Seventh string cancelled.

bat69420 · 03-04-2006, 08:07 PM

The most important string on my Ibanez sounds dead, there's a complete lack of tone in it. Its a 54 gauge string (1.37 mm) and it came in a light gauge pack of Dean Markley's. The string sustains alright, and its not my pickups, it does it unamped.

Leon · 03-04-2006, 08:12 PM

could you be more descriptive? is there any damage to the guitar or anything?

bostjan · 03-04-2006, 08:20 PM

Maybe it's a bad string. Lack of tone as in lack of brilliance (upper partials)? I've had bad strings before, right out of the package.

Metal Ken · 03-04-2006, 08:21 PM

dude, i'd say cause its a 54. 54 makes a great E string, but not so much a b string. try getting a 60 on there, at least.

evil · 03-04-2006, 09:27 PM

I agree with Metal Ken. Your strings are probably too light. Beefier strings - beefier tone.

Leon · 03-04-2006, 10:05 PM

i have a 54 for a B as well, and it sounds great. it might just be a bad string.

Shawn · 03-04-2006, 10:22 PM

I use 54 too, and to me, it sounds great and I never have problems with it.

guitarjitsumaster · 03-04-2006, 11:02 PM

How close are your pickups to the strings? Some passive Pu's pull pretty hard especially on the larger strings. A 54 low B has low tension for that note. Some people overcome this with larger gauges that are so tight the magnetism doesnt impede their vibrating and effect their tone. Personally I use EMG's that dont have as much magnetic pull and let the lighter gauge strings resonate more freely without being deadened by strong magnetic field, or you could just have a dead string.

Drew · 03-05-2006, 12:37 AM

Howold's the string? The heavier strings are always the first to sound dead, in my experience.

That said, a .56 is the lightest I'll use for a B, and I think .58's about ideal. Go heavier, young man.

Mastodon · 03-05-2006, 12:18 PM

Lol you guys bombarded him with so many replies.

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03-04-2006, 08:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
bat69420 ss.org Irregular Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 9 Main Seven: Ibanez rg-something-or-other Rig: Marshal G215R CD Thanked: 0	Seventh string cancelled. The most important string on my Ibanez sounds dead, there's a complete lack of tone in it. Its a 54 gauge string (1.37 mm) and it came in a light gauge pack of Dean Markley's. The string sustains alright, and its not my pickups, it does it unamped. Metallica.

03-04-2006, 08:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
Leon {##[====:::. • Super Moderator • Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Ohio Crew Posts: 12,369 Main Seven: RG7620 of Doom Rig: Mesa / Sovtek Thanked: 78	could you be more descriptive? is there any damage to the guitar or anything? I have a radical idea. The door swings both ways, we could reverse the particle flow through the gate. We'll cross the streams.

03-04-2006, 08:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
bostjan Spastic Kitchen! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 6,173 Main Seven: Oni Custom 7 Main ERG: Oni Custom 8 Rig: Mesa Dual Recto Thanked: 6	Maybe it's a bad string. Lack of tone as in lack of brilliance (upper partials)? I've had bad strings before, right out of the package. Khereb's myspace

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Metal Ken Sanctity In Blasphemous Ruin • Super Moderator • Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 22,358 Real Name: Legion Main Seven: Loomis, C7HR, Giannini 7 Rig: Mesa Rectoverb 50 Thanked: 83	dude, i'd say cause its a 54. 54 makes a great E string, but not so much a b string. try getting a 60 on there, at least. Glory and praise to Thee, Satan, on high, Where Thou didst reign, in Hell where Thou dost lie, Vanquished, silent, dreaming eternally. Grant that my soul some day rest close to Thee Under the Tree of Knowledge which shall spread Its branches like a Temple overhead. ~Charles Baudelaire http://www.myspace.com/impurity Brutal Skullfucking Death Metal

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03-04-2006, 09:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
evil vile Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Seventh circle of hell Posts: 116 Real Name: Eb' Zeidler Main Seven: Dean AV7 w/ EMG. Rig: Crate Thanked: 0	I agree with Metal Ken. Your strings are probably too light. Beefier strings - beefier tone.

03-04-2006, 10:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
Leon {##[====:::. • Super Moderator • Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Ohio Crew Posts: 12,369 Main Seven: RG7620 of Doom Rig: Mesa / Sovtek Thanked: 78	i have a 54 for a B as well, and it sounds great. it might just be a bad string.

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Shawn Ibanez 7s Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Southern Maine Posts: 18,462 Main Seven: '91 UV7PWH, '91 UV7BK Rig: Fender Stage Thanked: 135	I use 54 too, and to me, it sounds great and I never have problems with it. www.myspace.com/flothru www.myspace.com/shawncastonguay

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guitarjitsumaster seven times seven Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas City Texas Posts: 416 Real Name: Dave Main Seven: Schecter A-7, Ibanez 7620 Rig: Randall Warhead Thanked: 2 / 1	How close are your pickups to the strings? Some passive Pu's pull pretty hard especially on the larger strings. A 54 low B has low tension for that note. Some people overcome this with larger gauges that are so tight the magnetism doesnt impede their vibrating and effect their tone. Personally I use EMG's that dont have as much magnetic pull and let the lighter gauge strings resonate more freely without being deadened by strong magnetic field, or you could just have a dead string. Try to exclude the possibility of suffering which the order of nature and the existence of free-wills involve, and you find that you have excluded life itself.

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Drew Fear the Polo! • Super Moderator • Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Somerville, MA Posts: 29,162 Real Name: Call me Ahab... Main Seven: 1991 Ibanez UV7PWH Main ERG: Sherman 5-string bass Rig: Mesa Recto-verb 50 Thanked: 140	Howold's the string? The heavier strings are always the first to sound dead, in my experience. That said, a .56 is the lightest I'll use for a B, and I think .58's about ideal. Go heavier, young man. "...and everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the moon."

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Mastodon Songs about My Cats Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bizurke Posts: 6,649 Main Seven: 2004 Ibanez RG7321 Thanked: 42	Lol you guys bombarded him with so many replies.

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