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Tone loss on stingray 4 HH

#4
Good job changing the battery, it's so simple but folks forget it's there sometimes. :cool:

So, when the tone drops do the eq knobs still change the sound? Do they make noise when you spin them, like static or popping in the amp? How about the pickup selector switch - is it switching correctly? Do you have any loss of volume when the tone drops? How old is the instrument?
 
#6
Strange, when it's intermittent you'd expect the issue to be in the electronics, and then when electronics go bad they usually pop and scratch.

On the off chance, has it happened while playing through different amps? Like maybe your amp is overheating or something. Have you tried a different instrument cable?
 
#7
I noticed the problem through a SONY MDR7506 monitor headphones coming out from a line6 ux1 interface. When it goes dull i've switched different cables n the problem still persist. Then i plug it into the roland cube30 amp listening through headphones n the problem still here. At first i thought it might be my headphones because they're quite old. But if this is the case the recorded clips won't sound the way they do right?

Could it be the wires connecting the batteries to the preamp? Like it might hv some problem preventing the battery to fully power the preamp or pickups? I dunno ...just guessing
 
#8
Could be. If you haven't done so it'd be worth popping it open and checking for loose connections. Maybe the battery wires or switch wires aren't making good contact. Beyond that you should probably find a repair tech to diagnose it.
 
#11
I've read that the stingray electronics are wired such that if the battery goes dead the passive tone of the pickup will still come through. It sounds an awful lot like something similar is going on here, like there's an intermittent connection at the battery and when it gets power you get good tone and when power is interrupted you get the passive tone, which would sound duller by comparison. I'd check the battery wiring and also the output jack, which has a switch built in to it to turn the preamp on when a cord is inserted. If that switch were bad the same thing could happen.
 

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