So about six months ago i bought a squier classic vibe, seafoam green, on craigslist. It's my very first instrument and it worked like a charm, until two days ago. It worked fine Friday night. Saturday morning i strapped it on and clicked on the amp like i usually do and nothing came out. So went through some usual troubleshooting - I pulled the cable out of the guitar and touched the tip. Yep, the amp buzzes loudly so it's not that. i started slapping the e string pretty good and it bounced off the pick up. That's when i got some sound going - but it was crackly static mixed with e string. after a couple minutes like that, it cleared up and i could play like usual. I came home that night after work and it worked just fine still, but after about 20 minutes of playing the e string made contact with the pick up and i heard a loud pop. Then it was completely dead again.I've purchased a new bass, so I'm not terrible worried about it. But I would love to diagnose this problem and replace whatever's broken myself as a project.any help would be great!
