waaaa... my active bass is humming a bit.. anyone know how to shield it?? please help me.. huhu..

noise gate xD

ic..
already make a search for it.. Boss NS-2 is the common one
but usually they are using it with guitars.. but i think it should be the same rite?
my bass use to produce that sound when the treble knob being pullin' full up
anyone have any experience with it?

*may be the old timer like bassix, bass raptor and christ can share ya opinion?.. hehe..

i hav a NS2 on sale..
u can check out my blog
april special haha

shielding wise...
cz the noise sumtimes comes from the cable...
i wud say try get a better cable see if it works...
try to avoid doing operations on ur bass unless required

if reli cant...prob u can sen to technician to check up
or bring to my place? haha

what PU format do you have on your bass?

Erm, thanks for your reply bro..
already saw it in your blog.. hehe
but wonder if its really worth buying according to my situation rite now.. goin to test it first.. hehe

i've tried changing the cable with friends and already bought the ibanez low noise cable
but its still look the same

ahaks, i think i'll meet you at your place if i got no solution.. + can test those NS 2 right
long time dont come to mutiara.. jauh ma.. huhu


thanks for your reply
my bass have a pair of active jazz syle PU
1-Vol, 1-Pan, Active B & T
and its exactly look like this


actually the problem occur only when we turn the bass/treble(mainly) knob up
the humming/hissing kinda scary me..

This post has been edited by skapunkster: Apr 16 2008, 08:54 AM

hissing is usually an electronics problem, humming is usually a shielding/grounding problem. So if you have both, then buy a new bass

Just kidding. Since it's double single coil, there are some websites on DIY shielding using aluminium and copper foils. Doesn't require any drilling or destroying of your body. Basically foil and double sided tape/glue. I read one but it's for a strat. http://www.guitarnuts.com/wiring/shielding/shield3.php

But a little modifications and it should work for any other guitar/bass.

Ahaks, thanks bro!
actually i cant really diffrentiate between those sound but last night I got a fren of mine visitin me and he said that its actually a humming sound

erm, I've read the article already but get a little confuse.. huhu
Mainly I want to shield it with an aluminium foil but my bass doesnt have pickup guard like the strat..
or is it the same as I can open it from the back.. I guest I'm gonna try it..

For the soldering things.. its kinda scary to do la...

Otherwise, I'll met Christ and get a little discount eh.. hehe

I'm not very informed on technical stuff, but i think if the problem is with your PUs, then no matter how you shield it, it will still hum. Only abit softer. So before you spend money trying to fix this problem, ask yourself if it's absolutely necessary to have a hum free instrument. I read an article where Marcus Miller was ask about his tone. He uses a jazz bass and whenever he turns the volumes of the PUs to different levels, the humbucking effect disappears. And so he always got complaints from his soundman. But he said when the music starts the hum is not noticable anyway, so it doesn't matter. So what he does is balance them when the soundman complains, and turn it back down when the music starts and the soundman won't notice anything anyway.

This post has been edited by Bassix: Apr 17 2008, 02:57 PM

well, bass effects are generally ignored, so i've been resorting to using guitar effects for my bass most of the time.
i was so desperate to get a good bass distortion for my lead parts that i almost bought a digitech death metal for it.

Ahaks, your words truly make me think for this couple of days.. hehe
actually the thing doesnt seems to have problem while i'm using my 70watt harke.. but when using it with laney stack at the studio and its also connected to the PA, the humming from the PA kinda annoying. but still, i can control it with my volume knob while not playing.. while play, it doesnt too noticeable lorr.
yah, single PU does humming! so do buying humbucker like MM if you are consider humming thing rite.. huhu

but i still keen to try those NS-2 la.. anyone have tried it with any bass might shared..
bcoz some noise gate heard seems to kill the tone..

Thanks for the advice bro.. i've learn something..

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Added on April 20, 2008, 1:40 pmahaks, digitech bass overdrive doesnt ok eh..
try use electro harmonix big muff or may be metal muff if you like.. its sound really crunchy on guitar
wonder how it will be in bass



This post has been edited by skapunkster: Apr 20 2008, 01:41 PM

check this connection again. Ground loops usually cause humming problems. However i think it's not affected by the volume knobs. It's just a constant hum. But just double check it. You never know maybe that's the cause after all. No harm checking.

I have a Godin Bass. I would sell it if u can offer me higher than RM2k.

well depends i use a lot of distortion. but lately i just use the Zoom B2.1u and a Boss limiter to tweak the sound. so far so good in live. and too many effects to leceh to set-up on stage i dun have like a roadie or anything ;p

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Added on April 25, 2008, 11:53 ambtw you can check out my distortion laden bass tracks at my band myspace website. http://www.myspace.com/cardiacnecropsy

This post has been edited by lordie: Apr 25 2008, 11:53 AM

it kinda depends on what im looking for at that particular moment... sometimes i just want a plain volume boodt, sometimes i want a vintage overdrive, sometimes i want pure death growl. Basically, i'm hoping some efects maker gets kind enough to design bass versions of their distortion pedals, and actually give them gain controls and so on so forth.

The most disappointing one so far for me is the Boss ODB-3. The "distortion" knob is actually just a mixer of the clean sound and a crunchy, horrible-fuzz-from-hell tone that you can't make sense out of. I'd really like to see more advances in the bass effects market (that i think has been really ignored), but i think it'll only happen if some virtuoso bassist gets famous to the same level as the guitar greats. Maybe then they'll pay more attention to us

looking for a decently small bass practice amp, any recomendation of the model available locally? budget around 200-500 rm$. used or new does not matter.

let me know shop location, url or person to contact ;p. thanks tons.

and 1 more need to find a shop or luthier that can modded my bass to active pre-amps.

thanks in advance.

i m a beginner in bass... wut bass and bass amp should i buy to train and practice? affordable and enough for a beginner...

thanks

the fender squier basses are popular for beginners. as for amp i am also looking for 1.

how much is it??

lettin out an ibanez amp SW35
interested can click my link