Hello all,
I don't post very much on here. I was hoping someone could perhaps shed some insight into why I'm having to post this... but.... I have a 5-string (warmoth gecko fwiw) that has the most incredibly dead sounding B string; the E is better but still a little dull. A through G are fine (to my ear). But the B is so so incredibly bad, I have a 5-string squier jazz whose B is not only 30x brighter but also nickel, whereas gecko is strung stainless. Anyway, it is a 35" scale, and I know it's a shot in the dark but if anyone knows if the longer scale guitars could possibly have this adverse affect...? But there is another issue, the graphtec nut. First of all, it has come detached and is only being held in place by the tension of the strings. Secondly, the bass has a tiltback headstock, and instead of the nut being flush and tight against the fretboard, it is actually normal (perpendicular) to the headstock tiltback angle, and there is a small triangular wedge gap between the nut and fretboard. I would upload a photo but my camera doesn't macro that well and it wouldn't look like anything. Hopefully the description was adequate. It is a custom spec'd build and I absolutely love the bass, but the B is so bad that I hate to even play it. I was thinking of taking to a luthier to have the nut installed properly, perhaps change the nut all together, but does anyone who REALLY knows what's up think that a nut, compromised as described, could have such a negative impact on the brightness of the lower strings?
I don't post very much on here. I was hoping someone could perhaps shed some insight into why I'm having to post this... but.... I have a 5-string (warmoth gecko fwiw) that has the most incredibly dead sounding B string; the E is better but still a little dull. A through G are fine (to my ear). But the B is so so incredibly bad, I have a 5-string squier jazz whose B is not only 30x brighter but also nickel, whereas gecko is strung stainless. Anyway, it is a 35" scale, and I know it's a shot in the dark but if anyone knows if the longer scale guitars could possibly have this adverse affect...? But there is another issue, the graphtec nut. First of all, it has come detached and is only being held in place by the tension of the strings. Secondly, the bass has a tiltback headstock, and instead of the nut being flush and tight against the fretboard, it is actually normal (perpendicular) to the headstock tiltback angle, and there is a small triangular wedge gap between the nut and fretboard. I would upload a photo but my camera doesn't macro that well and it wouldn't look like anything. Hopefully the description was adequate. It is a custom spec'd build and I absolutely love the bass, but the B is so bad that I hate to even play it. I was thinking of taking to a luthier to have the nut installed properly, perhaps change the nut all together, but does anyone who REALLY knows what's up think that a nut, compromised as described, could have such a negative impact on the brightness of the lower strings?
