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Conference napalm::guitar

Title:	GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion
Notice:	Discussion of the finer stringed instruments
Moderator:	KDX200::COOPER

Created:	Thu Aug 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3280
Total number of notes:	61432

1106.0. "Bass Neck Adjustment" by VIDEO::TASSINARI (Bob) Mon Jan 30 1989 08:21

    
      I need some pointers on bass guitar neck adjustments. I have the
    'Guitar Handbook' which relates numbers (5th fret to the bottom
    of the string) to adjusting the neck. 
    
      So, I can adjust a standard guitar no problem.
    
      Anybody know what it should be for a bass?

    
       TIA,
    
       Bob

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1106.1	EASY ACTION	OTOO01::ELLACOTT	Freddie's Revenge	`Thu Feb 16 1989 11:36`	17
	Here is my method for doing my basses. I set the saddle height so that there is no buzzing when playing notes up around the 12th fret area then adjust the truss rod tension so that there is no or little (depending upon your taste for the action) buzzing around the 5th fret. The neck should be slightly concave, this will ( and should be) noticable around the 5th to 7th frets. NOTE **** If the action is way out to begin with you may have to do this twice, the first time to get in the ball park, the second for fine tuning. Another point is that basses are much more sensitive to differrent gauges of strings and hummidity changes but on the other side the tollerances for the adjustments are much wider than for a guitar fje
1106.2	More Bass info requested	AYOU08::FULLERTON		`Wed Mar 22 1989 07:46`	9
	I've got a similar problem to the one Bob describes -- where can I get a copy of the Guitar Manual? Any advice on Fretless basses? I've had a loan of one for a few days and have become a convert. WHat are the preferred makes? Cheers, Henry Fullerton
1106.3		AQUA::ROST	DWI,favorite pastime of the average guy	`Wed Mar 22 1989 07:59`	7
	Preferred makes for fretlesses? Just about anything....Pedulla seems to be pretty popular in the US due to the epoxied fretboard (the only factory-made epoxied board, I believe) and the fret marker inlays. If you're in the UK, the answer is quite obvious...WAL !!!!!
1106.4	Guitar adjustment	AYOU08::FULLERTON		`Fri Mar 31 1989 12:27`	3
	I'm still looking for a means of geting hold of "The Guitar Manual", or similar books to help with adjustment etc. Any suggestions?
1106.5	here it is	VIDEO::TASSINARI	Bob	`Tue Apr 04 1989 09:44`	3
	The Guitar Handbook should be available in any bookstore for about $17.