Played my second gig with the Ric last night (still loving the sound!), but did experience a minor problem, was happily playing when the volume seemed to drop (fairly significantly) I touched the lead into the jack socket and it made quite a loud pop, then went totally silent (for a nano second but seemed like an eternity) and then popped again and normal service was resumed.
I had noticed that the socket seemed a little sluggish soon after buying it, and also it came back to me that the guy who sold it to me was fairly insistent that I gave him a call 5 minutes before my arrival, I didn't call him until I was outside his house and when he answered the door he did seem a bit red faced and flustered (hope he wasn't up to anything else
) and said he wanted a bit of notice so that he could "get the bass plugged in"? Call me cynical but it got me wondering whether he knew there was a minor fault with it - if he did I'd rather he just told me so I could sort it out - no great shakes....So to my query, I'm a mechanical engineer by trade and was thinking about sourcing a new socket such as this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mono-Jack-Soc ... 085wt_1163 and then fitting it - my soldering skills used to be good, although I haven't tried soldering anything for around 12 years or so!? Do you think this is a straightforward enough job? Are there any pitfalls to watch out for? Does it sound feasible that the socket is faulty? Would the part listed be suitable as a direct replacement?
Lastly, I'm confident it's not the lead - new Neutrik Professional Right Angled jacks and Klotz AC110 Cabling - recently purchased (within 3 months) and perfect with all my other basses.
Any help and advice greatly appreciated (as always)!
Cheers, Pete
