Re: removing part of the track that don't want?
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:30 am
Usually with active basses, no battery = no sound (or extremely low and probably distorted sound).affiliater82 wrote:If a bass guitar is active then does this mean that the battery has to work in order for me to get any amplification out of the amplifier or does it just mean that when the 'battery' is used that you get even more amplification/bass?
The other very common problem with electric basses (and electric guitars) is poor contact at the jack socket. If the sound through the amp is intermittent, then it is most likely that the jack plug is not making good electrical contact with the jack socket. Spraying into the socket with "switch cleaner" then pushing the jack plug in and out a few times can sometimes clear it temporarily (may last minutes or months), though when jack sockets start to play up, it is usually a sign that they are about ready for replacement.
Never seen such a thing myself, but sometimes on bass amps there is a switch for selecting whether you are using an active or passive bass. Sometimes there are two sockets, one for active basses and one for passive pickups.affiliater82 wrote:2) I thought there was an option from memory of turning the bass on (ie. making it active)