Clockworkwar Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) I know this is most likely my crappy bass, it being a 5 year old Vintage P-Bass that most of the controls on it are broken. But I have been listening to my amp and you only notice it if your quite there is a slight static pop when I touch the strings, is this just the bass being poop/what 15" speakers do, or is there something going on? BTW my amp is an Ashdown 250 head and the cab is a Trace 1153. I can only hear it close up, I am just a bit concerned about it extending. Edited March 18, 2009 by Clockworkwar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escholl Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 that's normal, don't worry about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockworkwar Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh3184 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 all to do with grounding i believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockworkwar Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 [quote name='josh3184' post='438593' date='Mar 18 2009, 07:51 PM']all to do with grounding i believe [/quote] Yep I have just read upon this, P-Basses seem to be a bugger for this. It should go away when I get the Vintage V1004. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockworkwar Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 The buzz seems to be getting slightly worse, but I just took my bass out and it doesn't buzz just a speaker noise when you get your ear close. How do I check the grounding of a P-bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOD2 Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 If there was a problem with the grounding the noise would probably be a lot worse. You can check the wiring but there's a ground wire under the bridge on a P-Bass so to fully check this you'd need to remove the bridge (which is easy enough - you just might not want to go to these lengths !). Find a wiring diagram that approximates to your bass This is a good place to look [url="http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/"]http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/[/url] And this is a standard P-Bass [url="http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=std_pbass"]http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wirin...matic=std_pbass[/url] Remove strings and scratchplate. Check all the wiring is properly connected with no dry (dull grey) solder joints - they should all be shiny silver. Unscrew the bridge. Check the wire that comes through the body to the bridge - it is not attached to the bridge, it just gets squashed between body and bridge. Splay the ends of this wire a little, rub the underside of the bridge with some sandpaper to ensure a good contact, then screw it all back. That's about it - obviously you fix any problems you find ! But, as I suggested, if the ground wire was broken you'd get a lot more noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockworkwar Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 I took the bridge off and splayed the end, as well as took a piece of sandpaper to it. Screwed it all back together and the buzzing only reduced a little. I will take the scratchplate off tommorow to check the solder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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