Bass Distortion Help !

[JamieIsOnline]

Hi all,

I have a Vintage EST 96 active bass, and I seem to always get the same problem in whatever amp I play through -

The bass always sounds distored no matter what settings I play it through - It's never gone away but It seems to subdue when I roll back the treble on the built in eq but then it gives the bass a real dull tone

Is there a good EQ setting to be able to remove it or do I need to replace the pickup on it ? I've replaced the 9v in it so I know it's not that

cheers - Jamie

 

[jarrydee]

Look on the amps and see if there is a separate input for active basses, my last 2 amps had this, it takes the gain down at the input, Good luck

 

[Wallace320]

It happened to me three times, with different kinda pickups and electronics

1st time: MIK Ibanez SoundGear SR405 (late 2006 and 7 years of severe use) stock Ibanez made dual DX5 soapbars and 3 band equalizer;
2nd time: MII Yamaha RBXJM2 (early 2009 and 7 months of severe use) stock Seymour Duncan MM6 humbucker and 3 band equalizer;
3rd time: MIC FARIDA HB20 (early 2010 and 7 days of severe use) stock (reverse) P/J exposed polepieces and 2 band equalizer.

Every time I fixed it as much as I could but revealing to be an innate electronic defection, I arranged to trade the basses

Cheers,
Wallace

PS: cited periods are literal and no joke