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11-23-2007, 01:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | | | Dull sounding G string
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I just gave my Fender Jazz a much needed setup, and a new set of Rotosound rounds. But the G string sounds dull and muffled. The other strings are fine, with that signature Rotosound bright twang. But the G seems dull wherever I fret it. Fret buzz doesn't seem to be an issue, neither does pickup height.
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11-23-2007, 01:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Québec city ,Canada | | | It's most likely a defective string, not much can be done. You should take it back to where you bought the set and explain the situation, they'll give you another one.
This seems to happen a lot with rotosound. It's the only brand i ever bought that did that. |
11-23-2007, 01:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | | | Well, the string sounds great when it's popped. But when I'm playing fingerstyle, it just sounds dead. It actually might be a buzz issue. When I do a quick hammer on/pull off combo on the G string, it seems difficult to do, and vibrates a lot more than usual. |
11-23-2007, 01:49 PM
|  | Dr. Jim | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denton TX, Kailua HI, New York | | | Maybe the nut slot is too wide.
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11-23-2007, 02:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Carr  Maybe the nut slot is too wide. | That may be possible... |
11-23-2007, 07:38 PM
| | | | I've heard jazzes are known for having dead spots on the G string around the 5-9th fret
maybe try a fat finger?
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11-23-2007, 07:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | | | Well, it seems as though it sounds dead on every fret on the G string. It can fret the note, and the note sounds OK, but it just doesn't have any punch or clarity.
It's really pissing me off. I'll look into the fat finger... though I'm a poor ass student, I can barely afford to eat lol. eBay here I come. |
11-23-2007, 08:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Lawrence, KS | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Superconductor I just gave my Fender Jazz a much needed setup, and a new set of Rotosound rounds. But the G string sounds dull and muffled. The other strings are fine, with that signature Rotosound bright twang. But the G seems dull wherever I fret it. Fret buzz doesn't seem to be an issue, neither does pickup height.
Help? | I've played for more years than I want admit...went through my Chris Squire stage with a couple of Ricks and Rotosounds...even tried them later on other basses....Every single pack of strings had at least one "thudder" in it out of the package...after a half dozen sets, can't trust them to ever buy them again.
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11-24-2007, 11:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | | | Thanks for all the replies... it may be a thudder, but I may try a fat finger too. |
11-26-2007, 10:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Québec city ,Canada | | | You are going to waste your money if you buy a fatfinger,the way you are describing your problem, it is obvious you got a defective string.
It is not a nut slot problem, since it would only affect open strings. It is not a setup issue, because you say the string sound dead across the board so unless you set your action so low that your string is resting on the frets it is a non-issue.
A fat finger is for fixing a deadspot on the neck, usually around the 7th fret of the g-string. It is clearly not your problem so please do the right thing.
You just need to go to the place where you bought the string or e-mail them if you bought online and they will replace it for free.
As I said and as another tber said rotosound strings don't have a very good quality control. I used to only use those strings but after getting a dud string on every package out of five or so, I changed brand. |
11-27-2007, 05:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Melbourne Australia | | | A "thudder" can happen if the string has been twisted when put on the bass. This has happened to me several times. First, undo the string from the peg, lift out the ravelled part and see if the string "flips over length ways". If it doesn't do this then you got a dud string. |
11-28-2007, 02:52 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NYC/LI | | | I've been having this problem with my D-string, but for the last 2 packs of strings. The first was a set of DR Lo-Riders, the second were SIT Power Steels. Never happened before and I find it unlikely that it's 2 dead strings, is there anything else it could be? It's just as the OP described it, muffled, even open.
I did a search and figured I would piggy back this thread instead of starting a new one, sorry for the hijack.
-Chris
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11-29-2007, 10:58 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | One can always get a bad string. I suggest another set, different brand. |
12-01-2007, 08:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NYC/LI | | | I forgot to mention that I moved the first set to a second bass and the problem didn't follow.
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