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sir_bigend
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Username: sir_bigend

Post Number: 2
Registered: 3-2008
Posted on Monday, March 10, 2008 - 10:55 am:   Edit Post

im having trouble with my volume pot ( i think) my sound seems to get louder when i play. and last night when i pluged my bass in the sound was distorted. i checked the usual battery,leads,and pluged direct into the desk and it (the distortion) was still there, it when after a while then the sound funny again, ther is a very slight crackle when i turn the volume knob up/down and i've done the up/down volume thing to clean it, just wondering if my pot is on its way out or its somting else. my bass is a mark king model. please help meeeeeeeeeeeeeee
funkyjazzjunky
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Username: funkyjazzjunky

Post Number: 69
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Monday, March 10, 2008 - 12:49 pm:   Edit Post

What model/electronics do you have?
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 6333
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Monday, March 10, 2008 - 5:37 pm:   Edit Post

He has a Mark King, so he probably has Signature electronics. The question was originally posted here.
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 6335
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Monday, March 10, 2008 - 5:48 pm:   Edit Post

So you've tried a different battery, a different cable, and a different preamp, and the problem is unchanged.

Turn the pan control all the way to one pickup and play some, then turn the pan control all the way to the other pickup and play some. Is the problem the same, or does it seem to be associated with one particular pickup?

Also, is this a bass you play often and the problem has just suddenly started happening?
terryc
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Username: terryc

Post Number: 453
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 2:12 am:   Edit Post

sir bigend...if you remove the control knob make sure you read the 'must reads' on removal, the knobs are secured by a compression type screw, don't try and pull it off as it will destroy the shaft.
Similar happened to me, I did 60 turns back and forth and the trouble cleared.
I would check the battery again as it is the main cause of sound degredation, then a high quality lead and as davehouck says make sure the pot is well firm to the inner cavity for the grounding.
Alembic components are near indestructable on normal use but I guess they wear out with age(as we all do!!!)
Keep us all posted
artswork99
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Username: artswork99

Post Number: 305
Registered: 7-2007
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 4:47 am:   Edit Post

Sorry, meant to post in "No Output" thread.


(Message edited by artswork99 on March 11, 2008)
terryc
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Username: terryc

Post Number: 454
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 5:41 am:   Edit Post

artswork99 - he says its a MK Signature model, not a series bass maybe he is wrong as they are very similar..I guess the MK on the truss rod cover or inside the control cavity would ascertain this
sir_bigend
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Username: sir_bigend

Post Number: 3
Registered: 3-2008
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 9:18 am:   Edit Post

hi guys thank you all so much for the replys.. it is the mark king model 95mj9514. ive had it since new and it is my main bass. the sound has been going funny the last few weekends. how ever i'll try the pickup select idea and i will hav a look to see if the volume pot is secure for the grounding. and i will turn the pot more than the 20 times i did before. ill keep you posted, and again thanks for the posts guys.
sir_bigend
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Username: sir_bigend

Post Number: 4
Registered: 3-2008
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 12:00 pm:   Edit Post

i think you did it.. did 3 gigs last week after i turnned the pots more than 40 times and a got alittle nip up on the volume pot and all went well i had the best sound i've had for a few weeks now so hopefully between you all its. fixed. i owe you lot a beer or two. thank again guys.
keith_h
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Username: keith_h

Post Number: 981
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 12:41 pm:   Edit Post

Be careful about offering beer around here. We can drink a lot (as I bang my empty glass on the table and holler "Bring me another"). :-)

Keith
2400wattman
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Username: 2400wattman

Post Number: 523
Registered: 11-2005
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 12:54 pm:   Edit Post

I hear you Keith...but does your wife? I'll have a Weihenstephaner Weizen Bock please....please.....anybody?
speicky
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Username: speicky

Post Number: 268
Registered: 3-2005
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 2:02 pm:   Edit Post

oooh, Adam... Weihenstephan. We HAVE to meet in person one day :-)

Paul, I'd like a case of Schoefferhofer hell... well, not that I did contribute anything to your problem, but I was always with you, in spirit, anyway :-)

Christian
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 6355
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 5:43 pm:   Edit Post

Congrats on getting it sorted out! (I think that's what they say in England; when something's fixed, it's "sorted out".)
2400wattman
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Username: 2400wattman

Post Number: 524
Registered: 11-2005
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 6:27 pm:   Edit Post

Absolutely Christian! If you get that case of Schoefferhofer I'll have to lie to my wife to get over there....ah ha! Only because she would want to go as well.
georgie_boy
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Username: georgie_boy

Post Number: 441
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 10:41 am:   Edit Post

yep dave, You're right. It's "sorted out"
As for those beers, with those names, I think I caught something like that a couple of years ago, but I got tablets from the Doc, and that seemed to clear it up LOL

george
terryc
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Username: terryc

Post Number: 461
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 6:39 am:   Edit Post

Glad it is fixed(USA), sorted(UK).
I guess we all panic when something goes wrong but the rule is try all the simple obvious 'fixes first(battery, leads) then looks at the components and if they are secure. I knew one guy who was about to strip his amp down when I pointed out that maybe the fuse or loose wire in the mains plug..it was a loose wire!
Beer..please do..a favourite pastime of mine

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