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keavin
Senior Member
Username: keavin

Post Number: 1364
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 5:15 am:   Edit Post

could it be a resistor?
keith_h
Senior Member
Username: keith_h

Post Number: 960
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 6:00 am:   Edit Post

Keavin,
It could be just about anything based on your description. However resistors are usually pretty reliable so it would be on the bottom of my list for causes.

Have you verified that the power supply is working?

Have you tried a different cable?

Did it just stop working or did it make some type of noise? What was going on when it stopped working?

It is hard to tell from the picture but are any of the solder joints loose or broken?

If it is related to the electronics themselves you pretty much need a schematic to be able to determine what is not working.

Keith
keavin
Senior Member
Username: keavin

Post Number: 1365
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 6:54 am:   Edit Post

actually it just cut out in the middle of playing ,however i can hear white noise when i turn the vol knob......the last time ive been to Alembic was 1983 & ron replaced those two yellow resistors there in the pic ,so im speculating that might be the problem?

(Message edited by keavin on February 03, 2008)
keith_h
Senior Member
Username: keith_h

Post Number: 961
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 1:04 pm:   Edit Post

The yellow things look like capacitors. The resistors are the brown things with stripes on them. Your best bet is to probably call Alembic. If it isn't a loose connection then one needs to know the circuitry involved.

Keith
georgie_boy
Advanced Member
Username: georgie_boy

Post Number: 357
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Monday, February 04, 2008 - 6:41 am:   Edit Post

best of luck Keavin
I'd be quaking in my shoes at the least little problem if I owned #12
keavin
Senior Member
Username: keavin

Post Number: 1368
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Monday, February 04, 2008 - 1:31 pm:   Edit Post

Im just gonna smoke one & try N figure this shyt out!
edwin
Advanced Member
Username: edwin

Post Number: 286
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Monday, February 04, 2008 - 11:54 pm:   Edit Post

Hey, it's just a bass, it ain't rocket surgery! Just go slow and work your way back from the output jack and you should be able to figure it out.


Good luck and have fun!
Edwin
dadabass2001
Senior Member
Username: dadabass2001

Post Number: 833
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 5:48 am:   Edit Post

Dude, Yer blowing it all out! Gotta hold it, my man.
:-)

Ah, Serenity

Mike
keavin
Senior Member
Username: keavin

Post Number: 1516
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 3:28 am:   Edit Post

Problem solved after all these months,there was a loose wire & i was very reluctant to send my anywhere besides alembic, so i took it to a small shop here in the chicago-burbs and he found the problem, but he informed me that i should always keep batteries (hooked-up) in the bass which is something i havnt done in over 25 yrs,(ive only been using the power supply)...................Mica is it (or would it be)a problem if i dont use Batteries at all?
mike1762
Intermediate Member
Username: mike1762

Post Number: 178
Registered: 1-2008
Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 12:31 pm:   Edit Post

I was gonna suggest you check and make sure the headstock wasn't snapped off... I couldn't stop myself!!!
dela217
Senior Member
Username: dela217

Post Number: 920
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 6:36 pm:   Edit Post

Keavin, I don't use batteries in my 72 Alembic either. No worries. I can't imagine why we need them.

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