Help with my alembic orion!

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Author Message ilustre New Username: ilustre Post Number: 2 Registered: 2-2010 Posted on Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 10:19 pm:    Hi; I have been having this problem with my bass since I got it used. I star playing and then suddenly starts making a very bad noise like if there is a short cut on the electronics of the bass or something like that. It stars to make this noise very rapidly and the sounds goes away and then comes back, I thought there was a problem with the amp, then I bought a different one and it is the same. I took it to a shop and they said there was no problem with the bass. then I tried a small battery amp and started to do the same. I changed the instrument cables and nothing, can somebody help me? Thank you! sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 1133 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 10:41 pm:    Replace the battery and observe the results. This can serve as the first step of the trouble shooting process . ilustre New Username: ilustre Post Number: 3 Registered: 2-2010 Posted on Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 11:51 pm:    Thank you, I did that already, and didn't work. ilustre New Username: ilustre Post Number: 4 Registered: 2-2010 Posted on Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 11:57 pm:    What I notice today, I was trying to pull the knobs just to check if that was the problem and it did make the sound so I opened all of them to tight them, then I tried the bass and it made the sound again, so that did not work. terryc Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1278 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Monday, July 12, 2010 - 12:41 am:    Does it make a squealing noise..high pitched like feed back, if it does it could be corrosion on the jack socket. If it is then insert and remove the jack plug a few times(carefully), this MAY cure the problem. jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2020 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, July 12, 2010 - 5:22 am:    When I first bought my orion guitar. It was shaken about in case during transit and the knobs hand turned inside and were shorting out on the conductive shielding paint in the control cavity and I was not getting any sound out of it. I just unscrewed the knobs a bit and moved them away from the side and re tightened up and they were fine. if you decide to check that out, make sure you read this thread first if you are not familiar with how the knobs are secured or you may be end up breaking something. http://alembic.com/club/messages/16271/31562.html?1158623020 Jazzyvee