Not happy with tone?

[MrDominoe]

Has this ever happened to you guys? You play with the same bass, amp, effects, etc. with the same settings and everything that you have been using for a while, only to find that you hate the tone? Today I was playing with everything normal, but the tone just sounded god awful. It's a terrible feeling. Anyone else have that happen?

[thirtypoint87]

Are your strings dead, or is it really just time for a change? (one of those is cheaper to fix than the other!)

[TortillaChip520]

Yes. But then I realized that I had always sounded bad, because I sucked at Eq'ing.
Not that that's the case with you, but after I realized that how much I've been sucking at eq'ing my bass, it's been an adventure ever since

[jmattbassplaya]

It`s not that my tone sucks, I just want something different now.

[JohnMCA72]

I can be happy with some aspect of my playing for years, then for any of a variety of reasons, decide that I don't like it anymore. I just experiment with different options until I either find what I (now) like or get tired of trying. Sometimes, I even go full-circle, & decide that I really liked the "old" way best after all.