Curtis_Bass

Hey there guys, I've got a weird ringing/rattling coming from Musicman Sterling Sub bass one of the budget series (Under £300) models. The ringing/ratting only happens when I play the low E open, I've adjusted the neck, bridge and made sure the machine heads are fully tightened e.g. the screws but the ringing/rattling is still there? I've read other forums and it seems like it's a trust rod fault but I'd like to get some more knowledge on this. Also the low E makes the pickup clip and distorted no matter how low the pickup is there, I'm thinking of throwing in a Seymour Duncan SMB4D to solve this hopefully but that pickup is for a 3 band EQ preamp but the Sub is 2 band is there a way to wiring it into a 2 band instead of a 3 band? Sorry for rambling and such but I bought the bass new a few days ago I tried it out in the shop I didn't notice these faults in store only since I've tried it out at home, maybe because there was other musicians about trying stuff so I wasn't able to hear the faults? The shop is 2 hours a way so just simple popping back isn't easy for me, seeing as I can't travel easily due to health. So any advice would be awesome!!

Thanks for advise so far guys . My budget would be at most £100, I was thinking in ear monitors because I would use them for the odd gig or just have there just incase it's a rough gig. So would I be able to just plug them into my amp like normal headphones or what? Sorry again for sounding dumb, I'm new to this sort of stuff, in ear wise I mean.

Hi, I'm thinking about getting some in ear monitors to use for mainly home use while practicing. I use a Tc electronic rh450 to practice with at home and I have to use the headphone output due to neighbours, so with having to headphones and glasses my ears get destroyed by the pair mainly due to pressure from the headphones onto my glasses. So I was thinking I would get some in ear monitors to use to save the back of my ears from being bruised all the time but I don't know what to get or where to start or if this idea would work? I normally plug my bass head into my laptop and use headphones to practice along to tracks and such, so with in ears would i simply just plug them into the headphone port on my amp or do I need something else first? Sorry for sounding very noob-ish at this, thanks.