You plug a spare gat lead into it until you can buy a patch lead. Or break out the soldering iron and shorten your spare gat lead into a patch lead.
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Strange amp problem
- Thread starter blackreverend
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If you can't solve it by cleaning the efx loop jacks with contact cleaner, than you can use a short 1/4" to 1/4" instrument cable and connect the efx send to the efx return. This bypasses the signal path that normally exists when the jacks are empty, and simulates an efx loop.
OK, so continuing the long saga...
I turned it back on to try the loop thing, and now it works, but when plug into the active to passive input, the sound is VERY weak and quiet. However when I plug in to the effects return, the sound is full and loud.
Any ideas?
I turned it back on to try the loop thing, and now it works, but when plug into the active to passive input, the sound is VERY weak and quiet. However when I plug in to the effects return, the sound is full and loud.
Any ideas?
It sure sounds preamp related if the efx return and on down the signal chain works well. I would try to isolate it if you are comfortable. Its a combo, so you will need to pull the amp out of the cab and get it up on a table so you can work on it. I would start by trying to bypass the input jack by connecting an instrument cable to a couple of alligator clips and see if there are leads off the back of the jack to connect to. You will need to hook up a speaker to the combo amp, but then you can play your bass and see if it bypassed the issue. If it does, replace the jack. Anything more than that and I would take it to a tech. If you aren't comfortable, send it to a tech.
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