andy. Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 I was trying a great bass out but the only problem is that when the volume on the bass is above half way it starts to distort. They guy said all active basses so this, I quickly informed him that im not a chump. But does anyone know why it may be doing this? The tech is going to have a look but i dont have much faith tbh!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-basser Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Try a fresh battery, also is there an active input or switch on the amp you are using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy. Posted January 18, 2010 Author Share Posted January 18, 2010 New batteries where put in, theres no active input but it distorted in several amps i tried it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_C Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 (edited) If it's had the vol pot replaced, it might be the wrong value - I had an active Clapton Strat in for repair that had had the vol pot replaced, but with a 250K instead of 25K, and it made a howl of feedback when it was turned up beyond about half way. Edited January 18, 2010 by Paul_C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy. Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 Hmm... no idea about that, its band new so i dont think so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Was the new battery a dud? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy. Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 Dont think so, they were both fresh out of a new pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 What amp was it being played through? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy. Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 Tried it through an SVT, Messa Boogie and a Marshall, it did the same distorting thing through them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 What shop was this at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy. Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 Guitar Guitar, the bass is a fender us p bass with a musicman style pickup at the bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 The bit I find most disturbing is the "The guy said all active basses do this" bit. This was in a shop? Holy sheet, that's less than incompetent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 [quote name='andy.' post='717680' date='Jan 19 2010, 11:55 AM']....Guitar Guitar, the bass is a fender us p bass with a musicman style pickup at the bridge....[/quote] There's a loose wire or someone's bodged the wiring when adding the MM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-basser Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Was it one of the Dlx models that come with the humbucker at the bridge. Played a few of them that had pretty dodge pots on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy. Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 [quote name='neepheid' post='717697' date='Jan 19 2010, 12:16 PM']The bit I find most disturbing is the "The guy said all active basses do this" bit. This was in a shop? Holy sheet, that's less than incompetent.[/quote] Yeah i know! My friend who was with me who has been teaching bass for 15 years was in total shock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah5string Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I've had 3 active basses and 2 passive. The only time I've ever had it distort like that was through faulty wiring on one of my PASSIVE basses... never the active. The guy's talking crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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