Let's list the "sucks tone" myths.

[Pilgrim]

I was reading another thread in which someone reported the rumor that winding a string over itself on the tuner post can "suck tone".

That fairy tale reminds me that for just about every innovation, effect, accessory or piece of gear, someone will SWEAR that it "sucks tone". Most of it is pure B.S.

What false rumors have you heard about things that are alleged to suck tone? Share 'em......

[Surly]

Drilling holes in the body, e.g. putting on a bridge cover or thumbrest.

Eating carrots before jamming.

[Joe Gress]

Getting stoned/drunk.


O wait.

[bongomania]

I never heard the ones about drilling holes or over-winding strings; the only other potential myth I've seen had to do with whether paint on a bass body prevents it from breathing, causing tone suck. Aside from that all the "sucks tone" statements I've seen previously have been factual descriptions of electronic loading.

[hartke20g]

lack of blue LEDs in your signal chain.



i've also heard the paint thing- although i guess that stems from poor paint application on acoustic instruments.

[santucci218]

more mass at the bridge seems to equal better sustain to like, everbody on this board and i tell ya, i think its really dumb. *flame suit on*

[MakiSupaStar]

clay dots.

[Surly]

There was a thread on here about farting

[cheesemonkey]

Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

clay dots.

totally saw that coming

[santucci218]

pickguard screws

[WyrdoBass]

I seriously heard one of my (in this case I believe the title is deserved) guitard friends say that straplocks suck your tone. Didn't offer any explanation, just stated it as if it was an indisputable truth.

[Jared Lash]

Sex before the big gig.

[Brad Barker]

it would be interesting to figure out the "post-nut" corrections to the spectrum. the assumption of dirichlet boundary conditions is only approximate, after all.

any takers? i don't want to work on it.

[hey]

At least one "crappy" cable in your signal chain = tone suck.

[Disco_Gee]

My favourites are the finish sucking tone, and the clay dots.

Something that actually did suck tone though was my Russian Big Muff. I couldn't stand playing with it in the signal chain until I made it true bypass. The difference was definitely recognisable.

[knarleybass]

My guitar player won't plug his amp into the same power strip that my bass amp is plugged into, he says that when I hit a low and loud note he can her the electricity being sucked out of the wall and leaving his amp starved for AC. The funny thing is that he doesn't hear it when he plugs his amp into one of the two plug wall socket and my amp is in the other socket.

[Disco_Gee]

Originally Posted by knarleybass

My guitar player won't plug his amp into the same power strip that my bass amp is plugged into, he says that when I hit a low and loud note he can her the electricity being sucked out of the wall and leaving his amp starved for AC. The funny thing is that he doesn't hear it when he plugs his amp into one of the two plug wall socket and my amp is in the other socket.

Hahaa.... guitards! What would we do without them?

[d(r)umbass]

I have to disagree with some of the above.

Any crappy cable in your signal path WILL suck your tone.

And I did notice my amp working a bit weird when plugged in the same socket with the PA for instance... so the guitard may be right

[Disco_Gee]

Originally Posted by d(r)umbass

I have to disagree with some of the above.

Any crappy cable in your signal path WILL suck your tone.

And I did notice my amp working a bit weird when plugged in the same socket with the PA for instance... so the guitard may be right

How do you define a 'crappy cable'? Do you mean one that doesn't work properly, or one that is just inferior quality?

[d(r)umbass]

Originally Posted by Disco_Gee

How do you define a 'crappy cable'? Do you mean one that doesn't work properly, or one that is just inferior quality?

I ment - inferior quality.