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No Sound!!!

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Buh_Sheeky

Aug 7, 2004
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#1
Alright, so I plug in my bass, and when I try to play, hardly any sound comes out! I don't know whether if it's a pickup or string problem... :bawl: I have to play later today...do you think somethings wrong with my pickups or are my strings so dead, they can't even produce hardly any sound? Did I mention that I never changed my strings in over a year...shame on me... :hiding: Oh also...it's a Rogue :o
 
#2
Try a different cable. Then try a different bass (or guitar, or anything for that matter). If you swap those and the problem persists then you've probably got an amp problem. Oh. Did you try a different wall plug on a different fuse/circuit breaker? Try changing things to isolate the problem.
 
#3
The amp works fine, so do the cables...I've tried another bass on there and it's in worse shape than mine, at least it was...mine apparently doesn't work now! I've narrowed it to stringas or pickups, there's sound, but on a 60w amp I have to turn it 3/4ths of the way to get some semblence of a sound. :bawl:
 
#5
not an active bass, shoud I remover the covering on the pickups? Wiring? I also plugged it through a guitar amp a few times, could that have anything to do with it?

I've tried to remove the cover in the back, I tore a screw :rollno: I can't get the back open :(
 
#8
I think you should seek professional help (No, not that kind.) because diagnosing this on the internet is going to be hard and especially if the people you're asking for help don't know any more than I do. Take the bass and amp to the store where you do business and let them help you. That's the best advice I can offer.
 
#11
But why is the other bass working? But during my lesson today, the bass worked okay, but I noticed it had a considerably lower output than the other basses that were plugged in. I will get it checked at the store, I guess, but I got a lot of things to do...school... :scowl:
 

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