Dead A String Help?

[Engineer_Josh]

I have a late 80' Peavey foundation.

I tune to standard EADG.

The open A string sounds dead, there is lower output from the pickup, and a clanking noise.

Fretted notes ring loud and clear on the A sting, every other string rings loud and clear for open and fretted notes.

I'm thinking I need to check the nut, and the A string tuner.

The clanking noise has me worried, it sounds like it could be the truss rod, but I'm surprised I only hear it on the open A.

Any ideas of other things to check? Anyone have a similar experience?

 

[Mushroo]

If you press down on the short section of the A string between the nut and the tuner, does that help?

How long have the strings been on the bass?

 

[Engineer_Josh]

If you press down on the short section of the A string between the nut and the tuner, does that help?

How long have the strings been on the bass?

Light pressure above the nut solves it. Strings are Chromes, approx 1 year old.

Seem like time to rewrap string on the post to get more downward pressure on the nut?

 

[Zooberwerx]

Light pressure above the nut solves it. Strings are Chromes, approx 1 year old.

Seem like time to rewrap string on the post to get more downward pressure on the nut?

Yes and re-set your witness points. A strings are notorious for the aforementioned problem as the break angle is relatively shallow.

Riis