I bought a Palatino 500 shell. Replaced the bridge and tailpiece , disconnected the remaining jive guts.(installed KK bass master pro dual w/preamp). Replaced nut (Gollihur ebony) and dressed the fingerboard. Adjusted the truss rod and made my own special shoulder rest and peg. (orig missing of course) Strung up some Spiro mittels, then a set of 7710's. The issue: The A string has a bizzare distortion (acoustically and electric) all up and down the neck plus an intermittent metallic rattle buzz. (All metal stuff is screwed down good) Can an experienced Pally individual(s) chime in on anything.? I realize these things were hit or miss cheese boxes and could come out in the wash with a bit of work.
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Double Bass Palatino 500 fuzzy buzz
- Thread starter Dan Hannum
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Pictures of your setup might show us something you're missing.
The stock tailpiece could vibrate sympathetically, what are you using in its place?
The stock tailpiece could vibrate sympathetically, what are you using in its place?
CarlH. , good call. Original tailpiece was replaced by another trapeze, and it is one of those Hofner esque things with the curlycue wire structure structure. Please advise . I have a wood one from an old Tyrolean 3/4 I'm thinking of cutting down. Open to all other suggestions. I want to make this thing work. Taking 3 basses into the smallest of restraunt gigs (pbass, AEB and hopefully the EUB). Sorry about lack of pics.
Easiest fix is a big "nerf" ball stuffed under the tailpiece, thus damping any unwanted resonances.
I changed out the tailpiece today. It(the old one )def had some quirky issues. New one is heavier. It helped a little. Will do as you say but I think there's a truss rod vibration issue as well. Also stuffed the body cavity with foam rubber. Still...
