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Tooslowhand wrote:I've never set up bass, but relief isn't the same as action. Relief is the positive displacement of the neck measured at some pre-defined location when strung to tension. It is adjusted via the truss rod. Action is the string height above the fret when measured at some fret. It is generally adjusted at the bridge. Usually providing a bit of neck relief will allow one to lower the action without the strings buzzing. Sorry if you already knew all this. In the end you would adjust it to your liking.
Mon Oct 10, 2016 6:00 am
jayochs wrote:so i bought a feeler gauge and decided to start setting my basses up correctly to spec, rather than just based on feel. so i checked g&l specs, and from everything i find, they say to have .018 to .022 relief in the neck.....that's ridiculously high action! my current action, which i love on my JB2, is really low and gets good growl from a bit of buzz, and it measures even less than .010. so my question is, why are g&l's spec'd for such high action? every one I get from the factory (tribute series) all have nice low action already, so i don't think they're going by their own standard. i haven't touched the action on this JB2 since I got it, so i'm kinda puzzled by this.
Mon Oct 10, 2016 8:11 am
Craig wrote:Tooslowhand wrote:I've never set up bass, but relief isn't the same as action. Relief is the positive displacement of the neck measured at some pre-defined location when strung to tension. It is adjusted via the truss rod. Action is the string height above the fret when measured at some fret. It is generally adjusted at the bridge. Usually providing a bit of neck relief will allow one to lower the action without the strings buzzing. Sorry if you already knew all this. In the end you would adjust it to your liking.
I just added this post to our G&L Knowledgebase, G&L Technical Questions & Tips sub-forum: Current factory setup for G&L basses.
Hope this helps.
Fri Oct 21, 2016 10:13 pm