Need to deaden strings

[bassplayer60]

Aloha All...

I read all the forum postings and could not find my
subject exactly. So I am posting a new thread. Apologies to all if I missed the info somewhere else.
..................
I recently had a 'gig' at around 12 noon. I didn't have
a chance to change my strings the night before as I
normally do. So I changed them about 830am in the
morning.

When I got to the gig...my setting usually are the same
most of the time...with a little tweak to fine tune the
crowd, and location, etc.

This day was not a normal one. On our first tune, I
found my 'tone' very biting, edgy, w/hissing highs, and no bottom (bass). So...I had to pump up my bass
setting and cut down on my high and mid highs. I've
never had that happen before.

I have a Lakland JO 5 string...great guitar BTW.

So it's my first set of Lakland 5 string SS set.

I usually love the sound of brand new strings...but have recently spent a lot of time, slapping and popping.
This day..I truly wished that I could at least till the end
of the gig....have my strings that I just took off.

Never had this happen before....How can I deaden
my strings? Or...any suggestions or comments welcomed.

Thanks again

I love 'TALKBASS.COM'......it rocks! and so do all of you!

Aloha from Hawaii

Vern
bassplayer60

[Killdar]

there actually was a thread on this......somewhere out there.....maybe someone will link to it.

one of the things to do is rub butter on the strings....supposedly that kills em best. Also, any other kind of thing like that on the hands while playing will do the trick too.

[John K.]

Help! I need to get rid of that new string sound!

[LeftySteve]

Rub em with olive oil,does the same job as butter but smells a whole lot better IMO

[ReiPsaeg]

Maybe try cutting some highs and mids out with your tone knob?

[Doner Designs]

Interesting thread. What about fingerboard oil?

This could be a great trick for evening out the sound of flats where the D and G string have too much zing relative to the E and A.

I put a new set of Jamersons on my Stingray a couple weeks ago. The G seems to finally be smoothing out.

[Red Rover]

Assuming you still have the same strings on from when you posted this thread I'd say they should be good and dead by now.

[Pimpernel Smith]

In my experience, nothing kills strings so well as fully detuning and retuning them 3 or 4 times. It's an excellent way to kill your stings.

[Timmah]

Originally Posted by Red Rover

Assuming you still have the same strings on from when you posted this thread I'd say they should be good and dead by now.

+1

[testing1two]

Originally Posted by bassplayer60

So it's my first set of Lakland 5 string SS set.

I think this may be the issue. My guess is that these aren't the strings for you or at least not for that particular bass. I have found that different basses want different strings.