Problem with E string

[Stock R]

I've been having an issue with my E-string and was hoping you guys have a bit more insight as to what's wrong and what to do.

I currently have Labella DTB flatwounds on my Brice HXB-405. All the strings sound great except the E. It's pretty much just dead. Pluck the other 4 strings and they'll ring. Pluck the E and it dies very quickly, like it was being muted or something. The sustain is probably 1/4 of the others. The string for some reason also feels very tight/stiff relative to the others.

I would've guessed that I may have gotten a bad string, but this is already a replacement E since I had a similar problem with the first. I've also put on the stock roundwound E string and it didn't really exhibit this problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA!

[Burg]

Have you checked that the string is sitting in the nut and saddle properly? Only thing i can think of off the top of my head

[Stock R]

Originally Posted by Burg

Have you checked that the string is sitting in the nut and saddle properly? Only thing i can think of off the top of my head

I've checked that in addition to a twisted string too. The same symptoms with 2 of the same string is what's confusing me. Obviously there's something wrong here.

Would it have anything to do with the string gauge? The E is a 0.110 which I think is pretty heavy for an E.

[Bayou_Brawler]

YIKES! sounds like something i went through on a fender jazz bass. the e string was just a little dead sounding compared the rest....i tried other strings....even took a bass shop to get set up and look at it.....nada

it wasn't a huge problem...not something someone in the crowd would notice but it was clear as day for me...drove me nuts and was always in my mind :-)

the bass was brand new....i had a friend at a guitar shop...traded me straight up for a used fender of the same model....

now i am happy...

sorry man....i had no luck fixing it

[eadwulf]

Hey I am thinking of getting a Brice, so I was doing some reading and this dude had a problem with his B and sent it back to them and they sent him a new one. Just a thought!
BTW how does that thing sound? Give me the 411 on one

[Stock R]

I've posted a review somewhere else on the bass.

[Bayou_Brawler]

yeah i would try and take it back....it will drive you insane if you don't

[Stock R]

Sadtly it's been a few months already :P But it is beginning to bother me.

Maybe i'll string the bass with roundwounds instead.

[Bayou_Brawler]

so do you feel it's a problem with the bass itself.

i don't know how much you spent. but it may be worth writting a letter to the manufacturer asking to exchange it...

[king_biscuit]

The e-string just sounds deader in that set, for a while. Eventually the other strings will catch up.

[Bayou_Brawler]

Originally Posted by king_biscuit

The e-string just sounds deader in that set, for a while. Eventually the other strings will catch up.

it sounds like he's changed string sets a few times. and strings should usually sound balanced new eh?

[king_biscuit]

Originally Posted by Bayou_Brawler

strings should usually sound balanced new eh?

Ideally. These don't, however.