*Urgent help need ! ( Bass wiring haywire )

[holas]

Wanted to play the bass this morning but when i plugged into my amp , there was no input signal from the bass.

Worst still , I have recording tomorrow so i need to solve this problem asap.

help please : (

any help would be much appreciate : D


PS: Sorry , i know wrong section but i got only 11 views within 3hours in the bass section so sorry must post here : (

 

[dilahk]

pop over to penin c c who can do a quick job?

 

[holas]

heavy downpour around my place : (

Anyone got any D.i.y solutions ?

 

[budakbone]

bro no choice................taxi

 

[Dime]

bro i think if you send to penin you gotta wait like 3 working days.i think.unless you ask for advance.good luck on the repair man.

 

[holas]

Wha jialet man like that.

So screwed tmr : (

 

[rottenramone]

hi holas

is it your amp or your bass?

did you turn on your vol on both bass and amp?

is it your cable?

if cable and amp are ok, then it shd be your bass

does your bass have active electronics (battery needed), if u do just change batt.

do you have a multimeter to check current/voltage?

if you do u can check the pickups.

hope if helps....

 

[holas]

hi holas

is it your amp or your bass?

did you turn on your vol on both bass and amp?

is it your cable?

if cable and amp are ok, then it shd be your bass

does your bass have active electronics (battery needed), if u do just change batt.

do you have a multimeter to check current/voltage?

if you do u can check the pickups.

hope if helps....

Hey ,

confirm its the bass. the picture i've attached shows the red cables being disconnected from the jack. so most likely thats the problem.

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

on your jack, you see the 2 metal tab sticking out? One taller, one shorter?

The taller one be your +(tip, aka signal path), the short one is your negative(sleeve/ground), this tall and short fella is part of the 2 metal point with holes where you solder the wires(signal and ground) to

you mentioned that the red wire was disconencted from the jack. What you can try now,

1) Connect a cable from the jack to your amp, AMP AT LOW VOLUME
2) Stripped off bit of insulation from the red wire, exposed the bare wire
3) touch either small point on your jack(theres only 2, either positive/tip/hot signal or negative/sleeve/ground)
4) If the bare wire is touching the "tip" point on the jack, you shud be able to heard your bass being amplified(provided the problem is with the jack and not anywhere else)
5) If the bare wire is touching the "sleeve" point on the jack, you wont hear anything amplifed, coz the signal is being short to ground.

try the above first and see if it work..

 

[holas]

on your jack, you see the 2 metal tab sticking out? One taller, one shorter?

The taller one be your +(tip, aka signal path), the short one is your negative(sleeve/ground), this tall and short fella is part of the 2 metal point with holes where you solder the wires(signal and ground) to

you mentioned that the red wire was disconencted from the jack. What you can try now,

1) Connect a cable from the jack to your amp, AMP AT LOW VOLUME
2) Stripped off bit of insulation from the red wire, exposed the bare wire
3) touch either small point on your jack(theres only 2, either positive/tip/hot signal or negative/sleeve/ground)
4) If the bare wire is touching the "tip" point on the jack, you shud be able to heard your bass being amplified(provided the problem is with the jack and not anywhere else)
5) If the bare wire is touching the "sleeve" point on the jack, you wont hear anything amplifed, coz the signal is being short to ground.

try the above first and see if it work..

Hey bro ,

thats all that is left with my jack. So i just use either one of the red cable and touch the tip of the cable ?

thanks again.

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

on the jack, is there a wire still being soldered on it?

Or the jack is on its own?

from your pic,

1) the tip point is the one on the left, touch the red wire to that.
2) the sleeve point is the center one, theres shud be a wire sodlered to that also, that be the ground

 

[holas]

on the jack, is there a wire still being soldered on it?

Or the jack is on its own?

from your pic,

1) the tip point is the one on the left, touch the red wire to that.
2) the sleeve point is the center one, theres shud be a wire sodlered to that also, that be the ground

no , no more wire soldered to it.

and i don't have tools for soldering.

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

heh, like that jialat liao. At this hour, hard to buy also.

Anyway, if you wanna try temporary connection just to know that everything is ok, find some spare wires, strip off insulation and twist it round the tip/sleeve on the jack, the other end, just temporary twist it together with the wires coming from the instrument cavity and see if theres any sound with cables plug into amp

 

[holas]

lol. i think i ask my drummer help me settle tmr. bo bian already.

thanks for your help bro : )

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

no worries

 

[visa]

happened a few times to my old cheap samick bass, I'd use scotch tape and all sorts of stupid things.