String inbalance

[BassBob185]

Hello,
I have a SX "P" short scale and notice the G string is about half the volume of the others. I've adjusted the pickup height but with little noticeable change. To acheive proper balance should I lower the pickups on the other strings? Any suggestions?
Thanks for the help

[2x4strgkramers]

try a heavier string.

[Atomik Rooster]

Half the volume?? Replace the pickup.

[Diogenes]

Originally Posted by BassBob185

Hello,
I have a SX "P" short scale and notice the G string is about half the volume of the others.

Are the stock strings still on the bass? Every SX I bought had garbage strings... the G string may just be 'dead'. I wouldn't suspect a pickup problem unless SX went to pickups that had magnetic poles instead of steel poles with common magnets beneath them. With the latter pickup type a common magnet could have been fractured at the factory and fallen away from the pole or skewed to the side a little so that the pole's influence on the coil's magnetic field isn't as strong as the others.

[Lobster11]

You could do a quick experiment by removing one of the other strings and putting the G string in its place. If it sounds just as weak in a different position, the problem must be the string. If not, it must be something else such as the pickup.