Yes! Same basic process. The measurements will be slightly lower on a guitar and you can usually get away with a straighter neck, but the steps are the same order.
a bass is just a big 4 string electric guitar, all the moving pieces are the same. You'll have to be aware of different bridge types for adjusting height and intonation but the process is great. and yes they did a wonderful job of explaining a setup
Yup, principles are the same, but in some ways more critical as the guitar is played in more areas of the neck generally than a bass. Things that are not noticeable in an acceptable bass setup would possibly be problematic in a guitar setup as guitarists bend strings a lot more than bass players so that 3rd dimension of crossing the radius with the strings comes into play a lot more. Maybe Gene and I can do a guitar setup video one of these days! You can hear the 10 things i know how to play on guitar that I use to test the setup. They are atrocious but effective. :)
I'm a guitarist but recently i bought a cheap bass. I think it had a very good value for money. But it had one major issue, like many cheap instruments, the setup. Thanks to this video i was able to make a very playable instrument. So, thank tou so much to share this type of content, they are very helpful.
Great video, many thanks. The tip regarding the "A" string was a winner... but I would add that it is worth the 30 seconds required when setting up a Fender-style instrument, to check that the bolts securing the neck are solid before proceeding.
"I'm using Shadow and Light..." Evan says to perfect the nut height. Now THAT is some Yoda Matser level of expertise if there ever was: "Shadow and Light use you must for the Jedi's action to adjust." What an inexplicable pleasure it was to see Evan do this for us!
This is what we can call a public utility video for any musician who wants to learn the basics about adjusting the instrument they use, be it a bass or guitar.
Evan is amazing! I used him for many years. In fact he sold me a bass when he worked at Manny's WAY back! Feels like I've known him forever. Geographically, we no longer align, so I need to use someone else now, but I'll always think of him as the very best. This is a great primer video.
I’ve been scared to try to setup my guitar. The truss rod particularly scared me. Not any more. You’ve demystified the whole process for me. The best setup video ever. Thank you 😊
The Best video on bass setup. Thorough, concise, includes great tips, troubleshooting, even entertaining! Really went above and beyond! After watching this video I fine tuned the setup on my bass which was already pretty good, but now it’s perfect for me!
This was really informative, I setup all my basses and have done so for years, but I still learned new things. Great mix of moving back and forth between objective measurements, and developing your own feel to identify your preferences.
A must watch! Evan is the best and highly respected in our field for good reason. I learned his bass setup in a class, and that’s how I do it now and bassist love it. If this isn’t how you do it, don’t make comments, simply restart the video and take notes!
Gents, many sincere thanks for this video. I’ve been setting up all my 7 basses to my comfortable very low action playing style. However, I learned a lot of new and very useful tricks from this video! Many thanks and God Bless you both ❤
Excellent video and also great camera work, nice one! Been doing my own setups for years but I love your tip about moving the saddles back before intonation. Gold.
This being the StewMac channel I believe this is gospel, and I notice you adjust the truss rod and saddles without de tuning. I always de tune to avoid stress on metal parts, but great to see that it’s not necessary. THANK YOU !!!
I train techs, and respectfully, you guys left out a very important piece of info, especially for beginners. When you adjust a truss rod, the guitar must be retuned to check the results of your adjustment. For example, if the guitar is at pitch with a significant up-bow, and you tighten the rod to get the perfect relief, you are also sharpening all the strings. So when you retune, the neck will lose that relief and likely have a back-bow. So "ABT" with truss rods too... Otherwise, cheers for another great video.
Hi Rob! Good attention to detail! You are correct! Missed it in the excitement, nervousness of being on camera! With the amount of relief in that neck it probably went up an octave! Keep fighting the good fight with training techs!
@SuperGaia01 I work for a large importing company. As senior technician part of my role is training junior techs. I'm afraid I don't offer private tuition, however there is a video on my channel where I cover the set up of a John Mayer strat in quite a bit of detail. This may get you started. Good luck with it!
depends- not only are you talking about microscopic differences -but if your neck has too much relief and you tighten the truss-rod to straighten the neck you are actually Increasing the neck length from where it was! (and therefore microscopically increasing the string length i.e making it flatter not sharper)
Phenomenal video guys... thank you! I usually do my own bass setups and you pointed out some areas where I was making errors in adjustments. Kudos to you!
This is an absolutely excellent explanation. I'm getting ready to set up my Lakland for a European/African tour in March, plus a few U.S. dates in the works. Thank you for posting this. By the way, I've noticed that the older I get, the lower my nut height seems to be. 🤔
FAB video, great to get a perspective from a player and non-player and very descriptive as to why you may need to adjust a bass and how to do it, think I have a new hobby.
Thanks for your time putting this video together, this is very informative. Great to see Evan, he’s one of the best Luther’s out here in NY, highly knowledgeable, honest and kind person 🙌
Thank you guys, this is so very helpful, giving us the confidence to setup our instruments. Following your advise and bought my PU foam, and radius gages from StewMac. Appreciate the wax on the screws tip, as hardwoods are notorious for snapping screws.
excellent video! Some great pointers which i'll be adding to my processes thank you ...and i looove Miracle Cloth! -Its impossible to find here in Australia and in my shop i have an ancient stash of lemon scented Miracle cloths i found on ebay 10 years ago...still getting thru them!
This is the best bass set up resource out there. Thank you both!!! I’m hoping someone can answer a question about 5 string basses for me. I’m struggling to intonate the B string. I’m having to set the saddle all the way forward (towards neck) and still not in tune at the 12 fret (aka the note is till flat) It should be back behind the e string saddle in theory. All the other strings are right on.
Thanks so much for this video! I've got a short scale bass that I've been troubleshooting a constantly dead low E string. Maybe the bridge intonation trick (pulling the saddles back before installing new strings) will help remedy my issue. Fingers crossed
Hi Eric, try lowering the pickups as far as you can and see if it is any better. The low tension on short scale basses can sometimes make an E or low B problematic as the magnetism of the pickups can literally grab the string and impact its vibrations. Good luck!!
Great, thanks A LOT. It makes me cautious about doing this as a beginner, but it's good to understand these things. Btw when will you convert to the metric system 😂🎉
Leo Fender is said to have carried business cards in his pockets everywhere he went. He would use these cards as shims for his bolt-on necks. Perhaps some advice on the use of shims to set the angle of a bolt-on neck would be helpful as well. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, that is a great point! If your saddles are adjusted as low as they will go but your action is still too high, then you need a shim in your neck pocket. We sell precut tapered shims for guitar and bass and you can find videos on our channel about using them, but business cards work too...we've even seen picks in there!
Yup, just not enough time to go into the shims. I do use the Stewmac ones a lot though! Great stuff! I used to make them myself but time is money in the shop!
The way I do saddle height is one string at a time. On a 4 string bass, I shoot for 6/64" on the low E, 5/64" on the A and D, and 4-4.5/64 on the G. That way it sort of naturally follows the radius of the fretboard, without having to fuss with the radius gauge. Then I'll play it and adjust to taste before addressing nut slots, intonation, and pickup height. I learned a TON about bass setups from Evan via youtube, instagram, and The Looth Group. He's an awesome dude.
I always set up my own instruments, thought I’d learn something new. Nothing I didn’t already do/know, but it did confirm my process is correct haha I learned on my own years ago as a teenager through trial and error. This is probably the most thorough video I’ve seen breaking the process down. This is going to be great for new musicians or people who simply aren’t near any music stores. I wish we had guides like this when I was a kid, it would have been so helpful, especially because I grew up pretty poor and couldn’t afford to take my instruments anywhere. I was lucky I could afford strings like once a year lol It’s different now 2 1/2 decades later. But videos like this are invaluable. I love when people spread actual knowledge and give people the resources to do things themselves. Im at the point where I can do it all by sight and playing.
i swear to God the the tuner is set to A= 438. at the end when he is setting the intonation of the G string he hit the G, and it sounded a F#, I have my bass right here!!!!! all tuned up!!!!!!
This came at the perfect time for me. My Hohner p-bass is currently in pieces while I respray the body and replace the pickups (EMG solderless p bass). Can’t wait to get it back together.
Excellent video, thank you so much for this! The nut on my jazz bass cracked right where the G string sits ... Is that something that needs to be replaced by a setup pro? I've never done any repair like that before. Thanks!
It depends on what your goals are. If you're looking to get into this kind of work and you anticipate doing more of it, it may be worth the investment in tools and time. If you just want this bass repaired and playing it's best, it's probably a better idea to have a pro do it for you. Thanks for watching!
@@stewmac Perfect answer, thank you! I definitely do not plan on getting into it professionally... I just want the bass fixed and functioning. Thanks sir, subscribed!
I am trying to set the intonation, I moved the saddles back about half way, now the screw will not turn at all. I don’t want to strip the screw what would you recommend.
HA! Extreme? I use a high speed impact gun. Sure it completely destroys everything but it feels GOOD to me and I wear eye protection so that makes it Okay...except for the ridiculous cost of new tuners.
Any comments on the horrible 60 Hz hum the solitary pickup was producing? Any ways besides adding copper shielding to lower it. I noticed when both pickups were active the hum was gone. That bass as it sounded could not be used for recording with only one pickup active. It also seemed to exhibit excessive hum even when the players hands were on the strings. Is this a discussion for another video. I found this to be an excellent video BTW. NICE!!
@@Egluck1 Is shielding more effective if connected to the grounding wire somehow as I've read somewhere before? Just wondering if it's worth the extra trouble at all to perform that extra work. Thanks again for the Superb tutorial.
can this apply to an electric guitar ? can you do the same video for an electric guitar ? this is extremely detailed and very easy to understand
Yes! Same basic process. The measurements will be slightly lower on a guitar and you can usually get away with a straighter neck, but the steps are the same order.
a bass is just a big 4 string electric guitar, all the moving pieces are the same.
You'll have to be aware of different bridge types for adjusting height and intonation but the process is great.
and yes they did a wonderful job of explaining a setup
Yup, principles are the same, but in some ways more critical as the guitar is played in more areas of the neck generally than a bass. Things that are not noticeable in an acceptable bass setup would possibly be problematic in a guitar setup as guitarists bend strings a lot more than bass players so that 3rd dimension of crossing the radius with the strings comes into play a lot more. Maybe Gene and I can do a guitar setup video one of these days! You can hear the 10 things i know how to play on guitar that I use to test the setup. They are atrocious but effective. :)
Probably the best, most detailed and not boring set up video I have ever seen! Great job!
Thank you! It's never boring when Evan is in town...Glad you liked it!
So glad you liked it!!
This is possibly the best set up video on the platform.
So glad you liked it!
I'm a guitarist but recently i bought a cheap bass. I think it had a very good value for money. But it had one major issue, like many cheap instruments, the setup. Thanks to this video i was able to make a very playable instrument. So, thank tou so much to share this type of content, they are very helpful.
This is one of the best videos regarding guitar set-up that I've ever seen. Thank you!
Great video, many thanks. The tip regarding the "A" string was a winner... but I would add that it is worth the 30 seconds required when setting up a Fender-style instrument, to check that the bolts securing the neck are solid before proceeding.
What a great in depth video, just what i needed for my 4 string!
"I'm using Shadow and Light..." Evan says to perfect the nut height. Now THAT is some Yoda Matser level of expertise if there ever was: "Shadow and Light use you must for the Jedi's action to adjust." What an inexplicable pleasure it was to see Evan do this for us!
This is what we can call a public utility video for any musician who wants to learn the basics about adjusting the instrument they use, be it a bass or guitar.
Evan is amazing! I used him for many years. In fact he sold me a bass when he worked at Manny's WAY back! Feels like I've known him forever. Geographically, we no longer align, so I need to use someone else now, but I'll always think of him as the very best. This is a great primer video.
He's been around a very long time!
I’ve been scared to try to setup my guitar. The truss rod particularly scared me. Not any more. You’ve demystified the whole process for me. The best setup video ever. Thank you 😊
Hey Evan!! Long time.....Evan is the best guitar repair guy out there!!
These two are the best, I hope they do another episode! Well done gents!!
A perfect DIY tutorial ! Thanks guys !
The Best video on bass setup. Thorough, concise, includes great tips, troubleshooting, even entertaining!
Really went above and beyond!
After watching this video I fine tuned the setup on my bass which was already pretty good, but now it’s perfect for me!
This was really informative, I setup all my basses and have done so for years, but I still learned new things. Great mix of moving back and forth between objective measurements, and developing your own feel to identify your preferences.
Love how you cover advanced mode (eyeball/feel) and novice mode (measurement) at the same time without being overly technical _or_ condescending.
Thanks! We felt the two approaches complemented each other very well.
I thought it was a great demonstration of both ways! Not sure whose way is more advanced though! :)
Evan is the king. I've used him for years and years.
Thanks Chris!!!
Evan's the man, hope everyone enjoy this! I always think about what Evan says when putting on strings every time i have a bass on the bench
Thank You!!!
A must watch! Evan is the best and highly respected in our field for good reason. I learned his bass setup in a class, and that’s how I do it now and bassist love it. If this isn’t how you do it, don’t make comments, simply restart the video and take notes!
Awww shucks! Thanks!!!
Gents, many sincere thanks for this video. I’ve been setting up all my 7 basses to my comfortable very low action playing style. However, I learned a lot of new and very useful tricks from this video! Many thanks and God Bless you both ❤
Thank You!!!
I'm amazed at how much flattening my neck affected my TONE!
This is the best set up video! Have seen many..
Thank you so much! 😎👍
Thanks! That means a lot to me! Gene and the Stewmac crew are just fantastic to work with!
Even has set up all of my guitars. He is a master at his craft! Happy to see him on here.
Thanks so much James!!!
Evan is great! He set up a bunch of my guitars and always did an amazing job.
We love Evan!
Thanks Chris!!!
Excellent video and also great camera work, nice one! Been doing my own setups for years but I love your tip about moving the saddles back before intonation. Gold.
This being the StewMac channel I believe this is gospel, and I notice you adjust the truss rod and saddles without de tuning. I always de tune to avoid stress on metal parts, but great to see that it’s not necessary. THANK YOU !!!
The video quality is superb.
I train techs, and respectfully, you guys left out a very important piece of info, especially for beginners. When you adjust a truss rod, the guitar must be retuned to check the results of your adjustment. For example, if the guitar is at pitch with a significant up-bow, and you tighten the rod to get the perfect relief, you are also sharpening all the strings. So when you retune, the neck will lose that relief and likely have a back-bow. So "ABT" with truss rods too... Otherwise, cheers for another great video.
Hi Rob! Good attention to detail! You are correct! Missed it in the excitement, nervousness of being on camera! With the amount of relief in that neck it probably went up an octave! Keep fighting the good fight with training techs!
@Egluck1 Thanks again Evan. If you were nervous, you hid it well mate. You are a natural on camera!
That is a fair point for sure. ABT applies everywhere...Thank you!
@SuperGaia01 I work for a large importing company. As senior technician part of my role is training junior techs. I'm afraid I don't offer private tuition, however there is a video on my channel where I cover the set up of a John Mayer strat in quite a bit of detail. This may get you started. Good luck with it!
depends- not only are you talking about microscopic differences -but if your neck has too much relief and you tighten the truss-rod to straighten the neck you are actually Increasing the neck length from where it was!
(and therefore microscopically increasing the string length i.e making it flatter not sharper)
Best setup video I've seen so far. Great job gentlemen!
Indexing the bottom of the nut slot is genius. Thanks
Always learn something when Evan Gluck shows up
He has many tricks up his sleeve!
So glad you got something out of it!
Beautiful bass!
Thank you for this. Setup videos are always awesome. Can't wait for Tomo's 65 Mustang refretting video.
So glad you liked it! Me too and the Tomo guitar! It was in the shop when we shot the video!
Phenomenal video guys... thank you! I usually do my own bass setups and you pointed out some areas where I was making errors in adjustments. Kudos to you!
This is an absolutely excellent explanation. I'm getting ready to set up my Lakland for a European/African tour in March, plus a few U.S. dates in the works. Thank you for posting this.
By the way, I've noticed that the older I get, the lower my nut height seems to be. 🤔
Thank you for a crystal clear, understandable video! I'm now a subscriber!
The a string nut trick is killer! Great video!
Yes, it's a good one...Thank you!
This video was amazing. I learned so much.
Thanks gentlemen, a very informative video and with a few nuances i had previously not known
Some really helpful tips in this video. Thank you.
Good job on the video!!
Gene, Evan and StewMac, thank you so much for a fantastic all-encompassing tutorial. I can delete all of my other bookmarks.
Thank you for this video. My bass needed a little bit more setup and I have found all the detailed info I was looking for. Awesome ❤
Great stuff. Clearly explained and highly-informative. Thanks = stuff like this is Necessary.
Thank you for watching!
Thanks so much!!!
This was a good video guys. I like the nut adjustment , part. Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Master Class! Thank you gentlemen, the bonus tips regarding the stabilizing groove in the A string slot and the wick-tip on the DeOxit are great.
Thank you so much! So glad you found it useful. Those were two tips we (the StewMac team) didn't know about either! Evan rocks.
FAB video, great to get a perspective from a player and non-player and very descriptive as to why you may need to adjust a bass and how to do it, think I have a new hobby.
Thank you!!!
24:10 Downward pressure of A string.Thank you guys.My A string always rattle at C ,3rd fret.I'll try this method.
Thanks for your time putting this video together, this is very informative. Great to see Evan, he’s one of the best Luther’s out here in NY, highly knowledgeable, honest and kind person 🙌
Awww shucks! Thank you!!!
FANTASTIC video!! Thank you.
Thanks for putting this out fellas, it was really helpful
Glad it was helpful! We tried to pack in as much info as possible!
Very helpful. Thanks StewMac!
Glad to hear! Thanks so much for watching.
So glad you enjoyed it!
@@Egluck1hi Evan!
Great video
Thank you guys, this is so very helpful, giving us the confidence to setup our instruments. Following your advise and bought my PU foam, and radius gages from StewMac. Appreciate the wax on the screws tip, as hardwoods are notorious for snapping screws.
Awesome! Best of luck with your future setups, you'll get better and better each time you do it. Thanks for the feedback!
AWESOME VIDEO, THANKS GUYS!!!
"this is glue, strong stuff" I caught the Blues Brothers reference there.
ABT "Always Be Tuning" was a reference to Glengarry Glenn Ross ABC "Always Be Closing"
😎
Aewsome video. Thank you so much
Great to find a vid where they got the sequence of steps in the correct order (IMO).
Thanks guys. Very informative 👍. I love these videos on guitar and bass set ups. I learned some new tips and tricks. Keep em coming😃👊
Thank you so much! We've got a lot of great content coming soon!
excellent video! Some great pointers which i'll be adding to my processes thank you ...and i looove Miracle Cloth!
-Its impossible to find here in Australia and in my shop i have an ancient stash of lemon scented Miracle cloths i found on ebay 10 years ago...still getting thru them!
Extremely useful. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome, thanks for watching!
Great tutorial. Thank you very much.
Deoxit tip is gold!!!!
This is the best bass set up resource out there. Thank you both!!! I’m hoping someone can answer a question about 5 string basses for me. I’m struggling to intonate the B string. I’m having to set the saddle all the way forward (towards neck) and still not in tune at the 12 fret (aka the note is till flat) It should be back behind the e string saddle in theory. All the other strings are right on.
Thanks for watching. Sounds like a bad string to me. Have you tried replacing just the Low B?
Haven't seen Evan in years, cool video
Thanks so much for this video! I've got a short scale bass that I've been troubleshooting a constantly dead low E string. Maybe the bridge intonation trick (pulling the saddles back before installing new strings) will help remedy my issue. Fingers crossed
Hi Eric, try lowering the pickups as far as you can and see if it is any better. The low tension on short scale basses can sometimes make an E or low B problematic as the magnetism of the pickups can literally grab the string and impact its vibrations. Good luck!!
@@Egluck1 thank you for the suggestion! I’ll definitely try that.
Lovely.
More bass guitar makers should do as e.g. Sandberg and include the A string in the string retainer.
Evan is Awesome !
No, you awesome!
Evan is the real deal...I have visited him many times!
Great, thanks A LOT. It makes me cautious about doing this as a beginner, but it's good to understand these things. Btw when will you convert to the metric system 😂🎉
Thank you very much. may god bless you .
tons of tips, thanks a lot.
The best bass setup video I’ve ever seen. Thanks! Cool too ‘cause I have the same Jaguar bass.
They are very cool basses...thanks for watching!
Wow! Thanks for saying that, means a lot to me, and Gene and the Stewmac crew are just the best to work with!
I've always done these adjust when ever I've changed string gauge. I've gone from light gauge to heavy as well as round wound to flat wound.
Cheers! Well Done!
Thank you very much for sharing ❤❤❤❤
Leo Fender is said to have carried business cards in his pockets everywhere he went. He would use these cards as shims for his bolt-on necks. Perhaps some advice on the use of shims to set the angle of a bolt-on neck would be helpful as well.
Thanks for sharing.
Yes, that is a great point! If your saddles are adjusted as low as they will go but your action is still too high, then you need a shim in your neck pocket. We sell precut tapered shims for guitar and bass and you can find videos on our channel about using them, but business cards work too...we've even seen picks in there!
Yup, just not enough time to go into the shims. I do use the Stewmac ones a lot though! Great stuff! I used to make them myself but time is money in the shop!
ACE...! Really cool, nice wishes people......!!!!
i really like the idea, thank you for the video.
Evan looks kinda like Louis from Suits, love this guy!
Absolutely awesome have a wonderful day ❤😊
Thank you for watching!
Thank you!!!
Отличный туториал, я сегодня так свой джаз басс наконец таки настроил нормально. Прям другой инструмент сразу.
The way I do saddle height is one string at a time. On a 4 string bass, I shoot for 6/64" on the low E, 5/64" on the A and D, and 4-4.5/64 on the G. That way it sort of naturally follows the radius of the fretboard, without having to fuss with the radius gauge. Then I'll play it and adjust to taste before addressing nut slots, intonation, and pickup height. I learned a TON about bass setups from Evan via youtube, instagram, and The Looth Group. He's an awesome dude.
So glad you liked it!
Great video guys!!!!
Thank you!🤘
Thanks!!!!
Awesome! Thanks.By the way , bass pickups series and models? Sound is great.
Evan is the setup king!
And the Belle of every ball! :)
Great video. Could you do one for classical guitar setup?
Great suggestion! Yes, we will put it on our To Do list 🙂🤘
I always set up my own instruments, thought I’d learn something new. Nothing I didn’t already do/know, but it did confirm my process is correct haha I learned on my own years ago as a teenager through trial and error. This is probably the most thorough video I’ve seen breaking the process down. This is going to be great for new musicians or people who simply aren’t near any music stores. I wish we had guides like this when I was a kid, it would have been so helpful, especially because I grew up pretty poor and couldn’t afford to take my instruments anywhere. I was lucky I could afford strings like once a year lol It’s different now 2 1/2 decades later. But videos like this are invaluable. I love when people spread actual knowledge and give people the resources to do things themselves. Im at the point where I can do it all by sight and playing.
i swear to God the the tuner is set to A= 438. at the end when he is setting the intonation of the G string he hit the G, and it sounded a F#, I have my bass right here!!!!! all tuned up!!!!!!
Outstanding
Thanks!!
This came at the perfect time for me. My Hohner p-bass is currently in pieces while I respray the body and replace the pickups (EMG solderless p bass). Can’t wait to get it back together.
That's awesome...glad it timed out for you! Good luck with it!
For bass players timing is everything! :)
It shouold be mentioned that Deoxit D5 dissolves damping grease.
That makes some pots very loose, e.g. the pots on Fender Rumble bass amps.
Excellent video, thank you so much for this!
The nut on my jazz bass cracked right where the G string sits ... Is that something that needs to be replaced by a setup pro? I've never done any repair like that before. Thanks!
It depends on what your goals are. If you're looking to get into this kind of work and you anticipate doing more of it, it may be worth the investment in tools and time. If you just want this bass repaired and playing it's best, it's probably a better idea to have a pro do it for you. Thanks for watching!
@@stewmac Perfect answer, thank you! I definitely do not plan on getting into it professionally... I just want the bass fixed and functioning. Thanks sir, subscribed!
Awesome video : )
Thank You!
Thanks glad you enjoyed it!
Great video. The SC Johnson Paste Wax you used apparently isn't being made any more. Do you know of an alternative that would serve the same purpose?
Thank you! Any paste wax will do, there are other manufacturers...like Miniwax I believe. But carnuba wax, or bees wax will always work great!
U look to have flats on this bass(which is cool…..) but I’m curious: what if I change to rounds, should I change the height??
Those darn Fenders and their A string buzz !
Very detailed, many thanks. Shame on Fender for the nut height.
I am trying to set the intonation, I moved the saddles back about half way, now the screw will not turn at all. I don’t want to strip the screw what would you recommend.
Winding strings with a drill feels a bit extreme to me. But other than that this has to be one of the best setup videos ever recorded.
HA! Extreme? I use a high speed impact gun. Sure it completely destroys everything but it feels GOOD to me and I wear eye protection so that makes it Okay...except for the ridiculous cost of new tuners.
Any comments on the horrible 60 Hz hum the solitary pickup was producing? Any ways besides adding copper shielding to lower it. I noticed when both pickups were active the hum was gone. That bass as it sounded could not be used for recording with only one pickup active. It also seemed to exhibit excessive hum even when the players hands were on the strings. Is this a discussion for another video. I found this to be an excellent video BTW. NICE!!
I generally suggest full shielding on these as the active circuit can make them quite noisy. Generally does the trick! Thanks for watching!
@@Egluck1 Is shielding more effective if connected to the grounding wire somehow as I've read somewhere before? Just wondering if it's worth the extra trouble at all to perform that extra work. Thanks again for the Superb tutorial.