HOW TO SETUP A BASS - HIGH OR LOW ACTION - BASS SETUP TUTORIAL
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In this video I show you how to do a basic setup on your bass, how you should set it up, how to adjust the truss rod, the bridge saddles, the difference between high and low action and where you should set your action.
I demonstrate all of this while I'm setting up my new Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray Special
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5.08 - what song is that? Love that bassline!
At age 55 during this COVID19 nightmare I decided to pursue an over 25 year quest, learn to play the Bass Guitar. One month ago I got a Squire Affinity P Bass with P and J pickups. I am learning so much and loving it. I noticed I could not slap on my E string. Watching this video I noticed the bridge brackets were all at different levels and the E string was very high. I lowered the action and not only can I slap but my fingers feel much more relaxed and playing scales is much easier. I even hear that pop you discussed. Thanks!
Bridge saddles must follow the neck radius, each saddles 2 screws should be level, yet still following the neck radius.
@@grantkoeller8911 How does the bridge saddle adjustment follow the neck radius?
@@donh5794 The neck radius is a curve, so your bridge saddles need to be the same exact curve.
@@grantkoeller8911 Thanks!
Hi!
I did just the same, bought my self a bass guitar and started lurning this Great instrument 👍😊. And this video was a Great help plus understanding with out "over doin' it" 👍
Super👍
I've had a Squier Bass since I was a kid, and I've always HATED it.
Turns out a half inch action on a bass isn't normal.
I always thought bassists had roided up finger muscles or something.
edit: holy shit this is amazing. Feeling kinda stupid that I could've been loving and learning this instrument for the past 15 years but never picked it up because I never knew I needed to adjust the action.
Wow that is really crazy!
same
Action wise, (String height) at 12th fret,
1/2" inch (32/64") is too high,
3/8" inch (24 /64" inch) is too high,
1/4" inch (16/64") is too high,
1/8" inch (8/64") is too high.
The proper height would be,...
6/64" inch for low E and A strings
5/64" inch for the D and G strings
I have seen so many pawn shop basses with massive 3/8" inch action!!!!! (24 /64" inch) !!!
How can anyone dislike this, the guy’s just giving advice - since when did passing on knowledge become a bad thing :(
Haters will hate
Those dislikes came from failed guitarist lols
Negativity fuels negative people. Pressing dislike is one step towards towards achieving their daily goal.
Emptiness breeds toxicity. They exist everywhere, in every walk of life. Just accept them, they need acceptance and love more than most. :)
before truss rod ajusting its important decrease tension of string if you dont want damage neck or truss rod!
Cool video. Very informative without being condescending.
"...fret down where the NECK MEETS THE BODY..."
You have the best video on Bass Setup sir. NO ONE ELSE talks about fretting where the neck meets the body, which is the most important because it doesn't matter if you have 19, 20, 22 or 24 frets, where it joins the body is the right measurement.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
So true! I never thought of that, but it is really simple and effective
Great video. One thing not mentioned is checking your intonation after lowering or raising your strings. 12 fret EADG notes should be in tune with your open string EADG notes. Making big adjustments lowering or raising will most likely affect the intonation and you will need to adjust the saddle position. If the fretted notes are sharp then move the saddle position backwards, and if rotes are flat move the saddle position forward.
This is what I thought he would be doing -- this is what "set up" means to me.
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I had to move me e string almost all the way back before it was in tune with it's self...
You my friend make the best bass tutorial videos on UA-cam. To any beginners looking for learning videos to improve their playing , this guy explains the bass in a ways that’s easy to absorb and doesn’t get off track with stories and rubbish talk. He knows his stuff , but doesn’t flaunt it which impresses me most of all. He explains very intuitively and you pick up on lots of little bonus tips that help you out ,whereas other people giving lessons on UA-cam have been a waste Of good practice time I should’ve been getting. Thanks for sharing your knowledge my friend.
I know. Right
Yeah
Great video, I thought I knew everything about action hight but I learned quite allot within the first half.
me too , detune the string is a tips i didn't know !
Yeah a lot of people want to teach in this roundabout way that either revolves around a specific tool or philosophy that mostly serves to uphold tradition. With Marcelo the methods are direct, the tools interchangeable, and he isn't trying to preserve his grandfather's teachings.
@@utubeThesugi Detuning isn't really necessary for any of these adjustments, but he's just approaching it with an abundance of caution, which never hurts when you're instructing beginners, or folks who might by heavy handed with tools.
@@Billkwando How can the saddle adjustment be raised, if necessary, without detuning the strings if they are tight. Only makes sense to detune before doing it.
JUST GREAT! Now I have an excuse for my wife why I need more basses!
Great video
Dan Mayes
No my friend.... No excuse, no reason, logic, statement, explanation, science, evidence ... nothing will convince our wives of the why we need more basses. Sorry.
She even might seem to agree ... momentarily ....but she will just think the same, no matter what you say.
Let me tell you a secret . If all your bases are the same colour
they dont notice . For the love of God they must never Know .
The consequences could be catastrophic .
Mary Monica
OF COURSE !!!!!!!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
That’s so true. If anybody ask our wives what bass has he got? He’d say “a brown one” , or whatever colour your Bass happens to be. That’s soooo true. She’d never say “Oh! I’ve heard him say a thousand times he’s got a vintage 1973 Precision Fender bass with sunburst finish with new bridge and pickups.” No. I don’t think so. He could have a brown chinese 50p bass or the original James Jamerson P bass in his possession and she would be absolutely clueless anyway. For her it’s just.... “brown”. One can have as many as one desires and afford and she’d never notice! All she sees is the colour.
I thank thee Mary Monica. ☺️☺️☺️☺️
In gratitude, and in return, I can tell you any man’s secret women want to unlock and you’d want to now. Just one☝🏻
5 string high low and mid action 4 in the same plus flat wound and round wound strings is a total of 12 but with acoustic its 14 but you also have active or passive pickups and double or single makes the total 50 basses that are very necessary
Dan, just give your wife more basses to cook and more basses for you to get hook you'll be fine...
Just started playing bass, felt the action was too high but was afraid to fiddle with it but this helped me so much! Thanks.
Using this tutorial as well as the intonation tutorial, I was able to set up my brand new bass in no time flat and it now plays great. Thanks Marc for these videos, saved me a lot of money getting a "professional" setup and I now have the pride of knowing I can work on my instrument myself.
The smile on your face when you hear the snap in the new bass you just set up. Priceless. 👌 Clear, practical video! Very useful!
My first bass setup took like 2 days and by the end of it, I was exhausted. I'm not even kidding.
I lost my shit when I saw my bass had 2 truss rods. I didnt know what to do lol
6 string bass?
Gotta be a Rick
@@licccio2133 6 string bass have 2 truss rods I genuinely don’t know
This is so helpful! I bought an Epiphone Toby bass (very high action to improve my play as per your practice hack video) and now I know how to make it play a whole lot better. I'll put it back to *difficult* action of course.
Thank you for all the energy and guidance - I'm really very grateful for your help.
The back to back comparisons in sound is the most useful thing I have ever seen in a bass setup video. I learned to play bass by learning songs from Les Claypool. Flea, and Stu Hamm, so I definitely prefer the sound of a lower action. I had forgotten a bass could sound any other way! :)
Fantastic video bro. Been playing guitar for 25 years and just picked up a bass, very informative and well laid out so a musician can set up for what they want to play and sound like. Bravo sir
Thumbed up. Been watching you a long time. Really appreciate you always going through things slow and simple. Also appreciating the great camera work and great sound quality to hear the difference. I loved you sharing yourself on tour and listened to most of your advice in your vids. Thanks for being a kind and positive influence on youtube. You're a great bassist and person.
Great video! That's the way to explain it. This will help many of us to play more comfortable and feel that we control our instrument and not the other way... I don't know how much time I've lost to learn this stuff. Your video would had saved me so much time. Thanks!
Awesome! Thanks for doing this video. The advice on how you set up your bass up for slap was very helpful!
Thank you sooo much.
I have a stingray 5 since 2013 and i was sure something was not optimal. As soon i watched your tutorial i have tuned my bass and now it sounds great ! Many thanks
Thank you so much for this! You’re very informative and helpful! I actually have bone issues which makes playing painful sometimes, and the difference after adjusting the action feels life saving. Thank you a million times over 😊
Thanks! I especially like the comparisons in this video -- helped a lot. I definitely gotta setup my 5 string bass (my only one) in a lower action. Hard rock and metal benefits greatly from the treble-inducing growl of fretbuzz and the snappiness of the attack.
Setup videos is always welcome ! Thanks bro!!!
Thank you!
I picked up the Bass half a year ago, made decent progress but always felt dumb how other bassists are able to fly around the fretboard when the E string needs so much pressure, especially using my pinky finger was a nightmare. Now after this video and a little bit of help from my Dad (he plays the Guitar and built one too), it went pretty smooth and let me tell you that this is a game changer.
It almost takes no effort to press down strings on the fretboard, tapping and slapping actually work and the pinky finger came into play just naturally now.
Thank you a lot!
When I was in a band I had high action so I could dig in for a clean punch. Now I play melodies in my living room with very close action for ease and speed. It's totally what's comfortable to you.
The comparison of the sound between the two basses with different action settings was really instructive. I already knew how to set action to where it felt good but I didn't fully understand the influence on tone. This demo made it clear. A great video.
Perfect video.I’ve played guitar for 40 years and just started on bass 6 months ago.
I play them,but have always been afraid to adjust Anything on a stringed instrument. This was so helpful and very clear to understand.I bought a new MIM P bass and the action was too high for my liking. After watching this video a couple times and applying these ideas I’ve got it playing SOOOOO much better. Thank you very much for your help.
Thank you for explaining this so in depth. I've always been curious when I'd hear people talk about "action".
2:54 thats the flea tone secret wooww
Perfect video, gave me a proper understanding! Makes me want multiple basses now for different action haha. Thanks a lot!
Indeed. Thanks Mr. Feldman. This old bass I have was pretty gnarly. Much better now.
Awesome advice. I've always been afraid to touch the truss rod but now not so much. Also I'm so glad that up close your shiny bass is just as grimy as mine 😁
That's actually just the plastic that I haven't removed from the pickguard yet, that's why it looks like that haha
Just got my first bass guitar today. Got to go through all these vids now. Excited to learn!
Outstanding video. One of the few videos that explains why you may want low or high action. I'm also happy that I'm not the only person who checks the relief by tapping!
Thanks for the video. We really hear the difference between the two setups
Thank you so much for this - finally felt comfortable to adjust my truss rod on my P-bass and the action is so much better now its only slightly curved in the middle rather than a full on C shape as it came. Exactly how I wanted it but struggled for ages!
Thanks for the how to.... its always good to see this, the way people go through a setup. Thanks!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Thank you!
Thank you very much indeed. I thought I needed to bring my bass to a local instrument guy by paying loads of money but thanks to you, I could fix it without spending any money.
It's not loads of money, it's the same money that's spent on fast food, movie theater popcorn.or overpriced Starbucks coffee.
Amazing! Perfect, straightforward and detailed video that was easy for myself as a beginner to understand. Thank you so much for this.
I was having an issue getting the sound I wanted. This helped. I appreciate this video.
Foi bem didática sua demonstração da forma de regulagem, Parabéns!
Thank you for this. I got a bass 6 months ago, and after a string change, the action went sky high and was unable to correct it. There are no guitar shops nearby here so i kinda gave up on it for a while (stress, lack of time, etc.) but today i watched this and my bass become MUCH EASIER TO PLAY ON! This is incredible. My hand doesnt hurt anymore while fretting higher notes. Thank you!!!
Awesome vid... Thanks, Bass Wizard!!!
One of the best instructional video regarding hardware of bass so far.
Best setup video on youtube by far, straight and to the point. Thanks so much!
Amazing video. Now i understand why i had difficult time playing solo in slap during my band's gig, and I'll definitely turn it back to low action after i saw your video. Thanks!
You're playing the around the world intro like it's nothing and it makes me wanna cry HOW R U SO GUD
AWESOME video Marcelo, you explained it really well...thanks man.
this was AWESOME thanks man, super easy to follow and made it sound like I could do this; before it was way too mysterious
Excellent tutorial, great delivery and easy to understand. Thank you very much!:)
Thanks for the video! I got this buzzing around the 4th fret for my B and G string, and watching your video gave me the information I needed to fix my action. Thank you!
Great video, you are very good at explaining complex things about the bass. And also enjoyable.
So helpful, thanks for taking the time to do this.
Love the vid, really thorough explanation. Cheers!
Amazing video, very well explained, nice basses btw, they look incredible!
The color of that MM Stingray 5 is amazing
I've been playing bass for almost 8 years now and never knew any of this stuff... Thanks for helping me sound way better than I ever did before...
You nailed it man! Great job! Thanks a lot..
I always keep a small screwdriver with me...I can adjust the neck on the fly on the MM wheel...to have low or higher action. Very cool adjustment option.
Yay Musicman truss wheel!
Hey im getting string "clacking" ob ny MM bass. Its like the strings hitting the frets when i play. Ive tried raising the action a bit but its still there
@@Strat91 you need to adjust your truss rod for a bit more neck relief.
This is the first video that I've found that actually talks about how the actions affects tone and playing instead of just how to change the action.
Super helpful in fixing the action on my new Stingray 5 Special! Thanks!
Best video I have seen on adjusting the action. Explained in good detail and not too long and not too short.
Thanks. The bridge adjustment and sound tutorial helped me out. New subsciber
Wow, such an obvious steps that help me a lot. Thank you so much for making this video!
Once again - great video!
Excellent video topic, thank you, as it explains some of the terms that many artists use but hardly stop to explain!
Thanks so much for this video! I know its 2 yrs old, but I just got my first Sterling bass and now I finally know how to set it up just right. It's so much more comfortable to play now. :)
Awesome teaching...definitely helped me!
You are awesome man , thanks for this videos , you make look it easy , I think I'll never gonna touch my action (beginner bass player) but this is good material.
Thank you brother. Your amazing. Great insight and knowledge. I really appreciate your time
omg, thanks man this is the best I've watched finally got my bass playing how I wanted it to Awesome!
Great video. Thank you for taking the time to make it!
Great info! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the video and useful advices.
Thank you!
Excellent tutorial, Marcelo.Thanks!
Thank you for doing this. Bought my first bass in 30 years. Learned right handed when I was 18 life happened and sold it when I was 19. Picked up a lefty a week ago to learn it the way I couldn't afford to back then. I have my Ibanez set up at 2.5mm on the E and A and 2mm on the D and G. Seems to work well for me. But to know how to adjust it right will help down the road. Cheers from a old hippie.
Very informative,very helpful. Thank you!
Definitely the best explanation I've watched on UA-cam!
Thanks for this! I cant wait to get home and try it out. I've been wondering why my string were set so high, I didnt even know this could be done.
I’ve discovered my new bass hero. Marcelo is an amazing player and a fantastic teacher!
Cheers for this! Great video.
Very good video. Have been having a tough time setting up my basses. This cleared up a lot! Thanks!
rad, thanks for the most straight forward instruction on this!
Wow. Just awesome - all around. I learned so much and am not intimidated about doing this. Thank you. Well done!!
I already know everything you explained, however you did such a great job in the way you explained things that it was entertaining and watched the whole thing :D
Plus, it never hurts to listen to a Stingray and a good player.
It’s absolutely the video bass player needed.Amazing Marc!!! How about the G string close to edge? Will you shot another video for that? I just want to know if new MM match your needs. I care about that too.
Thank your for this very informative video... you rock man!
Thanks for this. Was about to go to a music shop but this explained it to me well.
I never adjusted my bass and it's extremely high.
Great video. Good to hear the comparison between basses before you make the changes - best part of the vid !
Awesome Instructions ....Thank you Sir.
Followed this process on my 90's 4 string Stingray. I can't believe how bad the setup had gotten over the years. My fingers are very grateful!!
I like low action.
Nice video! Greetings from Spain!
obrigado pela aula!
thanks its a great vídeo and very informative
Awesome video, keep it up man 🤘🎸
Thank you!
Thanks man! this really helped.
GREAT video! I learned a lot and you explained things very well. Can you talk about your gear a little more? What are you playing through during this video? The tone sounds incredible! Love to learn more about that! Thanks again!
Thanks for posting. Really helpful video, with a great easy to understand explanation. Really very much appreciated.