String output

[paul h]

At last weeks rehearsal I noticed a significantly lower output from my D and G strings. I tweaked the pickup heights which helped a bit but I am planning on getting over it with a bucketful of compression. I use light strings and I am sure that a heavier gauge might help.

Anyone care to share their experiences?

[Nostromo]

[quote name='paul h' post='978514' date='Oct 5 2010, 04:17 PM']At last weeks rehearsal I noticed a significantly lower output from my D and G strings. I tweaked the pickup heights which helped a bit but I am planning on getting over it with a bucketful of compression. I use light strings and I am sure that a heavier gauge might help.

Anyone care to share their experiences?[/quote]

Hi Paul,

Have a look at some of the contributions to my earlier post (of some months ago) on a very similar subject . . . contibutions to that may be of some use to you ?

[topic="64884"]Effect of string gauge on bass tone & overall sound ?[/topic]

Best regards,

Edited October 5, 2010 by Nostromo

[mep]

Your'e not playing a MM Stingray are you (only joking). There's enough been said about the G string on this forum! What bass are you playing?

Presumably the problem is quite new and was not so bad or noticable before?

Change your strings, change your tone settings, lower the pup under the E&A, get a Fat Finger. Never an easy solution.

[paul h]

Quick update, Changed from D'Addario EXL180s to EXL220s and it's solved the problem. The 220s have the same gauge E and A string but with a heavier D and G.

Balance is restored!