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06-07-2008, 12:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Connecticut | | | Did you try to push down on them right at the nut and bridge to try and bend them a little? They might just not be laying in the slots properly. They are definitely very high. |
06-07-2008, 12:44 PM
| | | | neck adjustment.
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06-07-2008, 12:48 PM
| | | | Truss rod adjustment probably. Or just the saddles. You have to try yourself. |
06-07-2008, 12:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Exit 4, NJ | | Wow those are really high. You better put a blinking light on them as warning for aircraft. 
Seriously,
Did you change the gauge of string?
Did you put the correct "length"/"scale" of string on?
Did you adjust your bridge at all in the process?
From your pics, I agree that you may have a neck adjustment or bridge issue. Both can probably be resolved by adjusting them yourself.
However, if you adjust your truss rod too much (cranking on it too far) you could break it. If you doubt your own level of still, take it to a shop and get a set up done.
Good luck, let us know how it turns out. |
06-07-2008, 01:05 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Near Worcester MA | | | Ok what Brand and type od string did you put on cost means nothing some strings are very high tension and some are not . It sounds like you put on some very high tension strings to cause the neck to give that much and for it to be that difficult to push the strings down. Let us know what brand and type strings you got.
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06-07-2008, 01:31 PM
| | | | Im not 100% sure what kind of strings it is. I know it's Ernie Ball and I think the pack was purple/pink. |
06-07-2008, 01:55 PM
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06-08-2008, 02:34 AM
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Originally Posted by GreggBummer  Wow those are really high. You better put a blinking light on them as warning for aircraft.
Seriously,
Did you change the gauge of string?
Did you put the correct "length"/"scale" of string on?
Did you adjust your bridge at all in the process?
From your pics, I agree that you may have a neck adjustment or bridge issue. Both can probably be resolved by adjusting them yourself.
However, if you adjust your truss rod too much (cranking on it too far) you could break it. If you doubt your own level of still, take it to a shop and get a set up done.
Good luck, let us know how it turns out. | Hi, I didn't do many adjustments while chaning strings no. But I did configure the bridge some. The first time I got all the strings on, they where way to low, almost touching the fretboard. And this gave the bass a horrible sound. Anyway, I removed em' and had some fun with the bridge, and voila! The bass now sounds as it should, but as you can see I may have had a little to much "fun" with the bridge since the strings are touching your nose when your playing.
I'm going to play around some more with the bridge, to bad I gotta remove the strings first  don't wanna go through the hell of puttin' em' back again 
-Mz |
06-08-2008, 02:40 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New Hampshire | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Marcuszoom Hi, I didn't do many adjustments while chaning strings no. But I did configure the bridge some. The first time I got all the strings on, they where way to low, almost touching the fretboard. And this gave the bass a horrible sound. Anyway, I removed em' and had some fun with the bridge, and voila! The bass now sounds as it should, but as you can see I may have had a little to much "fun" with the bridge since the strings are touching your nose when your playing.
I'm going to play around some more with the bridge, to bad I gotta remove the strings first don't wanna go through the hell of puttin' em' back again
-Mz | You don't have to take the strings off in order to adjust the string height at the bridge. You do that with the strings on. Lower each string it just buzzes when you play, and then raise the height until it stops.
No offense, but it does not sound like you know what you are doing. You should take the bass to a tech and him him or her show you how to probably set up your bass. It's something we all had to learn in the beginning, but if you don't know what you're doing you could either damage your bass (if adjusting the truss rod) or of course the bass is not going to be set up to be optimally playable.
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06-08-2008, 02:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Big Island | | | Could you be tuned an octave too high? Try detuning to EADG below where you're tuned at right now.
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