Is this a string question or a pickup question?

whyusofunky · #1 08-31-2005, 10:00 AM

I recently purchased a G&L LB100 bass from ebay. It looks great and sounds great for the most part, but I realized during rehearsal yesterday that my D and G string sound very quiet. So I raised my pickup to see if that would help the problem. It seemed to help a little but not much. I noticed that the strings that came with the bass are a very light gage string. Could this be my problem. Please send me some feedback. I absolutely love this bass and want to get a consistent sound, Thanks

Chasarms · #2 08-31-2005, 10:48 AM

A little heavier string may help you some, but IIRC, the LB100 is a P-bass knock off with the split PU.

It may be that the treble side PU is simply weak.

whyusofunky · #3 08-31-2005, 02:46 PM

If the treble side PU is weak would that require new PU's or is that somthing that I could get fixed?

Chasarms · #4 08-31-2005, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by whyusofunky

If the treble side PU is weak would that require new PU's or is that somthing that I could get fixed?

Replacing the PU is probably the most cost-effective solution. You might try messing with the heights a bit more. Higher doesn't always mean louder. There is usually a sweet spot in there somewhere where you get max output.

If you can afford to give up the headroom, you can also lower the bass PU side a bit to better balance the overall output and use more input gain to compensate. This isn't ideal. You may introduce a little more noise and the frequency response may be a little less than it might be otherwise, but you would have a better output balance throughout the notes on the guitar.

whyusofunky · #5 09-01-2005, 07:35 AM

Thanks for all the help. I'll just have to tinker with it a bit. I'll start by changing the strings, adjust the height of the PU and see what happens. I'll post an update in the near future. Thank god this is my backup bass. I would be going insane if this was my only bass.