Buzz sound - does chancing the strings help?

[Deadkhid]

I have right now some cheap strings that came with the bass itself. Lately it has made weird sound, buzz-like. I've tried everything so far, and I am going to buy new strings, should I, or is it about the bass?

[john m]

Get it set up with new strings by a reputable person.

[tstone]

When I used to work on cars -- out of necessity, not preference -- my approach to problems was to replace parts until the problem went away. Effective, but time-consuming, inefficient, and expensive.

Sure, your problem could be a loose winding on a string, but it could be a whole lot of other things: rattling bit of hardware, loose brace, open seam, string height too low, fingerboard needs a dressing, etc., etc. I would try to get an accurate diagnosis before throwing money at a new set of strings.

[RenanDias]

It's just my $0.2, but every double bass must have a little buzz Life is imperfect, why art should'nt be?

Ron Carter's E string buzz on mid 60's with Miles Quintet is almost a trademark..so necessary to that music, beautiful..