Clicks on my Rockbass Corvette Active 5

[BE4EP]

Hello everyone!) I'm new here))) I bought my Rockbass Corvette Active 5 week ago, and I've founded one thing... when I raise the treble, bass begins to sound white noise, but when I touch the strings, I can hear click, and the noise disappears... is it normal???

 

[Augie]

It sounds like you may have a grounding issue here. you can get a bit of hiss with the treble turned all the way up, particulalry if you have there pups in single coil mode and panned 100% to one pickup. If it is only when the treble is all the way up....why turn it all the way up?
But the fact that you get contact pops and the noise stops when you earth the bass (touch it) it could be that an earth wire has come loose in there somewhere. You could have a look if you are electronically inclined, but wick electronics are fiddly. or take it to a tech to test.
I'm no expert but this is one possibility.....give a little time and some real experts might chime in with something better

 

[Florin]

Yes, this is normal. The normal "playing mode" is with your hands touching the strings. The strings are grounded, so that's why when you touch the strings the noise disappears. So when you play you should have zero noise.

Also noise is enhanced by rising treble, it is normal too...

 

[BE4EP]

Clicks

But what about clicks when I'm touching strings? This is normal too?

 

[Florin]

Sometimes it happens, it depends on the power network as well... All we can do here is guess, if you want professional answers, you should take your bass to a tech, even radio repairman, he can measure things, and give you a good answer in no time