B string clarity

[waytoodeep03]

I usually detune to my black beauties with my bart electronics A but I want know does the clarity come more from the string, pickups or amp? When I tune down to A I an hear the difference but when listening in a mix it's all muddy and has more boom than definition.

[i hate username]

All of the above really, but you can change the EQ settings a lot easier than the strings or pups. I dunno. Isnt the usual reply to a question like this lower the bass a bit and boost the mids

[DavePlaysBass]

0) Technique
1) EQ
2) Pickup Height
3) String Height
4) Neck relief
5) Strings (try a Labella Variant such as Slapper, HRS, Pedullas or Carvins)
6) Pickup
7) Bass
8) Amp / Cab

[knuckle_head]

Lower tension will hinder upper harmonics/transients. If the harmonic content you want isn't coming off the string in the first place everything else you do is trying to give you what isn't really there - or at least not as there as it could be.

The kicker with EQ is that in trying to fix your B string you are going to affect every other string on your bass.