Wtf....bass shorted out??

[PainKiller8191]

ok, here's me playing in my room on a normal day, when suddenly, i hear a pop and my bass stops working....I'm on passive mode so it can't be the battery, and i checked 4 other cables so it's not the cable. it just happened so suddenly,
also it's not the amp, because i can hear a signal when i touch the cable


could my bass have shorted out!? is that even possible?!?!?
thanks in advance:confused:

[SLKBassist]

unscrew look at the control plate/area of the bass , same thing happened to me, the connection to the jack had come undone, and had to be re-soldered

[PainKiller8191]

wow...spot on SLK, i just checked and that's exactly when happened....

how could this have happened though? was it just not solderd tight enough?

[SLKBassist]

Not sure, my guess is just constant play, and pulling the cable out after playing.

[darrell]

Did the nut ever come loose around the input jack? Did you ever tighten it? If so, you may have twisted the wires inside until they eventually broke. I did that on my Rogue back in the diz-ay.




Word.

[PainKiller8191]

ok just got back from my friend's house (hes got a soldering iron and experience) and we fixed it, and it was dirt easy and didn't cost a dime...everything's alright now.....i guess it happened from me turning the washer outside the jack clockwise because it kept getting loose....turns out i was turning the entire jack, thus ripping the wire.....so we re-soldered and tightened the washer so it won't get loose

edit: didn't read anyones post after SLKbassist :lol:

[mastrrbasser]

Did the nut ever come loose around the input jack? Did you ever tighten it? If so, you may have twisted the wires inside until they eventually broke. I did that on my Rogue back in the diz-ay.




Word.


yeah a lot of people don't realize that when when they're tightening the nut on the input, they should take the whole input plate off so they can tighten it up without twisting and ruining the wires.

[mastrrbasser]

ok just got back from my friend's house (hes got a soldering iron and experience) and we fixed it, and it was dirt easy and didn't cost a dime...everything's alright now.....i guess it happened from me turning the washer outside the jack clockwise because it kept getting loose....turns out i was turning the entire jack, thus ripping the wire.....so we re-soldered and tightened the washer so it won't get loose

edit: didn't read anyones post after SLKbassist :lol:


damn you beat me. ****er :thumb:

[PainKiller8191]

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