P-bass hum?
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 7:45 am
Okay, so I've got this Squier Affinity P-bass. Bought it awhile ago, but my only amp (a little Marshall MG15CD) has been in Te Kuiti until yesterday. So, when it got back, I thought 'bugger the speaker' and hooked up the P-bass to it (since some way more professional bass dude ran HIS through Anvil's 20W Trainwreck and Fender 4x12 without it going boom.)
Whenever my fingers got close to the strings, the hummmmm went up! When they distanced themselves, the hum lessened, didn't go away totally though. And when I fiddled with what I presume was the tone knob, the only thing that happened was that it made the hum go away a bit more. This is with just a P-bass split pickup, no fancy PJ stuff.
Have I turned into a mutant, or should I check the wiring under the scratchplate? That was the first time I'd had that bass through any amplifier.
Whenever my fingers got close to the strings, the hummmmm went up! When they distanced themselves, the hum lessened, didn't go away totally though. And when I fiddled with what I presume was the tone knob, the only thing that happened was that it made the hum go away a bit more. This is with just a P-bass split pickup, no fancy PJ stuff.
Have I turned into a mutant, or should I check the wiring under the scratchplate? That was the first time I'd had that bass through any amplifier.