Squire j bass pu's HELP!!!

8bassist4life8 · #1 03-06-2013, 11:00 PM

Today while doing some regular work on my squire VM jazz bass I tightened the nuts that go on the volume, tone knobs, and output jack after trying to plug in a d play my bass no sounds comes out and nothing shows up on my tuner. Please help!!!!:thumbdown:

Davo-London · #2 03-06-2013, 11:33 PM

Take the bass apart and have a look. I presume you didn't over tighten the nuts? Try another lead as that could be the problem. Don't do anything drastic till you find the fault!

Davo

8bassist4life8 · #3 03-07-2013, 07:04 AM

I think I might ha e over tightened them but then when I loosened them they still didn't work. When I looked under the control plate everything was fine.

oldleftybass · #4 03-07-2013, 07:30 AM

If you did damage a pot by overtightening (seems like you would have to REALLY overtighten) you have a few options:

1. Take it to someone
2. Get a multimeter, open the control cavity and trace the signal path to see where you lose continuity
3. Replace one pot at a time

Most likely not the jack. Tightening the pot nut just pulls on the shell of the pot- not the shaft that has the wiper on it, so it's hard to see where overtightening would damage it.