Recent content by Stevemx25

Let's keep her going! I found an issue I haven't seen in the last 23 pages of this thread. I got the 5 string sterling in black a couple years ago, played it 1 time to audition for a reggae band. I was a little late to the party and didn't get the gig so the bass hung on the wall at my business...

I think this is an old thread, but do you guys have any tips on using these heads? I have one and also use a pre amp. Where are you setting knobs for volume? The pre and post volume stuff throws me off and minor eq adjustments seem to make huge differences in tone.

I’m pretty excited about the paint job at least

Not sure how to tag on here but Darwin-bass I’m using a p bass knock off wired directly to the jack then into a volume pedal then into a trace Elliot transit B pre amp (had issues bumping the knobs on my Ibanez and cranking my lows so wanted to try something els). I initially got the shock from...

I am not touching anything until my outlets are checked

Exactaly! Thanks for the input everyone. Luckily I will live to play another day and have my outlets checked out. Maybe I will also take this monstrosity into work tomorrow (where the outlets SHOULD be good) and see how she fairs. I also have one of those mini portable 3w amps.. might be wise to...

Hmm.. I play my normal rig in the same spot without any issues.. just seems to be this particular bass. My daily driver has active pickups though. Excuse my ignorance as I gave up on engineering school right before electricity and electronics began

I played the bass when I got it (before tinkering with it) and it did not shock me or hum at all. It was only after I re wired it did it start with the zapping (which is very minimal now..more of a fuzzy feeling). And it’s even less since putting the bridge ground back in. Some other threads...

Ouch! Thanks for all the advice. I can double check my outlets but come to think of it.. the place I rent I went over the outlets with an electrician so they should be good. Maybe my removal of all the knobs in the bass and the direct wiring stuff wasn’t done quite right. Anyone els ever remove...

I have tried a few different amps at different locations with the same result. Putting the ground to the bridge helped a lot but that hum (when I’m not touching the strings) and very minimal shock still exist. Would a wireless system solve this? Also it looks like someone was already messing...

Hello! New to forums but searched everywhere and could not find anything about my current bass dilemma. I re wired my awesome 100 dollar Craigslist bass (fender knock off) to be simply pickups and the jack. The first time I forgot to install the bridge ground and got shocked a bit and had slight...