I've got a DeArmond Pilot 5 string which I bought off ebay a few years ago. I pretty much stick with 4 strings now but pick it up now and then. Pretty nice instrument, but it's always had a weak B string response, have to hit it a lot harder to get the same volume as the E string regardless of the fret. I've never been able to figure out if it's just the pickups don't have the response, or some inappropriate cap value somewhere in the active electronics, or what. Anybody else have any thoughts? IIRC, it's a 35" scale so should have adequate string tension to get a little more bite out of it - I also have a Yamaha RBX765 which is "only" 34" but still has much more uniform response across the strings.
Thanks for any wisdom...
Thanks for any wisdom...