Help with bass setup

[bobostein]

I just got my Peavey grind4 (neck through) and put some new strings on it (Half round, 50,70,85,105, gage) and need to set it up. It plays nice but I wonder if I can lower the action more, at the 12th fret the E string is just about 1/4 inch off the top of the fret (the 1/4 mark is on top of the string). Is this too high? The bridge is as low as it can go, please help

[Moonbot]

That is a bit high, but it's about personal taste unless you mainly play slap bass then you pretty much need a low action.
My Grind is about an 1/8 inch slightly more to the top of the string.

Is the neck straight firstly.
Hold it in its playing position and then move yourself so you can look straight down the neck, don't hold it horizontal or on its back or anything like that.

This is well worth a read if you decide to set it up yourself
http://www.jerzydrozdbasses.com/ulti...ass-setup.html

If the bridge saddles are already lowered fully and you want to lower the action, set the neck almost perfectly straight with very little back bow and then check every fret for buzz. if you have a high spot you might want to consider taking it to a pro to do a fret levelling, or buy some files and give it a go yourself.

Best of luck

[BassEyeDoc]

+ 1. My Grind needed a bit of truss rod adjusting at first. Tech at local store I bought it at showed me how to do it, now I donit myself as needed

Fun stuff. Enjoy the Grind!