Bongo4HH Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Hi everyone I have an issue with my bass the Orange and Brown coloured wires are not connected to anything other than the preamp board the result is when I use the push/pull pot it Fizzles to almost deathly quiet i bought this bass and it already had this issue can anyone please tell me where these wires should be connected to ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Bongo4HH said: Hi everyone I have an issue with my bass the Orange and Brown coloured wires are not connected to anything other than the preamp board the result is when I use the push/pull pot it Fizzles to almost deathly quiet i bought this bass and it already had this issue can anyone please tell me where these wires should be connected to ? If it is anything like my Streamers, the push-pull pot bypasses the active tone controls but does not switch the bass to fully passive, because the active MEC pickups require 9V at all times. A wire from each pickups runs to the preamp board to provide the power. If your bass turns quiet when you pull out the volume knob, I'm guessing it may cut the power to the pickups? What pickup and control configuration is in your Fortress? PJ with push-pull volume, pickup pan and two-band EQ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmcki Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Can you take picture of the preamp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmcki Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) 60014_fortress.pdf So the Orange and brown should be connected to the bass pot M 81500 Edited March 14, 2021 by rmcki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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