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Also it will make a great heatsink so you can crank up the amp and it won't overheat.

Dead spots on bass necks seems to be worse on bass with high action ... and less of a problem with basses with low action ...

Cool, Peter, really cool!

In my experience, all basses have a dead spot somewhere on the G string. Not only does the note die quickly but you can feel the bass resonate as the body absorbs the energy of the string. My Ricks seem to have it between the 3rd to 5th fret, whereas my Laklands (with graphite-reinforced necks) have it between the 5th and 7th fret. At one time I had a Modulus with an all graphite neck, but there was still a slight dead spot at the 9th fret. String selection and setup may lessen the problem, but it seems to be an inherent issue in electric bass construction.

Interestingly enough, my headless Yamaha BX-1 has no dead spots, amazing for a wood neck instrument. It is a five piece, maple and mahogany neck through with mahogany body wings.

My Zon has no dead spots that I can find either.

5 string basses quite often are a little dead on the b string at the 5th fret ...

I have an ibanez 5 string that seems to be very lively on all 5 strings at all positions ... but the character of the tone is not rich and complex ... something is missing ...

Hi everybody.

It took me a while to find a nut driver to make the truss rod adjustment. The adjustments took care of the dead spots. At least they are much less noticeable.

Originally, I had also thought of potential acoustic problems due to the size and shape of the room, but as soon as I played unplugged I noticed the dead spots were still there. I could just feel the wood resonate a lot less in those spots.

Thanks to all for your great recommendations.

Alex.

My dead tones actually comes from the nut that holds the neck and strums the strings

Oh yeah finding just right nutdriver...