Help please...

[noodle654]

Hey guys,

I have had this problem for a while now and it has gotten very very bad. When I have my Stingray plugged into my Fender 15w Rumbler bass amp, I get this horrible buzz coming out of the bass. If I thouch anything metal(?) (bridge, strings, and tuners) the sound disappears. Anybody know how I can fix this?

 

[Psycho Ward]

Make sure you touch metal.... NEXT!












All seriousness aside, sounds like an amp grounding problem to me, but call EBMM customer service, they really are the best in the business.

 

[Spectre]

Hey guys,

horrible buzz coming out of the bass. If I thouch anything metal(?) (bridge, strings, and tuners) the sound disappears. Anybody know how I can fix this?

I have experienced this same problem before with a bad 'bass' cable. Have you swapped out the cable. Also, and as you did not mention it, I am under the assumption that you are running straight into the amp, without any effects or devices in between.

 

[noodle654]

I have experienced this same problem before with a bad 'bass' cable. Have you swapped out the cable. Also, and as you did not mention it, I am under the assumption that you are running straight into the amp, without any effects or devices in between.

I have changed all my cables and this is going through a Boss Bass Overdrive OB-3 and a DOD FX25 Envelope Filter. I have tried with and without pedals connected and I still have the problem.

 

[timmy5strings]

Have you tried another bass through it to see if its the same? Is anything else pluged into the same outlet. I used to play in my old house with a window air conditioner unit on the same circuit. It created a buzz, but I was cool !!

 

[Jim_F]

Does sound like a grounding issue to me too.
What happens if you try another bass?

 

[Spectre]

Trying another bass would be the ultimate test.
Should help to isolate problem with either the Stingray or the Amp, itself.

I would suggest that you not have any devices in the loop, either between the bass and amp or in any effects loop with the amp.

If by chance the buzz stops with new bass, you should introduce the effects, one at a time, to verify no issues from them. Again, make sure you have good cables. From experience, I was having issues with a bass and found several of my cables were bad from my stash. Made note to myself, find bad cable, throw out or repair, immediately! Otherwise, you end up with bag of cables, all with problems, and your out on a gig. Slightly off topic, but battle scar none the less.

 

[Melissa]

Have you tried playing it somewhere else, like a different building, house, etc?

I had the same problem with my Fender 25w Rumbler bass amp suddenly starting to buzz. After switching cables, basses, everything imaginable, I took the amp and my bass over to a friend's house and the buzzing went away. Turns out that the metal door we had just installed was messing with it (buzzing started the same day).

 

[timmy5strings]

Installing a metal door (unless it's automatic) shouldn't have created a problem, unless there is a screw through the wire on the electric circuit I'd be careful touching that door.

 

[Melissa]

In this case it did. It's the only variable in the equation that changed and in the exact time frame. I've had friends that have had similar issues depending on the clubs we're playing in, but it's all good.

unless there is a screw through the wire on the electric circuit

Thankfully there's not!