Eliminating mid-neck boom

[Tee]

Hello,

I was in a practice today and i noticed when i went from the 2nd and 3rd fret on the A string up to the ninth, it was considerably boomier up there. Volume was the same, there was just more boom, if you know what i mean. I'm guessing it's because it's roughly half way up the neck and more susceptible to those frequencies.

Do you think i need a set up to alleviate this or is there anything i can tweak myself in the meantime? It hasn't had one in a long time.

Or perhaps i'm barking up the wrong tree altogether.

Btw it's a US Fender Precision. Grateful for any advice. Ta.

Tee

Edited December 13, 2008 by Tee

[escholl]

tbh, it's just physics. it's got to do with the location of the harmonics in the vibrating length of the string, and the position of your fingers and the pickups in relation to the string length.


probably not doing a very good job of explaining it though haha.

[Tee]

Yeah, i understand the science. The room too comes into it. I was just wondering if a new set up might help. I suppose it wouldn't hurt (if done properly), lol

[ezbass]

[quote name='Tee' post='353705' date='Dec 13 2008, 04:36 PM']Yeah, i understand the science. The room too comes into it. I was just wondering if a new set up might help. I suppose it wouldn't hurt (if done properly), lol[/quote]


This happens with a lot of basses in the same way as dead spots. You might try a [url="http://www.groovetubes.com/FF-GB_P1200C154.cfm"]Fat Finger [/url]or similar to even it out a bit.

Edited December 14, 2008 by ezbass