Yep. The issue lies with the TRS balanced in on the powered speaker. Get and XLR Cable and do this ^. Should work just fine.
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need help with an electronics/wiring problem
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Yep. The issue lies with the TRS balanced in on the powered speaker. Get and XLR Cable and do this ^. Should work just fine.
The TRS jack on bass is likely not wired for stereo - it's using the extra connection as a switch to disconnect the battery when the instrument is unplugged. It was never intended to be a stereo out.
that input on the power speaker is a Stereo input ... !! that's why it says " 2 & 3 " which to me , sounds like inputs 2 & 3 ... where there is a hot input for 2 inputs with a common ground ... that is not a jack to plug a bass into ... if you had a CD/mp3 player , those left/right channels would go into this jack ...
as others have said , that trs jack on your bass , 2 wires are for the bass signal going out , the 3rd wire turns the power on/off for the internal bass preamp ... that's why you cant leave your bass plugged in for a long time , like over night , as it would drain the battery ...
IF ... you want to plug your bass into that powered speaker , I'd use input #1 xlr ... bass - DI - #1 ... or you could use a TS to xlr cable to go straight from the bass to the speaker , but I'd think that signal would be pretty weak ...
as others have said , that trs jack on your bass , 2 wires are for the bass signal going out , the 3rd wire turns the power on/off for the internal bass preamp ... that's why you cant leave your bass plugged in for a long time , like over night , as it would drain the battery ...
IF ... you want to plug your bass into that powered speaker , I'd use input #1 xlr ... bass - DI - #1 ... or you could use a TS to xlr cable to go straight from the bass to the speaker , but I'd think that signal would be pretty weak ...
I couldn't see the tip of your connector but I'm betting its a standard 1/4 cable. You need the proper cable for this unit. When your plugging in the ground sleeve is making contact with the "hot" connector. Get the proper cable and your problem is gone. upon reading other comments DavC is on the money...
With a mono 1/4" cable, the worst that will happen is that one speaker will not work. Grounding one of the stereo inputs will do nothing more than provide that channel with zero signal.
Now, that would be a problem with a 1/4" stereo (TRS) cable connecting bass to powered speaker - it would place 18V on the powered speaker ring terminal.
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Now, that would be a problem with a 1/4" stereo (TRS) cable connecting bass to powered speaker - it would place 18V on the powered speaker ring terminal.
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Ha,
commented relative to this, but deleted it, thinking that since the AEB worked ok in this powered speaker, it would not be the problem.
(Maybe I mis-understood the ins n outs of the explanation).
It could well be the problem, tho, and I'm certainly interested in what the ultimate solution is here.
OP, let us know what your determinations are...
Back again,
Its definitely the bass. It stopped working even with my regular amp.
I did take the pickguard off and there is a wire that popped off a solder point; though when i hold it on there, it still doesnt work
The black wire that came off seems to go straight to one of the battery terminals.
Again, it does work somewhat when not fully inserted and makes a loud pop/boom when engaging the full way in.
Thanks
Its definitely the bass. It stopped working even with my regular amp.
I did take the pickguard off and there is a wire that popped off a solder point; though when i hold it on there, it still doesnt work
The black wire that came off seems to go straight to one of the battery terminals.
Again, it does work somewhat when not fully inserted and makes a loud pop/boom when engaging the full way in.
Thanks
Take that thing to a shop and have them solder the wire back on.
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yeah i mean i can solder it back on but that doesnt seem to be the only issue. If i touch the loose wire to the solder point it still doesnt work
But you haven't soldered it back on, have you? That's like saying "Yeah, I know my car's battery is dead, but I think there's some other reason the motor isn't starting."
There could be other issues, but you're not going to get any farther troubleshooting until you fix the one, giant, obvious glaring issue right in front of you.Wire broken off = no power to your active pickup = no signal from your bass.
But you haven't soldered it back on, have you? That's like saying "Yeah, I know my car's battery is dead, but I think there's some other reason the motor isn't starting."
Wire broken off = no power to your active pickup = no signal from your bass.
thank you. i understand. I was just wondering if there is a reason it still doesnt work when i touch the wire to the solder point. I would have thought this would be a good way to test if that was the issue.
There are at least two reasons why touching the wire to the terminal does not fix the problem. The first is that sometimes wires break due to corrosion and touching the broken, corroded end of the wire to the terminal doesn't connect the circuit because of the corrosion. Cutting off the broken end, stripping the wire back, and soldering it in place will. The second is that there could be two problems and as has been said above you cannot even begin to work on the second one until you have corrected the first one. We know that the bass cannot work correctly if one of the battery wires is disconnected so there is no point to trying to work on it until that has been fixed.
