I’ll start off by saying I do not know a lot about basses. My daughter really wanted to play so I picked her up a Squier pro tone PJ locally. I bought it from the original owner with the original strings on it. I swapped the stings out since they were 25 years old and now it sounds dramatically quieter while it’s plugged into the amp. The new strings I bought are DR neon red stings in 45 65 85 105 if that helps.
String question
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FrieAsABird
Squier-Meister
Welcome to the forum! Maybe the red coating makes the strings quieter? I don’t know, never played anything but normal strings. These neon ones are roundwounds so I think they should work, maybe you can adjust the pickup height too?
Ok thanks, I have no idea what the originals are and no idea how many different types of bass strings are made.
M T Poteet
Squier-Meister
That seems odd, I would think new strings would make it "seem" louder. But what do I know?
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TimTheViking
Squier-holic
Welcome to the forum!
What do you mean by "quieter"? Less output from the new strings so you have to turn the volume up? Less noise like static or hum? Less noise from your fingers sliding up and down the strings?
What do you mean by "quieter"? Less output from the new strings so you have to turn the volume up? Less noise like static or hum? Less noise from your fingers sliding up and down the strings?
The out put from the amp is quieter. The amp was much louder with the old strings.
Some Google searching turns up comments like these in reviews:
TimTheViking
Squier-holic
I doubt it's coating. It's electric not acoustic. The only reason the sound is quieter is if the output from the guitar is less. That means it's electronic. So the reasons would be:
1. Different metallic composition of the string resulting in a weaker signal
2. Different gauge string
3. Pickup height lower
4. Did you possibly change something you have overlooked?
I wiped down the bass when I took the strings out. I’ll look at it more and see if something changed
Bubbalou
Squier Talker
That is good news. Glad you found the culprit
