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Old 03-01-2005, 10:58 PM
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clicking sound-- please help

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Whenever I hold down a sting with my left hand it makes a clicking sound that is transferred to the amp and makes my playing sound bad. Could it be that I need new strings (the ones i have now are old). Also, on my bass there are those little "dots" not on the front but side of the neck. Sorry for sneakin that last bit in but I need help. Thanks in advance.
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Old 03-02-2005, 12:12 AM
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Whenever I hold down a sting with my left hand it makes a clicking sound that is transferred to the amp and makes my playing sound bad. Could it be that I need new strings (the ones i have now are old). Also, on my bass there are those little "dots" not on the front but side of the neck. Sorry for sneakin that last bit in but I need help. Thanks in advance.
Sounds like you're just fretting incorrectly. It's hard to examin playing style.technique online. Make sure you're just pressing down right behind the fret, and with enough pressure. I doubt it has much, if anything to do with your strings. The dots are just normal position markers. enjoy,

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Old 03-02-2005, 03:03 PM
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It sounds like what's happening is the string is saggy so that while your fretting its clicking on another fret. I've had problems similar with older strings, and poor bass setups.
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