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Post subject: P-Bass No Sound
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 6:30 am
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I found an old post from july 2011 with the same problem.


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I've tryed other jacks with no luck. When I put the bass away yesterday it was playing fine. So I thought about this a little. Every time I had the problem the bass had sat overnight for approximatly 12 to 24hours. Could the pick ups be loosing their magnetic pull? It was just a thought. Went I came back from work this evening the first thing I did was plug in the bass to see if it played. Remember when I put it away it was playing fine. What happened? No Sound, no output! So with out touching any controls I took a small metal ruler close to the pick ups to see if there was a magnetic pull. Well I was wrong, there was a pull and the ruler was pulled to the pick up. Here's the strange part. When I took the ruler off the pick up, the bass played normally! Right now it's playing fine. Going to try it tomorrow to see if it still has sound.

Answer post 7 I do not understand

had the same problem.found out it was the cap.I wen't to radio shack got a new one and it works fine now.

Thanks for any help.


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Post subject: Re: P-Bass No Sound
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:35 pm
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About this 2011 post.

The capacitor can't be the problem . I never see a short capacitor shorting all the signal meaning no sound at the output .

I suspect there is a wire ( from the cap ? ) touching the ground . When the owner, Super Kud put a new Radio Shack capacitor he put it the right way without knowing what he done. I got is sound.
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In your issue , sure you try another AND good cable . Try on another amp . Can you open pickgard to see inside and show some photos ?
Be sure it is the bass not the amp .

Did your volume , tone, make some noise when turning before sound stop ? Is your output jack turn , are loose ? = broken wire inside.


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Post subject: Re: P-Bass No Sound
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:55 pm
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Interesting that when a metal ruler was placed near the Pups and removed, it played.

There is a remote possibility that the coil inside one of the split pickups has an open wire. When the ruler was placed nearby, the magnetic field interaction may have moved the wire or something else in the pickup body just enough to make contact again.

If you are well versed in mechanics and electrical, try this:

Loosen the strings 20 turns. Remove the bridge screws and set the bridge aside wrapped in a cloth so it doesn't scratch the bass body. Remove the pickguard screws and pickguard. Remove the 4 screws holding the split pickups into their recesses. Inspect the wires where they exit the coils to see, first of all, if anything was pinched during installation. A pinch can break the wire inside the insullation with time. If that all looks OK, take a digital multimeter with alligator clip ends and test one pickup at a time for 'continuity' on a low resistance scale. This may involve opening up the live connection between the pickups. The other pickup leads are normally soldered to one of the controls as a common ground. Monitor "resistance" between the live lead from one pickup and it's ground point. Tap on the BOTTOM of the pickup with a small screwdriver's plastic grip to see if anything changes on the meter. Do the same thing with the other pickup. If the meter goes UP in resistance or shows OPEN condition with the tapping, order new pickups. If the meter doesn't change from it's low normal reading, reassemble the connections and start looking at the rest of the wiring in the compartment. I had a 2006 P-Bass do this, so I replaced the pickups with DiMarzio DP127's and have had flawless performance since. Good luck with the troubleshooting.

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Post subject: Re: P-Bass No Sound
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:10 pm
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+1 PaducahLuke

Try reheat solder on pickup wires , on pickups eyelet.


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Post subject: Re: P-Bass No Sound
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:45 pm
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SKcoppertele wrote:
Super kud (superkid) is actually me in a past form. And what had happened is that some how the capacitor had become basically a wire right to ground (to this day still don't know how). And as you rolled the tone off the guitar would die. So, I simply bought a new one. Still works to this day.


Thank's for answering ,

Your issue was ( close to ? ) what I write ;

" I suspect there is a wire ( from the cap ? ) touching the ground . When the owner, Super Kud put a new Radio Shack capacitor he put it the right way without knowing what he done. I got is sound. "


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Post subject: Re: P-Bass No Sound
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 4:58 am
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Thank you to all will check this out. Thanks


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