StevieStingray
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I have a 2004 Stingray [single humbucker, 3-band EQ] and a brand new MarkBass CMD 121P
Last night, at a rehearsal, I plugged in, and right away the output was about 1/2 of what it should have been. I changed the battery right away... no difference.
When I started playing, the output swelled a bit. In between songs I could hear interference, erratic noise, etc
THEN, really bad popping/clicking - so bad and loud I could see the speaker freaking out - I thought it was going to touch the grille! I turned it off, plugged in another bass and it was louder and no problems. Luckily, there was another amp there, so I plugged my Stingray into it, and got the same problems described above.
So there's definitely a problem with the bass - the pickup? The circuitry?
Has anyone experienced this before?
Unfortunately, it gets worse...
When it was time to pack up, I put my bass in its gig bag, packed up my other stuff, said my goodbyes, etc. Then I slung my gigbag over my shoulder ...without the zipper done up! That thing flew about 3 feet down and another few feet away and landed face down with the most sickening thud I've ever heard.
Immediately, I noticed a knob sitting beside the fallen instrument. I swept it all into my case and went home, where I inspected it further and plugged it in...
Amazingly, the only cosmetic/structural damage I could find were 2 stress fractures on the lacquer at the heel joint. It still made sound, and the treble pot even snapped back into place [I thought it was sheared off, but it was like a "key" than snapped back in].
Rotating all the knobs, I discovered the tone didn't change at all. It just made more interference type noise, then the clicking/popping started, so I put it away and [tried to] go to bed.
I don't know how much more damage I caused to the circuitry, if at all, but the net problems are:
Last night, at a rehearsal, I plugged in, and right away the output was about 1/2 of what it should have been. I changed the battery right away... no difference.
When I started playing, the output swelled a bit. In between songs I could hear interference, erratic noise, etc
THEN, really bad popping/clicking - so bad and loud I could see the speaker freaking out - I thought it was going to touch the grille! I turned it off, plugged in another bass and it was louder and no problems. Luckily, there was another amp there, so I plugged my Stingray into it, and got the same problems described above.
So there's definitely a problem with the bass - the pickup? The circuitry?
Has anyone experienced this before?
Unfortunately, it gets worse...
When it was time to pack up, I put my bass in its gig bag, packed up my other stuff, said my goodbyes, etc. Then I slung my gigbag over my shoulder ...without the zipper done up! That thing flew about 3 feet down and another few feet away and landed face down with the most sickening thud I've ever heard.
Immediately, I noticed a knob sitting beside the fallen instrument. I swept it all into my case and went home, where I inspected it further and plugged it in...
Amazingly, the only cosmetic/structural damage I could find were 2 stress fractures on the lacquer at the heel joint. It still made sound, and the treble pot even snapped back into place [I thought it was sheared off, but it was like a "key" than snapped back in].
Rotating all the knobs, I discovered the tone didn't change at all. It just made more interference type noise, then the clicking/popping started, so I put it away and [tried to] go to bed.
I don't know how much more damage I caused to the circuitry, if at all, but the net problems are:
- low output
- clicking/popping
- swelling volume
- erratic interference noise
- turning EQ knobs doesn't seem to do much
