Today while doing some regular work on my squire VM jazz bass I tightened the nuts that go on the volume, tone knobs, and output jack after trying to plug in a d play my bass no sounds comes out and nothing shows up on my tuner. Please help!!!!:thumbdown:
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Squire j bass pu's HELP!!!
- Thread starter 8bassist4life8
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Take the bass apart and have a look. I presume you didn't over tighten the nuts? Try another lead as that could be the problem. Don't do anything drastic till you find the fault!
Davo
Davo
I think I might ha e over tightened them but then when I loosened them they still didn't work. When I looked under the control plate everything was fine.
If you did damage a pot by overtightening (seems like you would have to REALLY overtighten) you have a few options:
1. Take it to someone
2. Get a multimeter, open the control cavity and trace the signal path to see where you lose continuity
3. Replace one pot at a time
Most likely not the jack. Tightening the pot nut just pulls on the shell of the pot- not the shaft that has the wiper on it, so it's hard to see where overtightening would damage it.
1. Take it to someone
2. Get a multimeter, open the control cavity and trace the signal path to see where you lose continuity
3. Replace one pot at a time
Most likely not the jack. Tightening the pot nut just pulls on the shell of the pot- not the shaft that has the wiper on it, so it's hard to see where overtightening would damage it.
