Open E String not sustaining? | Forums

[Ryder35]

My passive fender p-bass does it so not just active pups

[ravenreaver]

Now that I do see, but it happens with my tuner out of the game too. I assume that is the slight change in string pressure and position (on the nut), causing it to stop vibrating. It seems to happen on all of my bass strings.

I mean the note sustains fine, until I start adjusting tuning, so the string is "moving", when the sustain is cut short.

Albeit, less so, with the new Tusq nut. I bet a GraphTec would almost eliminate it.

I just wanted to say that I have the same issue in game, but with my out of game tuner my low E sustain is nearly perfect for the entire duration of the sustain, with only a minor fluctuation just before it runs out of energy, when tuned properly.

I believe it is an active vs passive pickup issue.
My mid 90s peavey fury IV has active pickups and has issues
With the tuner and sustains. I can hear it ring but game
Drops out the sustain.
My son has a ibanez mikro with passive pickups
And has no issues at all.
Let's test this out.
If you are not sure what your bass is.
If it had a 9 volt it is active.

I would also like to note that I use Passive pick ups. I dislike the sound of active ones.

[Brick235]

I don't think it's an active vs passive issue. Both my guitar and bass have active pups and I have no problems with the guitar, just the bass. It is also only the E string open sustain. I've tried picking soft vs hard, plucking, switching pups, treble, etc. It just drops out in the game.

[MaxKeeping]

I've tried turning down each of my passive pickups, based on the advice in this thread, and it still doesn't sustain. It's too bad since there are quite a few open E string sustains in the game and I feel that I'm leaving quite a few point on the table.

[Blind662]

I'm having the same problem here with my Ibanez SR500

[Yrd]

New pickups are in, and open E still does not sustain.

[mistafist]

Having this same issue with my girlfriend's Peavey Milestone BXP on PC version. Only on the low E sustain. Quite annoying.

[syvyorig]

i have the problem with my ibanez gsr200 and fender p-bass. ps3 and more noticable on pc version.

[Godniar]

Same problem with Fender American Standard Jazz Bass on PS3 version.

[JTCoop]

I just wanted to say that I have the same issue in game, but with my out of game tuner my low E sustain is nearly perfect for the entire duration of the sustain, with only a minor fluctuation just before it runs out of energy, when tuned properly.

This seems like a reasonable solution. Use a different (i.e. actual) tuner instead of the in-game tuner and see if that helps.

The tuner issue was discussed early in the history of this forum. I'm not sure there was ever a conclusive statement on the subject, but the impression I got was that the in-game tuning check isn't so much a tuner as a calibration tool. You can be quite out of tune and still be considered "in tune" by the in-game tuning check. The game doesn't really care as long as you are within a range of frequencies near the actual note. The basic tuning check brings you within a range of the actual note and mainly tells the game what frequency to expect when you play each string.

(I've noticed in the past that I can be "in tune" according to the tuning check and not even be in tune from string to string. I still get points because the game interprets my notes correctly based on the in-game tuning check, but if you listen to the actual guitar it sounds awful.)

The Precision Tuner seems to be a little better. You could try that if you don't own a real tuner (just press the A button when tuning - if you use XBox, not sure what the control is for PS3/PC).