Members JacieFB Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 So, my Ric is being a bit noisy these days. It's a '90 4003. If it was a P-bass, I'd have the pickguard off in a second and I'd be checking everything. However, I'm a little nervous of cracking open this thing. By noise, I mean humming and buzzing. Apart from checking to make sure connections are good, where do I start? Is it supposed to be grounded to the bridge? Could it be the ground? What else should I check? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jackcheez Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 The newer 4003s are grounded to the rear pickup mount assembly. I have a drawing here somewhere. Stand by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JacieFB Posted December 7, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 Standing by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jackcheez Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JacieFB Posted December 7, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 Thanks. Couple of things I already see to check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted December 7, 2007 Moderators Share Posted December 7, 2007 The newer 4003s are grounded to the rear pickup mount assembly. I have a drawing here somewhere. Stand by. How do the strings find a path to ground? Without grounded strings, the player won't be grounded. Without a grounded player, you have more electromagnetic interference than desired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JacieFB Posted December 7, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 How do the strings find a path to ground? Without grounded strings, the player won't be grounded. Without a grounded player, you have more electromagnetic interference than desired. So what you're saying is that my half-ass-essment of this could be the first thing to try...check the ground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jackcheez Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 How do the strings find a path to ground? Without grounded strings, the player won't be grounded. Without a grounded player, you have more electromagnetic interference than desired.The drawing is from them. I didn't design the thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted December 7, 2007 Moderators Share Posted December 7, 2007 So what you're saying is that my half-ass-essment of this could be the first thing to try...check the ground? Sorry, I was confused by the pics posted by jackcheez. Not by him, but by Ric. They always try to make things harder than needed. I think you probably have a grounding issue. You might simply have a cold solder joint somewhere. You probably don't have a broken wire. Since your bass had been working fine without all this noise, just look to see if anything is loose or if any of the solder joints look dull instead of shiny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted December 7, 2007 Moderators Share Posted December 7, 2007 The drawing is from them. I didn't design the thing. Yeah, I know. Not your fault. I hate calling up their tech department though, because when I call their answer always is, "yes, I know, that isn't a very smart way to do things, but I didn't design the thing..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonathan_matos5 Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 was anybody else expecting another ric-o-sound cable thread:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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