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Laguna Ocean TB70 problem

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tskrs2

Nov 29, 2007
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#1
Hey everyone, I recently picked up one of these laguna 4 string basses and It seems to have a crap load of low end on the e string and a crap load of high end on the d and g strings but when I play the a string theres just nothing there.Cant hear it when playing live with my band or feel it hit. I thought it was a string but stuck a new one on and still nada. Ive messed with all the eq knobs and adjusted my amp all sorts of crazy and nothin. I also dropped the string closer to the pickup and nothing. Im happy with the sound of the bass until I play that damn string. Any suggestions????? Thanks
Tim
 
#9
Yup, gonna take it back, played it at a show last night and the piece of crap let me down. Still makes me wonder why that string has no bump to it. Maybe a dead piece of wood they used i guess. thanks everyone. Beware of this BASS!
 
#12
Earwigger said:
Don't. Schecters sound awful. Did you try changing the strings?
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They sound as awful as you want them to sound. Or if your playing through a garbage can.
I get all of the right tones out of it through my Ashdown MK500, 2 MAG 4x10 cabinets with a SansAmp for some extra coloration.
While not the best tone monster in the world. the Schecter does fine and Im sure is significantly better than an Ocean.
 
#14
Well i swapped out my old bass and picked up another ocean and there definately was something wrong with my other one. This one actually sounds nice on the A string!! Perfect low end on it. Thanks for your input everyone. Rock on
 
#16
I have a Ocean bass picked it up not to long ago, I like playing it in normal tuning, But in the band we play in drop B so.. I am not to happy with how it sounds. and man does it sound bad to record with..
But like I said it sounds great playing some slap or just some jazz stuff in E tuning..

I am selling mine for $600

If you guys are interested let me know.

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Check it out and Buy it!
 
#17
I realize this post is over a year and a half old, but I'm curious and have some questions. The first Ocean you had, was this one of the original ones with the "Ocean" headstock, or one of the new ones with the black "Laguna" headstock? When they gave you a new guitar to replace the old one, did they give you an "old" or "new" version? I have the original version ("Ocean" headstock, matches the guitar) and still have this problem. I adjusted the pickups and the situation is better but I still loose presence, somewhat so on the D and alot on the G.
 
#19
I bought a Laguna Ocean Bass from a guy who wasn't happy with the sound...the problem ended up to be only that the scale length of each string was not set correctly. This adjustment is done at the bridge with a turn of a screw. You can do it yourself, but you should do some research for it first. Generally measure from the nut to the 12 fret and double it to reach the bridge. However, the diameter of each string affects the adjustment with the bigger strings needing to be set back more. String height also affects scale length adjustment so set the strings as low as possible while avoid buzzing. Good Luck.
 
#20
OldBillJones said:
I bought a Laguna Ocean Bass from a guy who wasn't happy with the sound...the problem ended up to be only that the scale length of each string was not set correctly. This adjustment is done at the bridge with a turn of a screw. You can do it yourself, but you should do some research for it first. Generally measure from the nut to the 12 fret and double it to reach the bridge. However, the diameter of each string affects the adjustment with the bigger strings needing to be set back more. String height also affects scale length adjustment so set the strings as low as possible while avoid buzzing. Good Luck.
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That's called intonation. Congrats on bringing back a post from a couple years ago.
 

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