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Alembic products => Alembic Basses & Guitars => Topic started by: keebler on March 12, 2004, 09:19:46 AM

Title: Pickups malfunctioning
Post by: keebler on March 12, 2004, 09:19:46 AM

Not sure what's wrong with my '84 Spoiler. The sound is there, then starts fading, then gone, sometimes comes back, then gone. The battery is new, the cables and amp are okay. Any ideas? . . .

Title: Pickups malfunctioning
Post by: David Houck on March 12, 2004, 11:28:57 AM

When you say the cables and amp are ok, I assume you mean you've checked them with another bass.  And when you say the battery is new, I assume you mean you've tried two new batteries and both give the same results.  Perhaps it is a leaking capacitor.  See the following threads:
 
http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/6101.html (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=4465)
http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/5565.html?1059952279 (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=2441)
http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/5788.html?1061764625

Title: Pickups malfunctioning
Post by: mica on March 12, 2004, 05:03:51 PM

Does it sound the same in both pickups? If so, it's very likely not to be the pickups. I suppose you could swap out the 14-pin TLE2024 IC on the preamp board. It's socketed, so you don't need to solder, but it's usually easy to get acces to it and make sure pin 1 is lined up properly if you remove the electronics.

Title: Pickups malfunctioning
Post by: keebler on March 30, 2004, 09:58:06 AM

Back in business! Pretty sure it was the battery. Thanks Mica and Dave, you guys are awesome.