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is my strings are dead?? or my bass is dead?

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lion75

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Nov 7, 2011
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#1
HELP GUYS i left my bass in my room for about 2 days in my room where it is very very HOT then when i about to play my bass when i hit 1st to 4th fret there are no sound/respond and it has a very terrible fret buzzing i don't know what happend then i remove the string again then put it back again but still the same well i have my string 1 year old already.. but when hitting 5th fret all string respond..


are my string dead? or my bass is DEAD :O please help.
 
#5
HELP GUYS i left my bass in my room for about 2 days in my room where it is very very HOT then when i about to play my bass when i hit 1st to 4th fret there are no sound/respond and it has a very terrible fret buzzing i don't know what happend then i remove the string again then put it back again but still the same well i have my string 1 year old already.. but when hitting 5th fret all string respond..


are my string dead? or my bass is DEAD :O please help.
 
#6
Sounds like your neck moved a bit. Store it in a room with normal temperature and humidity and see if it stabilize again.

A truss rod adjustment could also help, but if the neck moves back you have to do the adjustment all over again.
 
#9
It sounds like you need to adjust your truss rod. The effect of the heat and/or humidity in your hot room on the wooden neck probably caused the neck to bow backwards. There is now no "relief" (space) between the strings and the frets from the 1st to 4th frets.

Try loosening the truss rod (turn counterclockwise) to correct the problem. Adjust it a little at a time, then try playing it again. Hopefully it'll only take a minor adjustment to correct your problem.
 
#12
Why is your room that hot? Are you half reptile or something :D

Your bass is probably fine, like stated above, store it at normal temp for while and see if it corrects itself. If not a simple set up will probably fix it.
 
#13
Strat Hater said:
bring it to a tech and get them to check it out
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Agreed. I had my both my Jazz basses set up in February. With oncoming of Spring, they both started horrible fret buzz from the 2nd to 5th frets on D and G strings especially. I took them back to my tech and he got both basses up and running nicely again. They just needed a little adjustment because of the weather. He didn't even charge me for it.
 
#16
Heat makes steel expand. Strings lose tension when they expand. The pressure of the trussrod then flattens the neck and strings fret out (buzz). Use a tuner and re-tune your bass. The string tension should pull your neck relief back to normal and the bass will be fine. It may need a neck adjustment but your bass is not dead!

Some real nonsensical replies in this thread.
 
#18
96tbird said:
Heat makes steel expand. Strings lose tension when they expand. The pressure of the trussrod then flattens the neck and strings fret out (buzz). Use a tuner and re-tune your bass. The string tension should pull your neck relief back to normal and the bass will be fine. It may need a neck adjustment but your bass is not dead!

Some real nonsensical replies in this thread.
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This, although basses do spontaneously combust from time to time, so there's that.

The bass probably just needs a quick tweak of the truss rod. The heat and humidity change have introduced a bit of back-bow. Neck changes happen with most basses once or twice during the year and, as such, they need a set up. It's nothing to fret over - these things are adjustable for a reason.
 

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