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Originally Posted by neonskimmer i'm not even sure what's happening could be described as phasing but that's the best term i could come up with.
basically the pitch of my bass seems to be higher on the attack and then it kinda ever so slightly wobbles back down a bit afterwards
my question is, how do i fix it (ie what causes this)
not sure if i weren't paying attention before as far as i can tell it has only begun happening recently. the last thing i did to the bass is open up the back to check connections for a 'loose wiring' type of connection (for another problem) but as it turns out, that wasn't the problem so i didn't change anything.
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If you are using an inexpensive tuner, try changing the battery in the tuner. When I start having the same problem, that usually helps. Don't ask me why cause I don't know. IMO it is a lot like losing headroom in an amp because of a thing called "rail slump", or a power supply that runs out of current capacity on loud notes.
Any stringed instrument will have a slightly higher pitch at the attack point because the string is oscillating through a greater distance, actually stretching the string a cent or two but it's almost instantaneous.
You can easily check to see if that's the prob by playing a harmonic and see if it does the same thing. playing a harmonic doesn't stretch the string nearly as much as a normally fretted note and the tuner should lock in on the note quicker.
Everything that I've said here is pure opinion and not to be taken as the last word.
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