Bestbassgear.com has just posted an article on dealing with overtone on a short scale bass.
Here is an excerpt:
"The short scale bass is an interesting animal because there are times you have to take certain things into consideration to solve issues with them.
On a bass BBG worked on recently, an inexpensive Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Special SS (the SS meaning short scale), there was a peculiar issue where fretted notes played on the 4 (E) and 3 (A) strings produced overtones, and not the desirable kind. It sounded as if two notes were being played at once, with one being slightly out-of-tune even with just single notes played."
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