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Is your bass always in tune?

#141
Most of mine stay in tune fairly well even given the changeable weather around here. Some stay in relative tune with themselves, but slowly go flat against A440 - I often pick one up and think it's fine but then I can't hit low notes with my voice - sure sign it's gone flat.
 
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#143
My problem is, my rehearsals are nearly an hour away and my shows are all at least an hour away, but sometimes 3 or 4 hours away, and that ride in the trunk gives my basses fits. So I have a lot of tuning to do once I get to the venue, and then I spend all night tuning between songs as my basses settle in. When space allows, I put them in the front seat, but depending on the season, sometimes that doesn't solve the problem either.

When I'm at home, my basses stay in tune magnificently.
 
#145
My basses stay in tune good for all my work, my DB can be crazy at times to settle.
It depends on the situation, under lights, outdoor hot, outdoor cold etc, but by in large they tune and hold tuning well...even out the gigabag.
All basses i put in flight/hardcases get the strings loosend off for travel as they will be in trucks/van/holds/plane holds where temperatures and conditions can vary in extremes.

But my favourite tuning sorry is this one....

 
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#151
JGbassman said:
I think there are two mindsets here regarding being in tune. One being highly sensitive to pitch, using strobe tuners to set pitch, sensitive to the difference between hot and cold, etc. the other would be tuning by ear, not relying on super close tuning. I fall under the first, having spent time in a recording studio it was beat into my head to constantly check with a strobe tuner. In fact we wouldn't even record until the instruments were stabilized to the studio if they weren't studio stock. We always burned in the instruments first by playing them for a bit first, touch up tune, then record.

So what I would consider out of tune would probably be considered in tune to others here. I have many nice instruments, but notice my neck throughs with hipshot USA light tuners seem to hold their tune the best.
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Maybe that's it. My strings are usually in tune with each other, but it's rare for me to pick up my bass, plug in a tuner, and see every note being dead-on. It's usually a few cents off, one way or the other.
 
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#152
My MIM 50's Classic Precision's tuning is extremely stable. Once warmed up and tuned before an event its tuning never changes. I merely have to check it between sets, or as the opportunity presents itself during a set.
My American Special Precision's tuning is not stable. Any time I check it during an evening it must be retuned. Maybe only 5 cents or so...but still...
 
#153
btmpancake said:
my 2014 Fender MIM Jazz stays relative real close, and I don't know if its the Hipshot bridge or medium gauge Chromes? By real close I mean very slight tweaking if any on 4 strings with stock tuners in less than a couple of minutes.:thumbsup:
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I have a MIM 4-string Jbass, too, and I have the same experience as you. When at least one of the strings requires tuning it's predominately because of big temp, barometric, or humidity changes.
 

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