I usually had DR Nickel Lo Riders (45-105) on my Music Man S.U.B. and they worked just fine, my setup was not too high and not too low, I liked it. There was just a bit of buzz towards the end of the neck (after like 15th fret) but nothing serious, and nothing that would come out of the amp.
I tried a set of Dunlop Super Bright Nickels (45-105) and loved the tone and the feel, but I got some serious fret buzz coming from the A and D strings (G sting no buzz at all, even though it's the lowest height from all the strings, and E string a bit of buzz towards the end of the neck, higher frets, but a lot less than A and D). A and D started to buzz horribly at like 7th frets, and this time the buzz would go through the amp too. Loud live rock music would pretty much cover it all, but certain "quieter passages" would not go completely buzz free. I tried to raise saddles, and only the ungodly amount of height would fix it somewhat. I tried adding relief, and I tried adding some tension (admittedly, I didn't have the guts to really tighten it up). More relief didn't help, it would raise the action, add the bow, but it would still buzz. Again, as for tightening it, I didn't have the courage to tighten it more than half a turn maybe.
I think I have more than enough relief because my G saddle is very very low and I think no matter how low I set my saddles, I could never have any string rest on the fretboard without some room between the board and the string.
What kind of problem does this seem to be? Perhaps a fret job is necessary? The frets look fine to me, but you never know. Should I add more tension to the neck, little by little daily, and then start raising my saddles?
I just put back the DR strings on the bass, and they work fine. I even added a quarter turn of tension to the neck, still works fine, and it worked fine before I added some tension.
I tried a set of Dunlop Super Bright Nickels (45-105) and loved the tone and the feel, but I got some serious fret buzz coming from the A and D strings (G sting no buzz at all, even though it's the lowest height from all the strings, and E string a bit of buzz towards the end of the neck, higher frets, but a lot less than A and D). A and D started to buzz horribly at like 7th frets, and this time the buzz would go through the amp too. Loud live rock music would pretty much cover it all, but certain "quieter passages" would not go completely buzz free. I tried to raise saddles, and only the ungodly amount of height would fix it somewhat. I tried adding relief, and I tried adding some tension (admittedly, I didn't have the guts to really tighten it up). More relief didn't help, it would raise the action, add the bow, but it would still buzz. Again, as for tightening it, I didn't have the courage to tighten it more than half a turn maybe.
I think I have more than enough relief because my G saddle is very very low and I think no matter how low I set my saddles, I could never have any string rest on the fretboard without some room between the board and the string.
What kind of problem does this seem to be? Perhaps a fret job is necessary? The frets look fine to me, but you never know. Should I add more tension to the neck, little by little daily, and then start raising my saddles?
I just put back the DR strings on the bass, and they work fine. I even added a quarter turn of tension to the neck, still works fine, and it worked fine before I added some tension.
