Looking for a little help…
I have a JMJ Mustang and bought a set of La Bella 760F-MUS Deep Talkin Bass.
these seem like the correct La Bella for a through body short scale mustang…
the E string is dead as dead thing. Sound like there’s a mute on the E, but not the others. Lots of reading on line and it seems either -
A. That’s what they’re all like, the A, D and G string mellow and the E brightens up and after a break in period they all sort of catch up and get to a uniform sound.
B. I’ve somehow twisted the E string.
I’ve tried all I can to make sure the E isn’t twisted. Taken it off and re strung it. Loosened the string, popped the ball end back out of the body and then tightened the string. (I didn’t wrap the string round the post by hand, I tightened the tuning peg).
the E string is pretty tight in the body/bridge. The silk wrap is partly to blame I think.
anything else I can try? Lube the string at the bridge end maybe? Or is it just a dead string?
audio here
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qa1qeh1cua1is4s/labelladeadE.mp3?dl=0
many thanks!