I am getting a nice bassry sound from the D& G strings. The E and A strings not so good. I’ve had a setup done and put on new strings, I have a Rumble 100 for an amp. It is a cheap guitar from Wal Mart. I was thinking of replacing the pickups. Has anyone had any experience with this or any suggestions?
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Hows the rest of the guitar? Frets, action, neck fatness?
Btw maybe you just need to raise one side of the pick up to fix your issue.
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What do you mean by ‘not so good’? What’s missing, what’s there?
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Hi John:
To me it sounds flat, I worked with the knobs and got it sounding better but it doesn’tt have a deep bass sound. I thought perhaps I wasn’t plucking the string correctly, I’ve worked on that but to no avail
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The guitar itself is fine, I like the fret action, have no problem playing it, the sound just doesn’t seem right to my tone deaf ear.
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Then before any drastic actions maybe try raising the pickup higher. Thats the first thing that comes across my mind.
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Could be pickup height. Might need to raise it on the low side (or lower it on the high side).
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Agree pickup height is probably hte first place to look. You can look up what a good starting measurement is depending on P/J or humbucker pickups on your bass.
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Or you can just raise it a little and see if it sounds better 
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Thanks John and Howard. I will try that.
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Can you post a picture of the bass, so we know what you are working with.
This would help us to recommend pick ups, if an upgrade is in order.
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Thanks for writing. I raised the pickup and also found that I have a tendency to pluck the E string with an upward motion rather than across. It seems my hand gets lazy, I have to make a conscious effort to correct that. Those 2 things make a big difference. i believe I am okay now.
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