why does my bass resonate when not being used.

[br1qbat]

lol virtually everything in my apt. is on all the time, I'm a consumer, and lazy, I tend to fall asleep with my bass in my lap and got in the habit of leaving it all on. guess what? ya'll convinced me to turn my amps off more often, thx!

And here I'd think your electric bill would've convinced you to do so long before we told ya anything.

 

[SaucyJackBass]

Not the question you asked, but why are you leaving the bass plugged in? Remove the instrument cable when you are done playing.

 

[bassdude51]

It is a special bass! Only one found every thousand!

 

[Bass V]

And here I'd think your electric bill would've convinced you to do so long before we told ya anything.

ya know, I don't think I've ever paid an electric bill in my life, it's always been part of the rent.

 

[Jim C]

Satan!

 

[PJsaure]

ya know, I don't think I've ever paid an electric bill in my life, it's always been part of the rent.

You can’t be serious. Just because you don’t pay electricity, you don’t care at least a little bit about, I don’t know, the planet and all the energy you are wasting? And furthermore, for absolutely zero benefit for you? In fact it even seems to cause you problems. Or at least don’t you care about your equipment wearing 10 times faster? Or even the bill your landlord has to pay?
Someone has to pay in the end you know, nothing is for free. Don’t be surprised when your rent increases.

How can someone be so oblivious to all of that?
This thread has to be a ginormous, 20 feet tall troll. At least I sincerely hope so.

What the quack man, at least think about the ducks. And I am not saying this because of my avatar.

 

[Bass_Frequency]

i have 4 basses and one of them will resonate while in the stand,very annoying!
if i place it in the stand within minutes it starts to resonate and keeps getting louder as time goes on.
i forgot to turn off the amp one day and came home to the house shaking from the bass.lol
my other 3 basses can stay connected with no issues but the fender jazz likes to play itself.
any ideas on how or why it does this?

For a low price of just 49.95 I fix that.

 

[wes stephenson]

i have 4 basses and one of them will resonate while in the stand,very annoying!
if i place it in the stand within minutes it starts to resonate and keeps getting louder as time goes on.
i forgot to turn off the amp one day and came home to the house shaking from the bass.lol
my other 3 basses can stay connected with no issues but the fender jazz likes to play itself.
any ideas on how or why it does this?

You should probably always unplug your bass and turn your amp off if you’re not using it.

 

[bleedingfingers]

6 pages on this topic so far
Turn it off or turn it down when you are not playing it .
Leaving your gear on 24/7 is just a waste of energy
Sell the rest of your basses as they are not resonant enough .
I can't believe I even answered this

 

[Bass V]

You can’t be serious. Just because you don’t pay electricity, you don’t care at least a little bit about, I don’t know, the planet and all the energy you are wasting? And furthermore, for absolutely zero benefit for you? In fact it even seems to cause you problems. Or at least don’t you care about your equipment wearing 10 times faster? Or even the bill your landlord has to pay?
Someone has to pay in the end you know, nothing is for free. Don’t be surprised when your rent increases.
How can someone be so oblivious to all of that?
This thread has to be a ginormous, 20 feet tall troll. At least I sincerely hope so.
What the quack man, at least think about the ducks. And I am not saying this because of my avatar.

trust me, the planet is just waiting for humans to extinguish themselves again lol we're a faint blip on it's radar and nobody is suffering from my minuscule waste, besides, I've never owned a car either nor drove or flown much and try not to support the nasty meat industry etc. so my teeny lifetime carbon footprint on Earth is due some dividend returns at this point, plus, you may have missed my mention of the influence this thread had and now my amps are off kinda missing the lights beckoning me tho lol

 

[orange joe]

I am curious: Is the bass that resonates also the loudest of the four when played unplugged?
And is it also the best sounding one, tonally speaking, when amplified?

My hypothesis is that the propensity for sympathetic vibration may be positively correlated with the overall liveliness of the instrument's acoustical response parameters, and therefore could serve as a viable proxy for predicting the eventual emotional or even physiological satisfaction to the listener in either a live or recorded setting.

This thread has officially turned into a dumpster fire.

 

[MittenWhiffer]

In order to avoid basic sympathetic vibration caused by feedback I always return my instruments to a vat of embryonic fluid, dim the lights, and have a gentle binaural beat track play on loop. This ensures that the vibes will survive the long and unpredictable process of being disconnected from the amp.

 

[Atshen]

Not the question you asked, but why are you leaving the bass plugged in? Remove the instrument cable when you are done playing.

Plus, if you have active electronics, not unplugging it will drain the battery.

 

[armelind]

Your bass has a resonant frequency in the wood and all its parts. The room you are in also has a resonant frequency. There is a chance that your room and bass either share that frequency or a complimentary frequency and they "excite" each other. it is a neat thing to experiment with. But I would shut off all music equipment when it is not in use.

 

[Furutan]

It appears that you have a sonically solid instrument. If the bass were made of a soft wood, this would soak up the vibrations and it would not resonate like that.

 

[rzero]

ALWAYS remove the strings from a bass before leaving it unattended.

 

[RobbieNuke]

I've had this happen twice before. Back in the 70's, my bass was plugged into an amp (turned on) but I laid it on my bed while I did some other chore. For some unknown reason, one string began to resonate and increased to the point the string buzzed and it went null! It would keep repeating this much to my amazement. Just last week while practicing with my Epi T-Bird bass I placed it in a stand (again plugged into an amp while I did some other chore) and after a few minutes I noticed a low frequency hum that was very slowly gaining amplitude! On both occasions neither the bass nor amp were turned up loud. Must be some scientific explanation, but damn if I know for sure whats going on other than a feedback cycle!

 

[ShortyGetLow]

This is what happens when you let the drummer start playing bass...

 

[vvvmmm]

Mebbe it's like Jaco or Cliff tryna contact ya from "the other side"?

 

[StatesideRambler]

On both occasions neither the bass nor amp were turned up loud. Must be some scientific explanation, but damn if I know for sure whats going on other than a feedback cycle!

It’s called resonance, a word many people use but few understand. Positive feedback.