Just angry...(MIA P Bass content)

[TinIndian]

Glad you've made contact with a good tech. Will be following to hear about the resolution. Good Luck!

 

[Hopkins]

as someone whos had back buzz/rattle, its audible through an amp and the nut slot isnt so low that the open string is dead.

I'm not entirely sure how that is possible. I cut my nut slots to where the gap between the string and the first fret is the same as the gap between the second fret when the first is fretted, which is very low. If I were to file them any lower they would definitely buzz out on the first fret. I have never experienced any "back buzz" from a fretted note. I think the problem you were having was coming from a different source, like a slight back bow.

 

[dkelley]

Yea I wasnt thinking when I suggested nut slot depth.... Fret work does seem likely though

 

[Bobster]

Just posting as FYI.

All Fender guitars/basses have a lifetime warranty on the neck. But it only applies to the original owner. Since this was bought used, there is no warranty repair. Here's the link: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

For Squier it's a one year warranty w/the same caviat. Here's the link: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

 

[narud]

I'm not entirely sure how that is possible. I cut my nut slots to where the gap between the string and the first fret is the same as the gap between the second fret when the first is fretted, which is very low. If I were to file them any lower they would definitely buzz out on the first fret. I have never experienced any "back buzz" from a fretted note. I think the problem you were having was coming from a different source, like a slight back bow.

youre essentially correct when it comes to the slight back now. its a little bit more involved though. i run my necks pretty close to straight. theres relief, but its very slight. unfortunately, with ever fender ive ever owned, the relief is never uniform across the strings. ill have varying degrees of relief across the strings and then maybe the G string will be slightly back bowed. i dont introduce more relief because of one string when everything else is where i want it and usually wont raise the slot because first position height wont feel consistent. so, ill usually just spot level the problem area on the single string.

 

[Hopkins]

youre essentially correct when it comes to the slight back now. its a little bit more involved though. i run my necks pretty close to straight. theres relief, but its very slight. unfortunately, with ever fender ive ever owned, the relief is never uniform across the strings. ill have varying degrees of relief across the strings and then maybe the G string will be slightly back bowed. i dont introduce more relief because of one string when everything else is where i want it and usually wont raise the slot because first position height wont feel consistent. so, ill usually just spot level the problem area on the single string.

That's why Pleking is so good, because it dresses the frets under string tension. A neck jig similar to what stewmac sells works well also. IME, even on a neck with very good fret work, I can usually get the lowest action with a bit of relief in the neck.

 

[jetbike]

Zombie thread alert!

So sorry for the delay. Thesis/final exam and all that now completed and passed (Hooray!) and now on to more fun topics.

I couldn't find the time to get the bass sorted out and my band is on hiatus so I haven't been playing it for the last little. It wasn't much fun to play and I've never really been much of a solo player so the bass got put in it's case and neglected, permanently on the 'to-do' list.

I was in a music shop and found some cheap guitar and bass strings. I bought up several sets for my bass, my wife's electric and my acoustic (top-tip: buying your wife guitar strings is a lot like buying her roses). The bass strings are exactly the same as the ones on it when I started this thread; cheap Hartke rounds, 45's, hex core. Got home, changed the strings and the fret-buzz is all gone!

Any explanations? Any predictions? Is it just MIA P-bass magic?

 

[oysteivi]

If this was the first time you changed strings since the problem, it might simply have been a damaged string. I've read somewhere (probably here) that the wrappings can sometimes come loose from the core wire, and I imagine that could cause some awful rattle sounds if the damage is "just right".

Anyway, if it works, just play it and be happy. Congratulations on your bass back

 

[BazzTard]

how bizare that Hartke strings worked for you.

I tried em, $10 from JB HiFi, rubbish, they make more rattle and clank than the Glenelg tram !

seriously,try some nice strings on it, D'Addario nickels, those Hartkes are THE WORST strings I have ever tried in my 35 years of playing.
clearly Your Mileage DOES Vary hehe

so glad your neck isn't the problem

 

[jetbike]

I've been using D'Addario Chromes exclusively on all my basses for the last couple of years. I wanted a more aggressive sound with the P for my band so thought I'd give the Hartke's a try. $10, can't go wrong?...Or not.

The new set sound pretty good. Will see how they last. Tension is nice. I'm thinking stainless next.

 

[pudgychef]

wow - from a bass that needed an entire new neck to no problem up and down the neck just from time and a cheap new pack of strings?

call it a win and walk away...and never take your bass to that respected guitar guy again!