Out Of This World Info About How To Lower Action Bass

Some luthiers prefer to install a capo at the first fret to take nut height out of the equation.

How to lower action bass. You can adjust the truss rod on your bass after you have let the bass adjust to the string change, and thus lower the action if needed. If the distance from the top of your frets to the bottom of your strings is short you have low action on your bass. Cut these grooves deep and then raise them to taste.

Whether you can adjust it lower than with your thicker. What type of adjustment tool you should utilize for your bass’s hardware is up to you. First off, replace the bridge with a much lower profile bridge.

As a general rule, low action is between 1/16th” and 9/64″, or. If the adjustable bridge is all the way down, the only way to go lower is to cut it down. If you don’t have one, don’t let that stop you.

How low should the action be on a bass? On the bass side, measure the amount to be removed from the bottom (we always* remove our material from the bottom) on. About a fourth to a half turn of the truss rod at a time (remember the 14th step).

If your unsure how to do this i. Second, dremel the current bridge saddles. A lot of high dollar basses.

Using a proper tool will ensure your bass’ adjustment hardware. To view the next video in this series please click here: That's relatively easy.the question is how low can you go without buzzing and that.