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Originally Posted by Tim Bishop
My as-brief-as-possible response:
If by "more bow" you mean more relief in the neck to correct your issue, I would disagree that this be an option to correct focus on any string at any time on any bass.
I would suggest:
First: Make sure you have a professional set-up done on your bass for your playing style. I agree with Ken that there are allot of folks out there that call themselves "qualified professionals" and will gladly take your money and may leave you no better off than before. So, if you can't do this yourself, find someone qualified who is. Ask around for recommendations from reliable sources, otherwise, send it back to Ken.
Second: Maybe you have a bad B-string. Yes, this is a possibility.
Third: On most of Ken's P/U's you have the ability to adjust each strings' individual pole pieces. This can help you dial-in focus for each individual string, up and down the neck. More times than not, provided I'm set-up with a fresh quality set of strings, this corrects any focus issue I've ever encountered.
Merry Christmas!
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Well my Smith doesnt have this problem, as I had the opportunity to select that one out of a range of Smith basses, it was my other 5 string bass that I bought new, and strangly enough now that B is at the same volume as the other strings, first this was not the case... The softer less present B ive encountered on many other new beautique basses... including new Smith basses I tried sorry to say, its not lacking definition, like you would have with a bad string, just its softer in volume.
But then again maybe it has more to do with playing on an instrument a sertain time and everything smoothes out a bit, one thing is for sertain that 5 string bass of mine thats now half a year old does sound better and better as time goes by the B now is really good and fat too, also it looked like the setup helped a bit, but just wanted to know if anyone else had encountered the same thats all.
Thanks for your reply Tim,