[Europa]

Hey all.

I've recently been trying some blues playing on my Strat copy. I encountered a bit of a problem.

Whenever I'm playing the all the bass notes are very loud and the other notes ( 1st 2nd 3rd string) are quite a bit harder to hear.

I've got a roland micro cube amp, which I bought when I was starting out. Is it maybe the amp? I've tried everything to solve it and don't know if and how I can fix it.

Hope you can help.

[Dewy]

Single coil pickups? Be sure they are adjusted for hight properly.

I play a note while running them up and down with the adjustment screw, and leave them set where they are strongest. The field of magnetism varies from magnet to magnet... so there is no set distance from string to pickup.

Also you might cut the bass frequencies a little on your amp to reduce the strength of the bottom strings.

[allthumbs]

That can happen with a tube amp when the tubes start to burn out. Your amp is a solid state though. Take a look at the speaker cone and see if it has a rip in it. Check the settings on your amp too. Cubes are pretty sturdy. I have never heard of one breaking down like that.

[knight46]

Europa,
I have had the same problem with a Fender Frontman. At times the treble seems muted and the bass and midrange is strong. By cranking up the treble and turning midrange and bass down and by adjusting the tone, I can get a lot better response.
Hope this helps, also I am open to any suggestions as to how to better fix this problem.

[Europa]

Sorry for the unbelievably late reaction, I completely forgot about this thread I started.

I've been able to fix it in the mean time, but I still have some probs with the heavy bass while recording.

Thanks for the advice all.

[juslikeplayin]

Originally Posted by Dewy

Single coil pickups? Be sure they are adjusted for hight properly.

I play a note while running them up and down with the adjustment screw, and leave them set where they are strongest. The field of magnetism varies from magnet to magnet... so there is no set distance from string to pickup.

Also you might cut the bass frequencies a little on your amp to reduce the strength of the bottom strings.

I would check your pick up heights,like Dewy suggested.One of my guitars did the same thing once except it was the treble strings that were considerably louder.After a few turns of the screws,it was fixed.
There's a few sites out there on how to,but here's one to start with:
Project Guitar :: Adjusting Pickup Height
Good luck.

[Stratrat]

I'd also start with the simplest possible solution - make sure you're not hitting your bass strings harder than the treble strings with your pick. When down-strumming, it's easy to really dig into those lower strings.