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Could a wiring issue on a cabinet cause an amp to fry? I bought a new 8 ohm Markbass 2x10 cab and an Ampeg Venture V3 head at the end of last year. Within a couple of weeks, I started getting a crackling noise. Ampeg replaced the head. The new one worked for about 5 months until it started...

Can using the wrong cable damage an amp? I’m on my 3rd V3 head. First two were replaced under warranty. There was a bad connection and the volume would frequently drop out. I’ve read that the Venture series aren’t the most reliable amps, but I’m wondering if this is my fault. The one I just...

I just installed a HiMass bridge on a Player Series Jazz bass and had to shim the neck. The pickups are now pretty far below the strings, and it's negatively affecting output. I loosened the screws and the pickups went up, but it reached a point where the screws were coming up and the pickup...

I know the EMG MMHZ pickup is in series when hooked up with standard wiring. How would I go about getting it in parallel? I've searched and found people opting for a series/parallel switch and/or coil splitting, but I'm just looking to keep it as simple as possible and only have it in parallel...

I'm getting a pretty nasty buzz when I touch the pole pieces of my Aguilar AG4M that is installed in a SBMM Ray 4 with a John East preamp. I know I could go down a rabbit hole of trying to isolate the grounding issue, but I'm liking the look of the MM pickups that don't have exposed pole pieces...

I’m looking for a preamp and pickup that are easy to install in a Sterling Ray 4. I’ve never had the best luck with soldering, so the less I have to do, the better. ideal would be a pre wired control plate that I could drop in. I’ve had good luck with EMG’s no-solder systems before, but I saw...

I just bought a new Ray4 online that arrived yesterday. When I plugged it in, the volume was extremely low. For a decent bedroom volume, I had to crank my amp up quite a bit. I plugged in another bass, and it was shaking the walls at that volume. I replaced the battery, but that didn’t make a...

I'm currently piecing together a rig using what I have and picking up some things along the way. I'm currently running a SansAmp BDDI to an old 75w poweramp (rated at 150w, but that's in bridge mode) that I've had for 20 years, then into an 4 ohm 800w 4x10 cab. My goal is to ultimately get...

I just had some new Aguilar pickups installed in an Ibanez with an active onboard preamp. Buzzing was not an issue until I got it back with the new pickups. The buzzing gets better when I touch any metal on the bass, so from reading the FAQ, it sounds like it's not a grounding issue? The...

The pickups on my Ibanez are a bit of an odd size... 4.24" x 1.3" according to my inexpensive digital caliper. They fit in the cavity pretty snugly. If I'm eyeing a pickup upgrade, would slightly smaller pickups work well, or could they cause the strings to not be aligned over the pole pieces...

I bought a new Yamaha less than a month ago, and it's already drained 2 9V batteries. I unplug the cable from the jack and put it in a gig bag when I'm not using it, so I'm sure that's not the issue. The only thing I can think of other than a wiring issue is the active/passive switch. I...