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Post subject: String sliding and scratching
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:19 pm
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I have the vintage modified 70s JBass and love everything about it.

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I have a problem because I have small hands for a bass player and I have to do a lot of sliding. I use Fender Super 7250ML, which sound great but for the really excessive scratching. I have two questions. As my fingers won't be growing much, is my only real option to use flatwounds (I have flats on another copycat bass) and will that just kill the sound of my Jazz so it sounds like mush?
Should I look specifically for a steel flatwound to get maximum brightness (as I can always dial it down, but ya can't always dial it up)
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Post subject: Re: String sliding and scratching
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:51 pm
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soccerman58 wrote:
I have the vintage modified 70s JBass and love everything about it.

BUT

I have a problem because I have small hands for a bass player and I have to do a lot of sliding. I use Fender Super 7250ML, which sound great but for the really excessive scratching. I have two questions. As my fingers won't be growing much, is my only real option to use flatwounds (I have flats on another copycat bass) and will that just kill the sound of my Jazz so it sounds like mush?
Should I look specifically for a steel flatwound to get maximum brightness (as I can always dial it down, but ya can't always dial it up)
Thanks


Welcome.

There's also another option called, "Ground Wound". These are round wound strings where they've ground off the peaks of the winds so it somewhat simulates the feel of flat wounds. The advantage to these is exactly what you are looking for: They retain the brightness but get rid of that, "scratching" as you call it.

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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:26 pm
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String Squeal!!!

The bass player in one of my friend's bands has small hands and he does not have an issue with string squeal.
Lots of practice and change your technique to accommodate for your lack of finger length.

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Post subject: Re: String sliding and scratching
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 12:58 am
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i am also having similar issue. may be because im a beginner

soccerman58 wrote:
I have the vintage modified 70s JBass and love everything about it.

BUT

I have a problem because I have small hands for a bass player and I have to do a lot of sliding. I use Fender Super 7250ML, which sound great but for the really excessive scratching. I have two questions. As my fingers won't be growing much, is my only real option to use flatwounds (I have flats on another copycat bass) and will that just kill the sound of my Jazz so it sounds like mush?
Should I look specifically for a steel flatwound to get maximum brightness (as I can always dial it down, but ya can't always dial it up)
Thanks


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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:26 pm
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Technique can kill that mostly, and ground rounds or flats would do the trick as well. Another option would be to try working with your amps eq. Amps that excentuate the highs more (for example a little practise amp with 8" speaker) will let more of that scratching through. Sometimes pickup height can help as well.

Your best bet is to fiddle with the eq and pickup height first before switching strings simpily because it's cheaper. It's always good to work on a technique to eliminate as much string noise as possible as well but that should come naturaly over time.


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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:38 am
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practice, practice, practice. What you perfect at a slow tempo will carry over to a faster tempo. In an attempt to play at faster tempos, we allow poor technique to become habits that are hard to undo.


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