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Hofner dead spot help

#2
The answer is...maybe.

Are you noticing dead spots on certain pitches, a spot on the neck, or both? Do several notes sound dead or muffled, or just one or two? Did you buy the bass new? If yes, how did the stock strings sound in comparison to the 88s? Better, worse, or about the same?

Sorry to bombard you with questions...just trying to rule out some of the more common possibilities.
 
#3
gary m said:
The answer is...maybe.

Are you noticing dead spots on certain pitches, a spot on the neck, or both? Do several notes sound dead or muffled, or just one or two? Did you buy the bass new? If yes, how did the stock strings sound in comparison to the 88s? Better, worse, or about the same?

Sorry to bombard you with questions...just trying to rule out some of the more common possibilities.
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Sorry but I posted at a weird time and won’t have access to a computer

for a day so if I don’t answer other questions right away that’s why J


Are you noticing dead spots on certain pitches, a spot on the neck, or both?

For example, the 10th fret G string and 15th fret D string both are dead spots,

( so I assume this indicates the guitar is damping the vibrations ?).


Do several notes sound dead or muffled, or just one or two?

Well let’s say it’s overall pretty uneven. Btw the pickups are

pretty far from the strings so it’s not that. I was told it could

even be the frets causing dead spots but I’ve never heard that

before.



Did you buy the bass new? If yes, how did the stock strings sound in comparison to the 88s?

Bought it used but yeah good point. I removed the stock round wounds as soon

as I got it and can’t remember .
 
#4
It could be just those strings on that instrument. I would at least try another type of string and see if the problem persists. For tapes, I've always gotten good results with D'Addarios. Medium scale flats I like include sets made by GHS and Pyramid. Currently I have TI flats on my Hofner Club and am liking the sound they offer.
 
#5
I used to have a German 500/1V63, the only dead spot I recall on it was on the G string at the 17th fret!

If your issue is a dead note, just learn to work around it as there really isn't a cure for that. Dead spots are where the instrument (neck usually) resonates at and is "absorbing" that frequency; it is just the nature of pretty much everything to have resonant frequencies, wood, in particular, is quite aggressive about it, in very narrow bands.
 

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