radansey Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 All the strings on my Curbow 5 sound full and resonant - except for the G-string, which sounds very weedy, no tone and bit 'quiet' compared to its siblings particularly the first five frets. The strings are 40-125 D'addarios which were replaced 2 months ago. It is a problem with the neck, pick-up, pre-amp, amplifier, speaker or what?? Pulling my (greying) hair out a bit so any advice would be most welcome. Thanks, Ross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 [quote name='radansey' post='761473' date='Mar 2 2010, 07:56 AM']All the strings on my Curbow 5 sound full and resonant - except for the G-string, which sounds very weedy, no tone and bit 'quiet' compared to its siblings particularly the first five frets. The strings are 40-125 D'addarios which were replaced 2 months ago. It is a problem with the neck, pick-up, pre-amp, amplifier, speaker or what?? Pulling my (greying) hair out a bit so any advice would be most welcome. Thanks, Ross[/quote] Suggestions: Make sure you're testing with your amp EQ flat so that it can be eliminated from the enquiries Try experimenting with pickup height - bring the G side up a little to meet the string. Could be a dodgy string - was this a problem 2 months ago with the previous set of strings? 40-125 is a fairly light set, perhaps the 40 G string doesn't suit this bass very well - try a 45 or even a 50? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I'd personally bring the pickup closer to the G string on the G side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radansey Posted March 2, 2010 Author Share Posted March 2, 2010 [quote name='Toasted' post='761577' date='Mar 2 2010, 10:16 AM']I'd personally bring the pickup closer to the G string on the G side.[/quote] Surely this would just increase the volume of the G-string - the string sounds deadened/muted though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Is this your first 5-string? Do you pick the G especially differently to the other strings (different angle of attack, different preferred finger maybe)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radansey Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='762497' date='Mar 3 2010, 04:36 AM']Is this your first 5-string? Do you pick the G especially differently to the other strings (different angle of attack, different preferred finger maybe)?[/quote] No. I have played 5-ers before. Interestingly, I used the 1x15" last night instead of the 1x12" and it sounded better. So maybe its an amp thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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