAYS CHECK THIS IS NOT DEAD. As you look like a proper numpty when the missus asks if you've tried another battery "in case the one you got out of the kitchen drawer which has been there 3 years is dead" Sigh. However, it's now a super quiet hum and buzz free bass with nearly no hiss except with the treble dimed. It's probly quieter than my passive p's and the Nordstrand pickup sounds glorious... so much so that I may have to get a Jazz and live with the crappy neck just so I can fit a pair of them 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 6 hours ago, Bridgehouse said: so much so that I may have to get a Jazz and live with the crappy neck just so I can fit a pair of them But... You know a guy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 2 hours ago, Bigwan said: But... You know a guy... I do I do and if I do do then it’ll be a home build job 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 I've got a whole list of stuff that could be discussed (not "disgust" as I first wrote) under this topic heading. Fortunately in this post I checked the grammar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 11 minutes ago, TheGreek said: I've got a whole list of stuff that could be discussed (not "disgust" as I first wrote) under this topic heading. Fortunately in this post I checked the grammar. What did she recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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