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    GeoNjules
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    1st string (high E) on 1st fret don’t ring out anymore. 2nd fret ain’t much better. 3rd fret and up sounds good. I put new strings on and that didn’t help. The guitar is only 5 months old. Its an electric Ibanez Gio series. Thanks for any help.

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      1bassleft
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      Apols if it’s a bit too obvious, but are the replacements a very much lighter gauge? I wonder if the new E is sitting so low in the nut slot that it’s getting deadened. Probably a rubbish suggestion, but the D and G on a new bass of mine are a problem because of the nut being incorrectly slotted.

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      lee_UK
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      swap the 1st and 2nd strings over and see if the problem persists.

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