Recent content by kjw215

I purchased a new lakland 55-02 from an ebay seller recently, and when the bass arrived, the neck had almost no relief, and the string heights, intonation, pick-up heights, etc. were all off from the Lakland recommended guidelines per their website. Serial number indicates it was mfr'ed in 2010...

Thanks. Fortunately (or unfortunately), the connection through the amp is grounded properly. Test #1 didn't yield anything other than minimal noise, so combined with above, I'm confident that the amp isn't a problem. I've come to the conclusion that it's my location, and that I might...

Yeah, sad that WBCN is gone. Now I resort to 92.9 as a poor alternative. Will have to try out 88.1. I've only had a chance to use the bass once in NH so far, and it seemed to be ok, so I didn't suspect my amp. But more bypass capacitors might be the solution regardless. The kicker here...

yes, but if the amp picks up radio with just an instrument cable and no bass guitar, then I can rule this out in this case, no? yep, tried switching up the cable; no difference. (monoprice 15' generic vs mogami gold 10') only have one piece of equipment plugged in so theoretically...

Thanks for your suggestions. 1. the setup picks up radio even without my guitar plugged in; just the cable and amp are enough. so I was hoping not to have to open up my guitar. but i'll check this out. 2. I tried a choke magnet, no help. :( 3. WBMX transmits at 104.1 MHz with an...

Hi everyone, first post. I recently started playing bass and am having a problem with picking up a local radio station on my equipment. I've searched through the forums for similar problems (http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=529882&highlight=radio+signal) and have tried to be...