Step 1. Neck, body and pickups check<\/h3>\n
The neck was inspected to make sure it was mounted properly and had the correct bow, which it did. The body was also checked to see if there was any damage not immediately visible that would otherwise cause problems. None were found.<\/p>\n
The pickups were then lowered away from the strings to see if that would resolve the issue (a “chorusing” effect typically happens when the strings are too close). Unfortunately, it didn’t.<\/p>\n
Step 2. Electronics check<\/h3>\n
It’s a known fact that where Squier cuts cost more than any place else is with the electronics. <\/p>\n
All electronics were tested and checked out, however the potentiometers were replaced with better ones, and the guitar had a wiring modification done where the volume\/volume\/tone (the bass is a P\/J pickup layout) was changed to a volume\/blend\/tone.<\/p>\n
However, this did not solve the overtone problem.<\/p>\n
Step 3. Bridge check<\/h3>\n
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The stock bridge, which was rather on the chintzy side, was replaced with something with a lot more metal to it, pictured above.<\/p>\n
(Note: Yes, this bass is a top-loader and not string-thru.)<\/p>\n
While the guitar was able to intonate better with this bridge, it did not cure the overtone problem.<\/p>\n
Step 4. Switchover to a balanced string set<\/h3>\n
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We tried a La Bella 760FS-S string set<\/a> to see if it would cure the overtone problem.<\/p>\n Given the Jag short scale bass is a top-loader, it could have flats installed on it without a problem.<\/p>\n On test of the instrument, the overtone problem was cured and was not present now that it had a proper balanced flatwound string set on it.<\/p>\n There are times when “weird tone problems” on an electric bass can be cured just by using strings that are engineered to be balanced properly.<\/p>\n We are not saying that balanced strings cure oddball tone issues 100% of the time. But if you have a bass, be it standard scale, long scale or short scale, have one of those weird tone problems and have tried everything else without success, give a balanced string set a try.<\/p>\n For flatwound, La Bella<\/a>‘s Deep Talkin’ Bass sets are great, and we also carry the recently introduced Low Tension for those that like a flatwound that has the same sound but with less tension on the string for more comfort when playing.<\/p>\n For those of you that prefer roundwound, D’Addario’s Balanced Tension sets<\/a> are a great choice.<\/p>\n “What if I don’t like those brands, but still want a proper balanced string set?”<\/strong><\/p>\n On our home page<\/a>, you’ll see we carry several brands of string. However, if you have questions about which brand would have a balanced set that works right for you, contact us and ask<\/a>. We’ll be happy to help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The short scale bass is an interesting animal because there are times you have to take certain things into consideration to solve issues with them. On a bass BBG worked on recently, an inexpensive Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Special SS (the SS meaning short scale), there was a peculiar issue where fretted notes played on … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Does a balanced string set really make that much of a difference?<\/h3>\n