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BarnsleyBoy

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  • Birthday 11/09/1966

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  1. I suppose the worst I could do is take it too low, and have to replace the fret, or even get the fret taken out and replaced with a traditional nut!
  2. I've got .75 on the E and .5 on the G, so it looks like it needs a shade off the bass side. I've given the truss rod an 1/8th of a turn which has slightly improved things, but I think that's about as much as I'll get on it.
  3. I'll give it a tweakie and see if I get an improvement. I was really suprised when I adjusted the nut on one of my guitars how much of an improvement there was to playability, which then got me thinking about the bass and how much I had fought with it over the years! The clearance at the first fret just seems to be very high. Point taken about the strings @hooky_lowdown, I've never thought about string tension. I've always felt a bit limited by the double ball end issue, so now I'm toying with buying an adapter so the instrument can take standard strings and I can do a bit more experimenting.
  4. Morning All, Joined up last night so thought I'd best jump straight in. My Hohner B2A is the only bass I have owned - just love the style! I had it set up properly for the first time in it's life last year - full fret dress etc. and I thought it would play like a dream, but it's still a bit hard going. The action just doesn't seem (to me) to be low enough. Now I'm wondering whether the zero fret is too high and needs to be lowered. If I put a capo on the first fret it plays great and is a massive improvement. I've searched all over the interweb and there doesn't seem to be very much about zero frets and the bass. Anyone out there got any advice on best way to take down the fret height and what clearance I should be looking at at the first fret. For guitar, I'd be taking the nut slots down so that I get 0.3mm clearance at the 1st fret - that makes a massive difference to the playability. Obviously bass strings are that bit heftier, so I don't know if 0.3 would be too low. I'm thinking maybe some careful sanding with 400 grit and then recrowning and a polish. I've got my feeler guages at the ready!
  5. Hi everyone - hope you are all well and staying sane. Love them or loath them, I've had my Hohner B2A Bass for a good few years. I bought it for a bit of home recording stuff love the futuristic shape but I've barely played it of late. I'm delving into Cubase at the moment and been experimenting with playing it through my Line6 Helix. Looking forward to contributing where I can.
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