Bass repair needed - East Midlands

[mfisher91]

Could anyone suggest a bass repairer in the east Midlands to inspect & repair the electrics in my Mayones Comodous 5? I'm not sure what has gone wrong, but the batteries went red hot and the active bass setting no longer functions, so I need to get it repaired ASAP. I'm assuming it'll need a rewiring, and the battery holders may need replacing as the bottoms have partially melted.

 

Thanks,

Mo

[Baloney Balderdash]

With how you describe the batteries going really hot and melted the battery holder it sounds to me like a short circuit has happened somewhere.

 

Could have happened anywhere in the circuit, but could be as simple as an exposed "+" wire touching an exposed "-" wire somewhere, which should be a simple fix, however from what you describe you should probably prepare yourself for the quite likely possibility that the whole preamp is done for and needs complete replacement, and hope that it didn't also affect the pickups, so that the wax potting and possibly insulating layer of the coil wire also partially melted, in which case the pickups as well would be done for.

 

And if this is indeed the case then potentially, in worst case scenario, it could mean a more or less complete replacement of all the electronics, including the pickups, but let's hope you were lucky and replacing a couple of wires will be all needed to fix it.

 

Edited August 11, 2022 by Baloney Balderdash

[converse320]

http://guitar-george.co.uk/

George is in Lincoln and I'm pretty sure he's got an electronics background as well, so you could try him and see what he says.