Recent content by Samsammies

Reviving this thread... have a chance to buy one of these for 425... I like old school, unique sounds but I also want something that is studio friendly and somewhat versatile... something I can plug into a di and get decent sound out of. I love Andy Rourke from the Smiths tone, I’m very aware he...

Thanks to everyone for the feedback. I’m going to try and reply to as many people as concisely as I can. 1) the issue is not that the third is flat relative to the fundamental but rather that the third is there for me to perceive at all. So its not about equal temperament tuning. It’s more that...

I’ve started to notice this overtone recently and now that I’ve heard it I can’t unhear it. It is ruining the bass for me. I started to notice it cause a bass I bought recently just seemed out of tune when I was trying to record with it. Started to notice the overtones. Noticed the overtones...

Reviving this thread... the worst of the issue is resolved in terms on the very dead tones, so some breaking in of the flats has helped, but the overtones are still totally out of control. On the e string, EVERY fret I press has the harmonic of the major third above it resonating strong. On...

Lol this is a good point, however the LaBellas seem good aside from the fact that I just don’t like the tone, but the dissonant overtones are not a problem with them. I’m starting to wonder about nickelwounds?

I have lowered the pickups as far as the instrument allows- there’s a piece of wood that runs along the face of the instrument from the tail to the bridge on which the pickups essentially rest, so they can’t drop anymore. Also, it’s producing these overtones just playing acoustically anyway...

Thanks for the replies Michael, a month sounds reasonable and worth the wait if they turn out okay. I did loosen the e string and let it sit, retightened it after a few minutes, but no luck. I suppose it’s a bit of a waiting game to see if these flats are simply not the flats for my bass.

I got the lights as well. The same notes on the A string do not cause the problem i.e. tenth fret E sounds awful, 5th fret A sounds fine. I’m afraid flats simply may not work for the bass? I’d hate to give up on them if a proper breaking in will solve the problem because I do love the way they...

So I bought an Eko 995 recently and it’s a beautiful bass but it’s a little heavy on the overtones and harmonics so I thought I’d try some Flatwounds. First I tried d’addario chromes and the entire fretboard lit up, it sounded like I was playing two notes everywhere I went and it was terrible...

Did you give your bass a name? I’ve never named an instrument before but my new Eko 995 has become Betty and I don’t know why.

I’ve lowered the pickups as low as they can go, the body of the instrument has a piece of wood going through it that will not allow the pickups to go any lower.

Hi, I bought an Eko 995 recently and I really love it but it has crazy overtones that sometimes drown out certain notes. It seems especially problematic when I DI rather than amplify, but I record DI a lot so I can’t have that. Wondering if anybody has thoughts on pickups that might pick up less...