stevehwgill Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Hi. I continue to be plagued by basses with one weak string. By weak I mean under powered, plays at a lower level. On my Ric 4003 it’s the E (I know of the documented issue there) in my US Precision it’s the A and in my new Gibson DC LP jnr trib it’s the A again. it’s not strings because it repeats to the next set. It sounds equal acoustically but becomes apparent when playing with the band. Any ideas on this anyone? thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tegs07 Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 7 minutes ago, [email protected] said: Hi. I continue to be plagued by basses with one weak string. By weak I mean under powered, plays at a lower level. On my Ric 4003 it’s the E (I know of the documented issue there) in my US Precision it’s the A and in my new Gibson DC LP jnr trib it’s the A again. it’s not strings because it repeats to the next set. It sounds equal acoustically but becomes apparent when playing with the band. Any ideas on this anyone? thanks! For the P buy the 50’s pup with the raised A pole. Someone has one on sale here. Not sure about the other 2 basses. I think I have solved the weak G on my Stingray by taking the pickup out and pushing down the poles on EAD and pushing up the G pole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehwgill Posted May 23, 2021 Author Share Posted May 23, 2021 Thanks, it’s not just me then!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigguy2017 Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Just as an experiment try a radically different amp / cab setup too... I have a thing in the house where any bass through my tc 2 x 8" combo has a hugely loud A. Something to do with the speakers and room dimensions I think. Plug into the Rumble 1x 15" combo and it all sounds fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamg67 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Weaker A and D strings annoy me enough that I made a little tool out of a small G clamp for adjusting pole piece height, which fixed it on the last two Jazz style basses I've had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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