My bass stopped working, can someone tell me what is wrong?

[Brakk]

I was just turning up the volume knob on my bass to play and it cut out for a second, and came back on. Then I started to play a little more and then I turned down the volume knob on the bass a little bit and then it just completely stopped working.

It is a Squier Fender bass
the same as in this picture

http://www.bassguitars.org.uk/wp-content/img/2007/03/squiermb-4-rw-satinpewtermetallicbassguitar.jpg

 

[JBroll]

If you haven't physically opened up the cavity to look at the electronics, you shall be beaten repeatedly with quite a large number of badgers; if you have, and you haven't found anything that looks to be a poor connection or a broken wire, the problem is most likely going to be inside the pot or in your cable. Jiggle everything. Check the cable - if you jiggle it and get crackles, take note. Unscrew the pot and jiggle it around - if you get crackles or signal, take note. Let me know if this helps anything - if you get noise from there, we might get somewhere. Otherwise... not a whole lot we can do, unless you also have a multimeter around somewhere and quite a bit of time.

Jeff

 

[Brakk]

Ah thanks, I unscrewed the back of it and took a look, one of the wires is disconnected

Im going to ask if the guitar shop can repair it

 

[Ben Johnson]

Go to Radio Shack and get a soldering iron for like $30. It'll be much cheaper than taking it to the luthier, and you'll learn a skill that _all_ guitarists should have.

"Teach a man to fish..."

 

[kev]

5 minute job soldering a wire onto a piece of metal dude, you cannot fail! Even i can do it...

 

[JBroll]

Sweet fucking Satan, you come to the internet BEFORE actually looking at the motherfucker... and then you're too helpless to connect a wire?

Someone get the shock collar, I really shouldn't be allowed to interact with people right now...

Jeff

 

[Brakk]

Go to Radio Shack and get a soldering iron for like $30. It'll be much cheaper than taking it to the luthier, and you'll learn a skill that _all_ guitarists should have.

"Teach a man to fish..."

Im new to this and just don't want to fuck up
Thanks for giving this advice instead of just making an asshole comment like JBroll

 

[Ben Johnson]

Eh, don't take it personally. He's actually quite a brilliant dude with a sense of humor that might not be immediately obvious to everyone.

Seriously though, get a soldering iron and melt the wire back in place. Done and done.

 

[JBroll]

Im new to this and just don't want to fuck up
Thanks for giving this advice instead of just making an asshole comment like JBroll

If you haven't physically opened up the cavity to look at the electronics, you shall be beaten repeatedly with quite a large number of badgers; if you have, and you haven't found anything that looks to be a poor connection or a broken wire, the problem is most likely going to be inside the pot or in your cable. Jiggle everything. Check the cable - if you jiggle it and get crackles, take note. Unscrew the pot and jiggle it around - if you get crackles or signal, take note. Let me know if this helps anything - if you get noise from there, we might get somewhere. Otherwise... not a whole lot we can do, unless you also have a multimeter around somewhere and quite a bit of time.

Jeff

Nope. No good advice, sorry about that. I suppose I should make myself useful and fill someone's inbox with private messages containing links to 'pornboss.net' with bizarre titles involving shock collars and 'my sweet satan'...

And for the record I'm underweight, I don't live with my parents, and I don't worship Satan. I do, however, offer lessons in recognizing sarcasm for $25 an hour (USD, shipping, taxes, and import/export fees not included) if you're interested.

Jeff

 

[Kazrog]

LOL @ JBroll - this thread should be stickied just for your posts.

 

[JBroll]

Brakk, I don't really think I'm that hard to get along with. Sure, there's the mad-scientist-with-extra-mad vibe, the bitter cynicism, and the unrelenting drive to make everything better, but apart from that I think I'm a pretty nice guy. I'm just not the kind of nice guy that takes it up the ass. I'll do what I can to help - I replied in less than half an hour to your post, as helpful as anyone could be expected to be with such little information, and I was right as well - but watch who you snap at. And if you're going to have a go at me, you can do it with much more maturity and something constructive or useful and maybe I won't repaint my bedroom with you, a mop, and a trunk full of power tools.

Does dropping this here and leaving it completely behind seem fair to you?

Jeff

 

[Ben Johnson]

Actually, I think this means war.

 

[JBroll]

It's between myself and him - honestly, if he does want the kind of war you want to see, it'll probably be like shooting fish in a barrel... except with the barrel affixed to the end of a Howitzer. I'd rather fight wars worth my time, this is just silly.

Jeff

 

[grywolf627]

LOL @ JBroll - this thread should be stickied just for your posts.

+1

"JBRoll - Sarcasm 101: Remedial and advanced lessons in sarcasm, witt, and rhetoric (and the recognition of such)"

LOL Not criticizing...I always look forward to your posts.

 

[Aaron Smith]

Go to Radio Shack and get a soldering iron for like $30

Just bought one today from Radio Shack actually, I got the most expensive one that lets you choose between 15 or 30 watts, and it was $10.99...