Ok so i've been play my Fender Squier J Bass for three years. I get that sliding sound when ever a move my hand really quickly to play different note. Is there anyway to make this noise softer or stop completely?
This is talked about quite a bit. I play fretless and love to slide; yet I have flat wound which provide a very nice glisondo. Round wound strings will always make string noise but way more if the pickups are high. Early on I found that proper technique when practicing has a very powerful impact on the final product. Practice does not make perfect; perfect practice makes perfect (or as close as you can come). So I choose to work on my scales with a great deal of attention to lifting my fingers and only sliding when I choose to.
So basically I believe a guy has a choice; he could certainly try and lower the pickups and use different strings....Or he could go back to basics and run scales for a few weeks and pay strict attention to his neck technique. If you got some "ground-wounds" it would certainly help but to achieve any brightness you would really need to change strings pretty often. I have used "ground-wounds" that had some brightness to them but they lost it after a few weeks, regardless of how clean I kept them or whatever.
The noise you describe is almost impossible to hear if you are playing with a band. You will hear it more when playing alone. You can use different strings or adjust your eq to reduce the highs and mids.
This is talked about quite a bit. I play fretless and love to slide; yet I have flat wound which provide a very nice glisondo. Round wound strings will always make string noise but way more if the pickups are high. Early on I found that proper technique when practicing has a very powerful impact on the final product. Practice does not make perfect; perfect practice makes perfect (or as close as you can come). So I choose to work on my scales with a great deal of attention to lifting my fingers and only sliding when I choose to.
So basically I believe a guy has a choice; he could certainly try and lower the pickups and use different strings....Or he could go back to basics and run scales for a few weeks and pay strict attention to his neck technique. If you got some "ground-wounds" it would certainly help but to achieve any brightness you would really need to change strings pretty often. I have used "ground-wounds" that had some brightness to them but they lost it after a few weeks, regardless of how clean I kept them or whatever.
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