Stingraychris Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Any ideas how to solve this? I had my fender jazz setup including action, truss rod, fret dress, however the problem is still there bending the string around 14th and the 15th fret before the note cuts out. Is this about lowering the frets a bit more or is there something else I’m missing? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mybass Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Possibly a lone fret slightly high, possibly a shim under/ in the neck slot has raised the neck height, possibly the strings are set really low and play fine in lower positions……difficult to tell without handling the bass myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingraychris Posted November 6, 2021 Author Share Posted November 6, 2021 45 minutes ago, mybass said: Possibly a lone fret slightly high, possibly a shim under/ in the neck slot has raised the neck height, possibly the strings are set really low and play fine in lower positions……difficult to tell without handling the bass myself. thanks for the reply! There’s no shim in the neck slot, it’s a standard action level that I raised a bit today without making a difference. The frets I looked at today and took a few ink layers off with a luthier 12th fret and above. They are balanced with each other but I’m thinking maybe a few more layers might make a difference, but there might be something we haven’t thought of. It plays fine everywhere else as long as I’m not bending up to whole tones above the 14th fret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mybass Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 4 hours ago, Stingraychris said: thanks for the reply! There’s no shim in the neck slot, it’s a standard action level that I raised a bit today without making a difference. The frets I looked at today and took a few ink layers off with a luthier 12th fret and above. They are balanced with each other but I’m thinking maybe a few more layers might make a difference, but there might be something we haven’t thought of. It plays fine everywhere else as long as I’m not bending up to whole tones above the 14th fret Well, could be a string that wasn't quite ground to normal diameter or has a miniscule kink right 'there'..... could be if the pickups are... a) too close to the string when you depress at 14th fret or above... b) very strong magnets pulling the string/dampening it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matte_black Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 If the fingerboard has a steep radius (like 12") it can happen more easily if you bend the G toward the D, for example. To see if you have a high fret you might try to set the neck straight and use the blade of a cutter (must be brand new). They're usually pretty straight. Put it on 3 frets at a time and move it around in the spots where the strings usually sit and you'll eventually find a few high spots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorris Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Following on from Matte_black comment - what is the radius of the neck and is it a compound radius ? Although I thought 12" was quite a flat radius cf a 'vintage' radius. Happy to be corrected as I'm too tired to look it up myself atm ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Or a ski jump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingraychris Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 It’s a CIJ 60s reissue jazz bass from around 2000-2002 I googled the spec with no luck. Any idea how I can find out the radius? this was mentioned last time I had the bass setup. We filed down the frets at the weekend which helped slightly and made sure they are even. Thanks for the comments ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorris Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Stingraychris said: It’s a CIJ 60s reissue jazz bass from around 2000-2002 I googled the spec with no luck. Any idea how I can find out the radius? this was mentioned last time I had the bass setup. We filed down the frets at the weekend which helped slightly and made sure they are even. Thanks for the comments ! Your luthier should be able to tell you ? Edited November 9, 2021 by rmorris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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