Vantage Bass Guitar
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:44 pm
Hey there,
Im new to the forum and figure I should start off with a little background info....
My name is Bob and im 21 years old (or young depending on who you are) and ive been making music since I was 12. My first guitar was an El Degas acoustic my dad gave me. From there I moved on through a few decent guitars including Washburn and Jackson.
When I was 16 I purchased my first REAL guitar, A Gibson Xplorer Gothic version and as far as I know its the only one like it in Canada (btw Im Canadian EH). Next came my Gibson Firebird bass guitar. I played in a few bands and loved both of these guitars. When a friend of mine ordered a CHEAP guitar off of ebay expecting it to be like my Gibson, I made him a deal. He gave me this Azalea that he got off of ebay and $200 and I gave him my Washburn. This Azelea sounded like crap but I was quite fond of the way it played. I had the pick ups replaced with Semoyr Duncan Aldero Pro 2s and brand new Grover tuners and all new electronics..... I now havn't touched my Gibson pretty much since I finished this guitar. I couldn't for the life of me get the pick ups to work with the switch I had bought which according to the guy who made it work was the wrong kind of switch. Last summer I was given a bass from some guy who knew I played. This bass was in ROUGH shape. The tuners were broken off and the body was really rough. I replaced the tuners and sanded and repainted it, and stopped playing my fire bird (I'll never buy another Gibson).
Fast forward to today.... The guy who gave me that bass wanted it back for his church... Seeing as he was nice enough to give it to me and let me have some enjoyment out of it I gave it to him and got a Kawaki K1 synth and a not working but in good cosmetic shape Vantage Bass. Ive got it all apart thinking that I just needed to resolder a connection or something but everything inside looks to be good. There is one blue wire coming from the bridge humbuckingish pick up that ends at the end of the large shielding wire that contains the rest of the wires from this pick up that doesn't go anywhere, and has no wire coming out of it.
So my question is.... Why isn`t this bass working? Fried pot? Bad switch? Pickups dead?
Ive attached a very poorly made wiring diagram of how it is now. All wires are colored correctly except for purple which is a white wire. Also note the little blue stub coming from the brown wire from the bridge pick up.
Hope some one can help me
Thanks
Bob
Im new to the forum and figure I should start off with a little background info....
My name is Bob and im 21 years old (or young depending on who you are) and ive been making music since I was 12. My first guitar was an El Degas acoustic my dad gave me. From there I moved on through a few decent guitars including Washburn and Jackson.
When I was 16 I purchased my first REAL guitar, A Gibson Xplorer Gothic version and as far as I know its the only one like it in Canada (btw Im Canadian EH). Next came my Gibson Firebird bass guitar. I played in a few bands and loved both of these guitars. When a friend of mine ordered a CHEAP guitar off of ebay expecting it to be like my Gibson, I made him a deal. He gave me this Azalea that he got off of ebay and $200 and I gave him my Washburn. This Azelea sounded like crap but I was quite fond of the way it played. I had the pick ups replaced with Semoyr Duncan Aldero Pro 2s and brand new Grover tuners and all new electronics..... I now havn't touched my Gibson pretty much since I finished this guitar. I couldn't for the life of me get the pick ups to work with the switch I had bought which according to the guy who made it work was the wrong kind of switch. Last summer I was given a bass from some guy who knew I played. This bass was in ROUGH shape. The tuners were broken off and the body was really rough. I replaced the tuners and sanded and repainted it, and stopped playing my fire bird (I'll never buy another Gibson).
Fast forward to today.... The guy who gave me that bass wanted it back for his church... Seeing as he was nice enough to give it to me and let me have some enjoyment out of it I gave it to him and got a Kawaki K1 synth and a not working but in good cosmetic shape Vantage Bass. Ive got it all apart thinking that I just needed to resolder a connection or something but everything inside looks to be good. There is one blue wire coming from the bridge humbuckingish pick up that ends at the end of the large shielding wire that contains the rest of the wires from this pick up that doesn't go anywhere, and has no wire coming out of it.
So my question is.... Why isn`t this bass working? Fried pot? Bad switch? Pickups dead?
Ive attached a very poorly made wiring diagram of how it is now. All wires are colored correctly except for purple which is a white wire. Also note the little blue stub coming from the brown wire from the bridge pick up.
Hope some one can help me
Thanks
Bob