Tight G string on my bass

[Thomas Erickson]

Originally Posted by Strahinja Petrovic

That would be hard. Luthiers are not friendly with slap players.
Playing rockabilly here and complaining about difference in string tension that is only obvious with slap is very hard I consulted a lot of bassists and my luthier and they all think that I'm a little crazy!

It is no different here; I don't know a single luthier who knows about slap bass. Not that I do either!

[Strahinja Petrovic]

Originally Posted by Thomas Erickson

It is no different here; I don't know a single luthier who knows about slap bass. Not that I do either!

I don't ask you to know about slap bass, I just want to think that I'm not crazy! That's enough!
I know basics of bass setup and everything on my bass looks fine. Maybe the soundpost is too tight! Or something like that I don't know almost nothing about soundpost and how it affects string tension.
I have to go to see the luthier to sand my fingerboard (steels did some damage) and we'll try to do something, but I don't know what!
But it's not easy when my bass is not comfortable to my, I have gigs all the time and I can't enjoy 100%.

[Eric Hochberg]

Looks like you have a solid tailpiece wire. Change to a braided cable. That might loosen up the feel of the bass a bit. You also might play around with raising the tailpiece towards the bridge and see if that affects the feel.

[Mike Mandelas]

You can also try a Marvin wire tailpiece. In many basses it dininishes tension considerably and improves sustain and volume.
Mike

[Thomas Erickson]

Originally Posted by Mike Mandelas

You can also try a Marvin wire tailpiece. In many basses it dininishes tension considerably and improves sustain and volume.
Mike

Will you please explain how exactly a wire tailpiece can, on many instruments, reduce string tension?

[Strahinja Petrovic]

It's a little better now.
I moved bridge down. I have notches on F holes (right being hole where E string is and left being hole where is G string) but they are not in the same line. Bridge was in line with notch on the F hole on the G string side. Now I moved bridge a little down (toward tailpiece) and everything works better now. It's not perfect, but it's ok. Now my E and A string sound better and have more punch.