I Think I Blew Up My Bass..

[weaponepsilon]

Hey, I've been a bit of an observer for quite sometime now and I learned quite a bit of useful information from this site. Now finally, I must ask a question.

My old 4 string bit the dust when I was jacking in one day and there was a loud pop. I believe that I just toasted my cap. Any clues?

BTW. I just wanted to say this site is 100 percent more helpful than MIMF.

-Ryan

[lovekraft]

Sounds like the jack is broken - unless it has active electronics, there's no cap in it that could keep it from working. Clear pics or drawings of the electronics would help immensely towards an accurate diagnosis!

[unclej]

if you haven't done so already you might try a little simple troubleshooting before you start taking things apart. try a different cord to make sure the one you were using didn't go bad. try a different guitar to make sure your amp didn't go bad. if you don't have another guitar to use plug your cord into the amp and grab the bare end to see if you get humming. if all that still points to your guitar then do what lk said.

[weaponepsilon]

I already did so. The cord and cab are fine. The guitar is an old passive electronics harmony and I can see the cap on it. I don't any problems with the jack, but I'll give that a try.

[thedoctor]

DWYT

[Robert_the_damned]

if your amp and cable are fine then try just wiring the pickups direct to the output one at a time to see if they're working.....then solder back in your vol. pot and see if that works and so on.

hope that's some help

[unclej]

hmnnn..curious. but it's like lk said..the only caps in a passive setup control the tone and having one go bad wouldn't make the guitar quit working. you could remove it completely and the guitar wouldn't sound the same but it would still work so it's very likely that there is some other problem.

[lovekraft]

OK, you've had all day Saturday to get it sorted - what was the problem?

[weaponepsilon]

Sorry, it's been awhile. Musical instruments is how I pass the time between work and family. I swapped out the jack with another guitar. It worked. I can fix things, but that doesn't necessarily mean I know how they work. heh.

[unclej]

aahh..but you have shown much wisdom by coming here grasshopper.