Sorry, I already posted this in the Basses forum, but realized it was probably better suited here. I recently purchased a
Brice HXB Six string fretless. Overall, I love it, but the low B is all but useless. It had no sustain, was muted, and generally dead. (I have two other basses with a low B, just as comparison) I told Kurt at rondomusic and he sent me a new box of strings, which didn't fix anything. I sent it back to rondomusic for a replacement, which came, and suffers the same problem. Fretting it anywhere, at all, produces a dead/muffled/sustainless/sad tone. It isn't a matter of the pickups, it's really just that the bass isn't producing the tone. Oddly enough, I found that if I tune the low B a fourth up to E, it works perfectly. It has "Indie" strings on it, and the low B is an "Indie" Flatwound .135. If anybody has any idea what would cause this, please let me know. I'd hate to have to send it back, otherwise I love it. I can't figure out what the meaning is with that B, if it's a tension problem or what? Different strings? Truss rod adjustment? No idea what I need to do to fix it, but if anybody can help me I'd be enormously appreciative.
