Ian Hinrichsen Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Hi everyone, new guy here. I've only been playing for about 6 years, and i recently discovered something interesting when it comes to doing your own set up (I've slowly eased myself into it as I didn't want to break anything) Due to lazyness, i suppose, I like to have the action as low as possible, but on a 5 string it can be really frustrating as the B in particular, clatters on the frets if you play really fast double time sort of stuff. I've discovered, however, that lowering the saddles tends to make this worse than lowering the action using the truss rod? Lowering the action via the truss rod has brought much better results, so I'm in the process of actually raising the saddles a bit (as they were very low and the B saddle was almost all the way down!) Has anybody else ever come across this? It's really been a huge learning curve for me, i suppose that it might differ from instrument to instrument, but I'm now able to get the action far lower, than by just lowering the saddles? Very happy! 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilebodgers Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 It's both truss rod and saddles done in the correct sequence - see this series of videos: 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Hinrichsen Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 Thank you! 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Hiya Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Welcome to Basschat, Ian! Yes, the low B on a normal 34 inch scale bass is the main problem if you like low action. Longer scales are less of a problem (a Dingwall low B sounds and plays wondefully, if your hands can tackle its 37 inch scale!). I use a mixture of truss rod, nut height and saddle height tweaking, and I end up with a slightly raised low B that reduces clatter and a slightly lowered G, which makes it easier to play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 4 hours ago, Teebs said: Hiya Ian Yes, welcome Ian 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Hinrichsen Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 4 hours ago, Silvia Bluejay said: Welcome to Basschat, Ian! Yes, the low B on a normal 34 inch scale bass is the main problem if you like low action. Longer scales are less of a problem (a Dingwall low B sounds and plays wondefully, if your hands can tackle its 37 inch scale!). I use a mixture of truss rod, nut height and saddle height tweaking, and I end up with a slightly raised low B that reduces clatter and a slightly lowered G, which makes it easier to play. Thanks so much! 🙂 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Hinrichsen Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 4 hours ago, Teebs said: Hiya Ian Thanks Teebs! 🙂 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Hinrichsen Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 7 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said: Yes, welcome Ian 👍 Thank you very much! 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Welcome Ian. I hope you like your SR605 as much as I like mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Hinrichsen Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 19 hours ago, SpondonBassed said: Welcome Ian. I hope you like your SR605 as much as I like mine. Thanks so much, yes, they're great basses, but the Jazz bass bug bit and i sold it - they say you always regret selling a bass sooner or later! : ( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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