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My baby is ill!

No, not in a good way. There's something weird going on with my G&L l2000 tribute that I can pinpoint. I'll be taking her to a luthier Monday if I haven't figured it out during the weekend, so thought I'd ask you guys first.

Everything sounds muddy and non-defined. There's really not much tone, just a load of thump. Sustain is really bad, espcially on the E-string. Yeah, bad sustain on an L2000 with flats! :eek: The A string has way better sustain though. This has been getting worse over the last month. Battery has been changed and I've tested without having a battery at all. Tried lowering pickups in case the strong magnetic field was messing with sustain. No dice. Haven't really tried raising the action yet, but I doubt that would do much (?)

I'm going out now to get some fresh round wounds and see if that changes anything.

Any ideas? I really have no idea whether this is a setup or electronics issue.
 
Change strings, change amp: test whether issues exist there. IF you didn't put in an actual fresh new battery, then by all mean do so. If strings are 3 months+ old they may be a significant issue as some strings get their "last stretch" around that time - unless you don't wipe down the strings or play with dirty hands, etc.
 

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