I’ve been playing with an Underwood pickup through a used PJB for 6 months with good results. This week, after an hour or so, the signal weakens then dies. With the same cable I can then plug the same bass and pickup into an old Trace Elliott and it works great. Additionally, my passive Fender PBass plays fine through the PJB just after the DB loses signal. I tried it with another passive pickup with the same results. Any ideas for what the issue might be would be greatly appreciated.
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Phil Jones BG300 cutting out w/ passive pickup
- Thread starter Jeremy Hill
- Start date
- Feb 12, 2006
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- Development Engineer-Mesa Boogie, Development Engineer-Genzler (pedals), Product Support-Genz Benz
You might want to contact PJB, that's a very odd issue but there are some unique properties of piezo pickups that can cause unusual outcomes and symptoms.
I don't think it has to do with being a passive pickup though, it may be unique to passive piezo pickups.
I don't think it has to do with being a passive pickup though, it may be unique to passive piezo pickups.
