Recent content by regularmk

Hmm, I tend to take my time applying a new set of strings. I don't force it to wrap around the post, I let it happen of its own accord as I tighten the tuning key. The really strange factor here is that the E and A strings were identically goofed up in both sets. Faint "chorus" played open...

Nah, I didn't. Wish I had, though. Might have saved myself some moolah.

Totally, bud. I appreciate the help! And go figure, this problem was addressed 6 years ago, and there was no apparent solution then, either. :crying: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-150182.html I'll probably shell out another 20 bucks for a different set of strings...

Got the pickups snuggled down as low as they would go, and raised the action of the e string uncomfortably high. No change, other than volume.

Just restrung it today, actually. I had the exact same problem with the set of strings I had put on the other day (figured replacing them would solve the problem, might should've tried different strings this time around) Loosened the strings up real good, but they didn't seem especially...

I don't have a ruler handy but I'd say I'm more than a third of an inch distant now.

I've offically entered neophyte territory here. How do I know if the string is twisted? (if this is what's going on I'm going to feel supremely silly)

I just loosened the strings and shoved a thick rag underneath them on the headstock, no change in tone whatsoever. Was this problem specific to a certain area on the neck for you, too? I can imagine it drove you mad!

I just raised the action, lowered the pickups and checked the saddles. I pressed really hard on either side of the saddle to see if I could get a better angle or if they'd slide in better. It almost appears that the strings are too large to even properly fit into the saddle at all, actually. But...

I recently restrung my Ibanez EDB600, which I've had now for about 7 years. Almost immediately I notice that both the E and A string emit a weird chorus-like tone (amped or not) that intensifies the further up the neck I play. After the twelfth fret or so, the sound is pretty much unbearable...