Somethings not right..

So today i turned on my amp and it was louder than normal, and i have no idea why. Normally i wouldnt mind if i had a louder amp, but when i play high notes on the E and A strings (like past 12th fret) the sound begins distorting slightly. Help???

Maybe your volume was up?

no i swear i had it where it always is

What about the tone knob on the bass?
Oh and the EQ on the amp could be altered?

nope. everything on the amp is the same that it always is

DavidM96 wrote:nope. everything on the amp is the same that it always is

angh. I have no idea. Maybe one more experienced could know what's happening...

Is it possible your bass' volume knob/pickup fader got messed up somehow? Did you drop it or anything?

i dont think so, i accidentally bumped the back of the bass on amp before i turned it on, but it wasnt anywhere near hard enough to mess up a knob

My amp did that for a bit when I first plugged my active bass into it; I unplugged the amp from the mains and left it. I haven't actually plugged it back in yet... jesus that was months ago, I've been exclusively using my amPlug for 4 months! I'll check and see if it still does it... nope. So yeah.. solution might be to leave it unplugged for 4 months

Pippynip wrote:My amp did that for a bit when I first plugged my active bass into it; I unplugged the amp from the mains and left it. I haven't actually plugged it back in yet... jesus that was months ago, I've been exclusively using my amPlug for 4 months! I'll check and see if it still does it... nope. So yeah.. solution might be to leave it unplugged for 4 months

anything else, maybe a shorter solution?

DavidM96 wrote:

Pippynip wrote:My amp did that for a bit when I first plugged my active bass into it; I unplugged the amp from the mains and left it. I haven't actually plugged it back in yet... jesus that was months ago, I've been exclusively using my amPlug for 4 months! I'll check and see if it still does it... nope. So yeah.. solution might be to leave it unplugged for 4 months

anything else, maybe a shorter solution?

IDEA!

What about your cable?
Can you try with another cable?

no, ill try again later. I havent tried today so maybe it will be gone

I figured it out! My pedal has a button (1/4 output boost or something like that). So yea, it raises my volume......now i feel like an idiot

DavidM96 wrote:I figured it out! My pedal has a button (1/4 output boost or something like that). So yea, it raises my volume......now i feel like an idiot

LOL we all have a time like that in our lives, don't feel like an idiot

Glad you found out the problem!