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Post subject: questions about set ups again
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:15 pm
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Hi all,
I checked out Brother Daves page. VERY impressive by the way.... I looked up the do it your self maintance part, knowing that the action on the '97 mim j-bass was to high after I switched to flatwounds, they seem to be alot more tension. I tightened the neck ONLY about a quarter turn, looked ok... but after adjusting the hight the E & A strings I found I couldn't lower them down far enough because of some buzz noise in the upper registers..ok so.. I did the intonation, worked out pretty well. I adjusted it to be in tune, but the saddles are very faar away from the neck. Like they won't go back much further. Is this normal? It's just that i've never seen they back so far. AND the strings are still to high for me. I appreciate any comments. Thanks all


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Post subject: Re: questions about set ups again
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:44 pm
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fender jazz wrote:
Hi all,
I checked out Brother Daves page. VERY impressive by the way.... I looked up the do it your self maintance part, knowing that the action on the '97 mim j-bass was to high after I switched to flatwounds, they seem to be alot more tension. I tightened the neck ONLY about a quarter turn, looked ok... but after adjusting the hight the E & A strings I found I couldn't lower them down far enough because of some buzz noise in the upper registers..ok so.. I did the intonation, worked out pretty well. I adjusted it to be in tune, but the saddles are very faar away from the neck. Like they won't go back much further. Is this normal? It's just that i've never seen they back so far. AND the strings are still to high for me. I appreciate any comments. Thanks all


I say this objectively so PLEASE don't take offense to it: Not everyone by merely reading even the absolute best of material on the subject, can set up a bass; NOR is their any shame in not being able to do so. Just like playing the bass, some people are born to it whereas others have to work at it a bit. The same holds true for servicing a bass.

By your posting, it seems that your bass was really out of whack once those flatwounds were installed and it appears to still be even after your efforts. Sight unseen, I perceive that there may be other factors above and beyond the requirements of a basic setup; a fret dressing, a neck shim, maybe more, maybe less. Maybe even nothing but a thorough, professional setup is required.

If I were you, I'd get it to a COMPETENT tech and once all is well with it again, make mental notes and even handwritten ones if necessary of how it looks, feels, etc. Then quarterly, AS and IF necessary, refer to Brother Dave's superlative tutorial and try your hand at it again.

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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:28 pm
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Sounds to me like the neck relief is still not quit right. Sometimes it takes several adjustments over several days to a week to get it right.
With the Bass tuned to pitch sight up the neck from the bridge end of the bass. How much bow is in the neck?

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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:07 am
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Just by eye it doesn't look all that bad. You guys were correct about letting the neck needed time to settle because as of now it is flat. Perhaps it's time to bring it to the shop. I feel a little nervous about turning the truss rod again, it took a lot for me to turn it the first time. :oops:


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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:32 am
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...Perhaps it's time to bring it to the shop. I feel a little nervous about turning the truss rod again, it took a lot for me to turn it the first time. :oops:


Agreed.

You are definitely doing the right thing. Like I said, there is no shame in it either as just because one can play bass, it doesn't automatically follow that it makes one a tech by some sort of osmosis too.

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i did that on my first time too.. i had a phobia about the truss rod thing.. and i think its best to take it to someone who knows and learn what he's doing... and have some measuring stuff in handy at home so you can monitor the neck relief ... etc

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