Question G string thinness

[maddog]

Chuck! you going to show us how thin your g-string is?

 

[Psycho Ward]

Chuck! you going to show us how thin your g-string is?

Well my EBMM basses don't have one so I assume we're talking garments. The answer is YES I CAN!

 

[drTStingray]

Well my EBMM basses don't have one so I assume we're talking garments. The answer is YES I CAN!

no pics no g string?!!!

 

[bovinehost]

no pics no g string?!!!

You may not want to go there.

 

[LawDaddy]

You may not want to go there.

Every time I see this thread title I hear Beavis & Butthead giggling...

 

[drTStingray]

You may not want to go there.

youre quite right. On 2nd thoughts im still traumatised by the christmas 2009 thread!!

 

[syciprider]

i think the people having this problem are probably eqing themselves with the onboard EQ down low, then wondering where their G string went. its silly to me. I've never had this problem. its the nature of the EQ i think.

try this at home with a 3 band.

play E flat - good. drop mids to 0. bad. boost bass. good!
play A flat - good. drop mids to 0. bad. boost bass. good!
play D flat - good. drop mids to 0. bad. boost bass. good!
play G flat - good. drop mids to 0. bad. boost bass. OMG WHERE"S MY G!!

turn the treble all the way up. play g. OH THERE IT IS!

sorry for billy mays mode, but I've been playing music man basses for 20 years, and I get this at least once a month. some jerk at a gig comes up and says "hey how's your G string." hmm. maybe it's the clubs I play....

That's all there is to it. Boost the treb maybe 1/4 past detent and there's your G. Sure it sounds overly bright solo and goes against all convention of what many of us were conditioned to think of what a bass sounds like but it really stands out once you are in a mix. It will not sound like "old school Motown" no matter what you do so you will have to open your perceptions a little bit.

 

[five7]

My sterling and bongo have a great sounding G.

 

[Northray]

I've never had a problem with my StingRay G... and I play country rock and reggae, both of which require a thick, warm sounding G string.

I wish my F**der P had such a strong sounding G (especially in the C-D area.... )