Any Musicians Here?

I've been playing my boys drumkit a bit too much this weekend. I've decided I'm a drummer now. Turns out I'm not awful at it and it's far more enjoyable than I would ever have imagined. There's a load of preset accompanyments in different styles and I just cycle through them jamming along with different beats.

He got it for christmas from my parents, who spoil him. I have warned him if he continues to not use it I absolutely will nick it off him and squirrel it away in my music den upstairs. Kind of hoping he doesn't use it.

Hah, like I've got time to learn the fucking drums as well.

There would, of cours, have to be eight of us in total:

Wuntyone - Vocals
Wuntytwo - Lead Guitar
Wuntythree - Rhythm guitar
Wuntyfour - Drums
Wuntyfive - Keyboards
Wuntysix - DJ
Wuntyseven - Waterdrums
Wuntyate (me) - Sit and watch the money come rolling in

Of all the instruments to forget...

Wuntynine - bass

Not to hijack Dogbot's problem and only if you have time elstoof but would you be able to advise a little on an earthing problem I seem to have with my jazzmaster?

Dogbot first, obvs, and only if it's not too cheeky, but you obviously know about this shit.

I have a Tech21 Trademark 60 amp this end with a seriously bad crackling / popping pots situation.... if I try and turn the level up, there is faint and cracking sound, then all of a sudden it'll blare out properly. I can barely find a volume low enough to practice at home anymore. I've tried spraying contact cleaner under the knobs but no luck. How "easy" is it to take sold state amps like this apart and get right to the electronics, or should I be getting a pro to take a look?

There’s nothing immediately obviously wrong with the wiring tbh, could be a knackered pot or failed solder connection

What’s the earth problem you’ve got aunty wunty

I've got a VERY crackly jazzmaster (guitar, not bass). I think I'm right that they should earth at the bridge, but I really have not got a clue.

It's not the pots as it crackles with me essentially having my hand near the p'ups. I know they are sensitive anyway but seem incredibly so.

Fenders usually have sn earth wire trapped under the bridge plate to ground the strings, you’ll know if that’s failed as you’ll constantly have wild sounds. Single coils are inherently prone to noise, does it only do it when your hand is near the pickups? What about when you hold the strings gently? Do you wear a watch on your picking hand? What sort of power source is the amp using, if there’s lamps on the same ring then that can give you weird noises

If it’s making no sound at all then I’d say it’s a broken pot, it’s unlikely that all the pickups have failed. If you’re ok with soldering I’d try replacing the pots, can’t make it any worse right. it’s not that difficult just take a photo of the current wiring and put it back the same way. Even good quality pots aren’t too expensive, CTS or Alphas are about 6 quid each. I’ve probably got some spares knocking about if it’s got 250k in there currently

Tasty, open it up slready

Ooh nice, which model is that? I had one of the new Standard 50s models a year or so ago, but had to send it back due to uneven frets. I didn't get another but kind of miss it a bit. Nice guitar other than the bad fret.

It's an Epiphone Slash Standard. I couldn't justify the cost of the Gibson and it probably wouldn't have made much of a difference at my level of playing.



Yeah, tuned it and had a brief go. As with all brand new guitars, it's got rubbish strings on, but it's got a nice C-profile to the neck (sort of halfway between my skinny Framus and my hefty acoustics). Initial reaction is very favourable. It's weighty, but not as weighty as some LPs, despite being mahogany body and neck. Frets feel nice and the action is typically LP.