Hope someone can help with this.
Just plugged my guitar in for the first time in a while and am getting very little volume from the B and E strings. Its an Ibanez SRLV with an undersaddle transducer ,Which I believe picks up the vibrations from the bridge. Its not got the greatest pickup and preamp installed but its also done a decent job.
I have also recently started to get some fret buzz which has never happened in the last ten years. I have sorted the fret buzz by adjusting the truss rod but has had little effect on the volume. The action still seems quite low on these two strings and I would assume any minor fret buzz would reduce the vibration of the strings and therefore the volume.
Never had any issues with action ,fret buzz etc before.
Recently changed strings so could this be a bad batch of strings or possibly a slight twist/warp in the neck?
Apologies for rambling on but any advice much appreciated.
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson
Seems to be just a general lack of output.
Could this be overcome with a eq pedal or similar to boost the signal?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson
In the first case I took an acoustic guitar to a tech to have the action lowered a little. He did that by shaving the bridge and then removing some material from the base of the bone saddle. It all worked out fine and the guitar played well. However, when I plugged it into an acoustic amp there was very little volume from the high E and B strings. I took it back to him and he did a little more work on the saddle which substantially cured the problem.
The second case was quite different. I took an acoustic guitar to a guitar shop to sell for me on commission. The amplified sound was good and well balanced across the strings. The guitar didn’t sell so I collected it three months later. Then when playing it through the acoustic amp the low E and A strings were much louder than the others. I’ve no idea what happened to it during those three months but something changed the response. I then relieved the base of the bridge saddle slightly below those two strings which improved the amplified string balance.
It all seems to be a matter of saddle pressure on the under-saddle transducer being just right but, as has been said, a break in the transducer can’t be remedied. BTW when new strings were fitted were they the same type and gauge as those removed?
yes the strings were the same make,gauge etc .however I did have some fret buzz after fitting them which I’d not encountered before.Ive had the guitar for about 10 years so it did seem odd.
may be a bad batch of strings.The tension and action seemed lower some how.
ill change them and see if anything changes.