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Hello everyone, Being a pbass addict for many years, I needed a more midrange tone for a new project so I've decided to give jazz basses and try. I went to my local store where I played 3 models : am std (2016), mij 62 reissue and a classic 60s (mex). I finally decided to buy the third one...

Thanks for your answers :) - It's not tapered - I've tried to turn down pickups but I'm pretty sure it doesn't come from that since it sounds like that without plugin the bass - String is new and not twisted I must add it's a short scale bass (30,5) and I use DR Sunbeam short scale set...

Hello everyone, My low B string has kind of chorus effect when I play it after 5th fret. Here are same notes played on 1st frets then at the octave : Low B - Clyp Do you know how I can avoid that ? I dont understand as tension is quite good on the strings. Thanks !

I tried again but the B string broke when tuning it, it can happen as the biggest part has to be around the tuner if using long scale strings. I've ordered some short scale strings with low B and hope that'll help.

Yes, until 8th fret but mostly 1st 2nd and 3rd

Thanks, I'll check it out

Maybe nut too low then ?

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First of all, hello to everyone here, as I'm a new member :) I own a Gibson EB3 (which I love so much), never had any issue with standard tuning. With my other basses (a Jazz and a P), I'm used to tune BEAD for some years now and I really want to tune the EB3 this way too. So I picked up a...