Recent content by VinnyVincent

After playing with it some I got it much better, I found it likes to have the input cranked and the output dialed back, that cut the noise down considerably, its just not how I'm used to running gear with line level outputs. I also figured out a lot of my noise is my bass itself, I got so used...

I know this thread is old as dirt, but I just got a new M81 with an OEM Dunlop power supply and I am really unimpressed with how noisy it is direct into my mixer and interface. Should I be looking to return it for a different unit, or some other troubleshooting? I've tried different cables and...

Just updating to state that its been a couple days and still no rattle, I'm rather positive the witness points thing did the trick. Big thanks to Zoober and everyone else who chimed in, I learned something important and I can finally get back to practicing!

Yeah I learned that lesson again at the beginning of this when I installed the threaded saddles and the detuner at the same time, took the detuner off until I was done troubleshooting this. The rest of these troubleshooting items have mostly been attempted one at a time, with the exception of...

So far so good as of this morning, I am optimistic the witness point thing at the bridge is the final fix, but i also thought that about the neck shim (related), so we'll see. I need to give it a day or three before I call it success. Thanks a bunch.

Maybe I just wasn't pushing hard enough, but when reading the not-so-great info I had previously seen on the topic, I had tried it and it didn't seem to do much. This felt like it did something, the string has a more defined bend there now. This thing has really low string tension with the...

Also, yes, that is my preference, but I've been trying to angle them just for the sake of troubleshooting.

I really wish I had not read this. I just read up on the concept, did what the article instructed, and now my problems are so, so much worse. What was limited to the bridge sounds like the whole instrument, the rattle now sounds like plastic, its coming from everywhere now, the fretboard, the...

Thanks, already been there. There is a small rattle in the headstock, and something in the control cavity, but both are very minor and not bothersome, and have only served to confuse and mislead me in my troubleshooting up to this point. At this stage I am confident the severe rattle I am...

Hello, I am hoping some of you fine, knowledgeable folks can help me troubleshoot a bridge rattle problem that has been plaguing me for months. I've read every thread on similar topics I can find here, including one very similar issue to my own, but unfortunately I am way past the suggestions I...

Hi I'm Vinny, from Michigan but live in SoCal. Been reading threads here for years, but got another bass and playing more so I signed up. Glad there is still an active forum, I'm not a huge fan of Facebook or Reddit. I've have a 1983 Ibanez RB924 sunburst over birdseye since I was a teenager...