Bass Strings keep dying, Help Please!!!!

[cjbassguy]

that is unplugged too

[Jase]

10 days use....practice everyday, then they start to go dead..... that's about right I'd say. How can it be your bass if they're fine for 10 days.....hmm weird. I've had dead E strings straight from the packet in the past but to go from brand new to dead Is your bass made of some super rare dense swamp ash?

[cjbassguy]

yes, im not lying at all. maybe something on the bass like the bridge or neck or something is breaking the core, this is just getting
rediculous

[Balcro]

[quote name='cjbassguy' post='369729' date='Jan 4 2009, 05:05 AM']yes, im not lying at all. maybe something on the bass like the bridge or neck or something is breaking the core, this is just getting rediculous[/quote]

This sounds odd, but I've had one or two strings go "dead" all of a sudden, but they were very old. You haven't got a hairline crack in the neck have you? I've still got mine - the crack, that is - about 4" long and I live with it. A change of strings and a re-setup seems to have masked the problem anyway.

Fingers crossed for you.

Balcro

[Musky]

[quote name='cjbassguy' post='369729' date='Jan 4 2009, 05:05 AM']yes, im not lying at all. maybe something on the bass like the bridge or neck or something is breaking the core, this is just getting
rediculous[/quote]

If the core was breaking you'd know all about it. The core holds the tension on the string - when it breaks the outer winding unravels around the break and the string goes totally loose and completely unplayable in any way whatsoever.

Or am I misunderstanding what's going on and that is the problem?

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Well, way back when I first started to find out about slapping /tapping etc. I had similar problems.

My first proper bass was my washburn status( a very bright, active bass with graphite neck).
Around the same time I used to go to various music fairs (wembley/novotel etc.)
As headless strings were more expensive back then(1989/90),I used to get a few cheap sets
of Trace Elliot strings.

Anyway, after my attempts at slapping(I was eager then-don't bother with it now),
I found that the brightness used to go after a couple of hours&I changed them too frequently really in hindsight.

I should have left them on,as in my opinion Bass is bass .
It's not really supposed to be a twangy instrument is it? (may have started something off here)

It didn't take me(too) long to adapt back to the original bass sound I prefer before I attempted all that slapping.
Nowadays ,I leave my strings on as long as I can.(If I was/will be gigging regularly I would change more frequent)

One other thing for any users of the washburn Status: the electrics in the bass packed up o ver time
and the bass is now passive &the band prefer the modification.
In a roundabout way, hope this helps

[mistahbenn]

Why dont you get a second opinion, take the bass to a guitar shop tech, have him play it, and confirm the strings are dead. A B your bass against other basses... my 2cents

[cjbassguy]

thanks for all the comments, help is very appreciated. i think when i get my BADASS II on this week ill leave it with my personal tech and
let him play it for a while. If there is no problems within a reasonable amount of time then its just me. If its him too, ill know im not crazy

[planethead]

[quote name='cjbassguy' post='370579' date='Jan 5 2009, 06:01 AM']thanks for all the comments, help is very appreciated. i think when i get my BADASS II on this week ill leave it with my personal tech and
let him play it for a while. If there is no problems within a reasonable amount of time then its just me. If its him too, ill know im not crazy [/quote]

don't laugh but a friend of mine with red hair used to have terrible problems with sweat and strings on his guitar.. not suggesting this applies to your situation just MTCW

ttfn