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12-18-2009, 06:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tyneside, UK | | | G string 'falls' off the fretboard...
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Last thread for the night...
Anyway, I'm fiddling about with my bass and I've noticed that often when I'm playing on the G-string, when I press it to the fingerboard it slips off the fingerboard and onto the side of the neck.
Any ideas as to what I can do? I play a lot on the G string and I only have problems on the one bass.
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12-18-2009, 07:04 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eh? | | | It's closer to the edge on this bass, and you're dragging it. Time for some technical practice to make sure you press the string downwards on the fingerboard, with no angle in your force. I had this happen to me before.
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12-18-2009, 07:06 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Gravity Picks | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ohio/West Virginia | | | Is your neck a bolt on? If so, is it bolted on correctly, where theres enough space for the G string to be played?
If not, start there.
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12-18-2009, 07:07 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fredonia, NY | | | either it's your technique or the neck on your bass isn't straight or there's an issue with the bridge. have any photos for us? |
12-18-2009, 07:21 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: L.A. (the Valley) | | | The nut might need to be adjusted as well.
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12-18-2009, 07:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tyneside, UK | | | Cheers guys.
Will post pics tomorrow, it's 2am here.
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12-18-2009, 08:42 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Denver, CO | | | if it is a bold on, try pushing the G-side of the headstock toward the upper horn (E-string). if this works, you can try shimming the G-string side of the neck pocket. |
12-19-2009, 12:11 AM
|  | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by mellowgerman either it's your technique or the neck on your bass isn't straight or there's an issue with the bridge. | This. |
12-21-2009, 10:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA | | | is it a Stingray? |
12-21-2009, 11:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Los Angeles / West Hollywood | | Quote:
Originally Posted by L-A It's closer to the edge on this bass, and you're dragging it. Time for some technical practice to make sure you press the string downwards on the fingerboard, with no angle in your force. I had this happen to me before. | ^YeSp +1
Do you have any pics? |
12-21-2009, 11:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cumming Georgia(yes its real) | | | I had this problem with my Warwick, and at first I thought I would just change the string spacing( <3 warwick bridges). Then after a week of being lazy I realized I was only doing it when I was wearing zip neck sweaters. It was my technique and bass positioning from when I was overly cautious about metal zipper to bass contact.
Long story short, it was all in my technique that was causing it.
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12-21-2009, 02:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tyneside, UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by your idol is it a Stingray? |  
To answer the thread, it was me being stupid. Yay correct finger technique.
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