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Post subject: lowering string action
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 6:58 pm
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1) go to brotherdave's site and read the guides

^ did that . . . but i couldn't find a lot of detailed info . . .

are there more specifics than this? http://www.tunemybass.com/bass_setup/ba ... eight.html

i got a really beat up fake p-bass on CL . . . someone ripped the frets out, etc. and it's really not that bad, except the action is so high that you could drive a bus under the strings.

i guess my real question is, do i ust take a screw driver and go one way or the other until they are pretty low and even across all 4 of them?


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Post subject: Re: lowering string action
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 8:16 pm
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Go for it! Since it's a beater just use it to learn from. Do sight down the neck. The ultra-high action may be due to a warped neck.

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Post subject: Re: lowering string action
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 10:00 am
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Most of the setup guides are for fretted basses. Defretting leads to the need for lower action since the frets are no longer in the way. You'll have to lower the bridge saddles substantially, straighten the neck, shim the neck or maybe file the nut slots a tad. Nut filing is best left to someone with the right tools for it, meaning a tech or luthier probably. But you can try inserting a shim yourself with no harm long term. Just take half a matchbook cover or a folded over business card and put it near the neck side of the neck pocket so that just the two superior neck bolts are impacted and retighten the neck bolts. Also a perfectly straight neck is not good on a fretted bass as you need some relief to reduce fret buzzing, since the frets are now removed you can make the neck much straighter than one with frets. Don't pay much attention to measurements at 12th fret and such as those pertain to a fretted bass, not a fretless.

Be warned that you can not UN-file a nut. Filing it yourself is NOT recommended.

Start with the bridge adjustment, lower all the saddles FLUSH to the bridge plate. If it is still too high you are going to need to try to make the neck straighter, shim the neck or file the nut.

If the truss rod is maxed out you can try some lower tension strings and that might help too.


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Post subject: Re: lowering string action
Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 6:14 am
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brotherdave wrote:
Most of the setup guides are for fretted basses. Defretting leads to the need for lower action since the frets are no longer in the way. You'll have to lower the bridge saddles substantially, straighten the neck, shim the neck or maybe file the nut slots a tad. Nut filing is best left to someone with the right tools for it, meaning a tech or luthier probably. But you can try inserting a shim yourself with no harm long term. Just take half a matchbook cover or a folded over business card and put it near the neck side of the neck pocket so that just the two superior neck bolts are impacted and retighten the neck bolts. Also a perfectly straight neck is not good on a fretted bass as you need some relief to reduce fret buzzing, since the frets are now removed you can make the neck much straighter than one with frets. Don't pay much attention to measurements at 12th fret and such as those pertain to a fretted bass, not a fretless.

Be warned that you can not UN-file a nut. Filing it yourself is NOT recommended.

Start with the bridge adjustment, lower all the saddles FLUSH to the bridge plate. If it is still too high you are going to need to try to make the neck straighter, shim the neck or file the nut.

If the truss rod is maxed out you can try some lower tension strings and that might help too.
thanks, but it is a $35 bass, i ust turned the screws and called it a day :P

if it at least had frets, i might give more of a $@!& if the neck was straight . . .


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