diagnostic

  1. Number179

    Mystery Cab Synth-ey Artifact in decay

    Starting to drive me nuts with this 810e (I forget what year, but its the plywood version outside of the "dark years"). Check out the audio which is an iphone recording. Synth-ey sounding buzz, or fuzz probably more accurately when the held note decays. It goes away when the string vibration is...
  2. IzzyMay

    Low, Dull, and Distorted Noise From Bass

    Hi, I'm new to electronics and repairs; so please pardon me if at any point I don't know how to do something deemed trivial to most. I play a Sterling Stingray 35HH and I've never had any complaints on the sound; which was even more disappointing when, recently, my bass' volume one day suddenly...
  3. PeBoss

    Tone Knob has become a second volume knob on Vintage P

    I’ve been having this problem intermittently where the tone knob on my 1973 Precision Bass will randomly become a second volume knob. If turned all the way down it acts as a master volume, completely cutting the signal when the actual volume is wide open. What’s weirder is that if I hit it a...