Volume loss on note bend on Mosrite bass.

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Volume loss on note bend on Mosrite bass.

Postby Picure » Tue Nov 15, 2016 5:20 am

I was practicing the song Bulldog from the Ventures Live in Japan 1965 and I found that when I bend the G string, there is a very obvious loss of volume. Is this a characteristic of Mosrite basses or is there something wrong with my pickup? I am playing a Fillmore Mosrite Bass.

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Re: Volume loss on note bend on Mosrite bass.

Postby Dennisthe Menace » Tue Nov 15, 2016 11:20 am

Question #1 - How old are the strings on the Bass??

Question #2 - Read Question #1...... :mrgreen: ..... ;)
make the Mos' of it, choose the 'rite stuff.
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Re: Volume loss on note bend on Mosrite bass.

Postby Greg_L » Tue Nov 15, 2016 4:10 pm

Question #2 isn't really a question.
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Re: Volume loss on note bend on Mosrite bass.

Postby Picure » Tue Nov 15, 2016 5:01 pm

Dennisthe Menace wrote:Question #1 - How old are the strings on the Bass??

Question #2 - Read Question #1...... :mrgreen: ..... ;)


My strings are brand new Rotosoumds.

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Re: Volume loss on note bend on Mosrite bass.

Postby Dennisthe Menace » Tue Nov 15, 2016 5:50 pm

Picure,
Brand new Rotos pretty much eliminates my silly answer....sorry... :oops:
make the Mos' of it, choose the 'rite stuff.
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Re: Volume loss on note bend on Mosrite bass.

Postby Picure » Tue Nov 15, 2016 6:38 pm

Thats ok man! Im just contemplating should I switch out the pickups for a Hallmark or original.
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Re: Volume loss on note bend on Mosrite bass.

Postby Greg_L » Tue Nov 15, 2016 9:22 pm

Picure wrote:Thats ok man! Im just contemplating should I switch out the pickups for a Hallmark or original.


Has the bass had a set up? Maybe that note is choking out or something?
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Re: Volume loss on note bend on Mosrite bass.

Postby Picure » Tue Nov 15, 2016 10:15 pm

Greg_L wrote:
Picure wrote:Thats ok man! Im just contemplating should I switch out the pickups for a Hallmark or original.


Has the bass had a set up? Maybe that note is choking out or something?


I set it up myself, the notes sustains well after the bend. I managed to remedy the problem after raising the bass end of the pickup. There is still a bit of volume loss but not as much. Maybe Im too used to modern basses. hahah

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Re: Volume loss on note bend on Mosrite bass.

Postby dmeros » Sun Nov 27, 2016 12:16 pm

I actually think your pickup is probably OK, it's the pickup design itself. I've had similar issues with my Eastwood, swapped the pickup with a custom handmade pickup made to exact Mosrite specs that sounds absolutely perfect, and it does it too. Just one of those things that you have to work around.

The magnetic field must be pretty narrow so when you bend the string it travels out of that field and the volume drops off dramatically.
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Re: Volume loss on note bend on Mosrite bass.

Postby Picure » Mon Nov 28, 2016 3:39 am

dmeros wrote:I actually think your pickup is probably OK, it's the pickup design itself. I've had similar issues with my Eastwood, swapped the pickup with a custom handmade pickup made to exact Mosrite specs that sounds absolutely perfect, and it does it too. Just one of those things that you have to work around.

The magnetic field must be pretty narrow so when you bend the string it travels out of that field and the volume drops off dramatically.


Good to know! What company did ur custom pickup?
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