New setup..Action a bit high

[Mooch]

Well I got my two trabens back from my setup man today and my Array is spot on for the C F Bb Eb tuning as well as my Chaos OB(neck thru). Well on the chaos the action is pretty high now. He was worried it may be to high for my liking and after playing on it for a few hours I have come to realize its a bit high for my style and wrist life.

Is it possible to adjust my saddle heights with out messing up my intonation for the low tuning? Or is it something that would need to be taken back to the setup man and have him do what he can to get it lowered and keep it close to intonated for that tuning.

I have been looking over articles but can't find anything anywhere that says you can play with saddle height to correct your action with out messing anything else up along the way.

Thanks guys for any help,
Mooch

[unclejane]

Originally Posted by Mooch

Well I got my two trabens back from my setup man today and my Array is spot on for the C F Bb Eb tuning as well as my Chaos OB(neck thru). Well on the chaos the action is pretty high now. He was worried it may be to high for my liking and after playing on it for a few hours I have come to realize its a bit high for my style and wrist life.

Is it possible to adjust my saddle heights with out messing up my intonation for the low tuning? Or is it something that would need to be taken back to the setup man and have him do what he can to get it lowered and keep it close to intonated for that tuning.

I have been looking over articles but can't find anything anywhere that says you can play with saddle height to correct your action with out messing anything else up along the way.

Thanks guys for any help,
Mooch

Try it and see what happens. Usually, lowering the action will make everything go flat by some very minute amount. Just depends on if it's noticeable....

A definite pain in the butt, reminds me of why I play fretless

LS

[JustDavid]

Originally Posted by Mooch

I have been looking over articles but can't find anything anywhere that says you can play with saddle height to correct your action with out messing anything else up along the way.

Correct. You can't; it's all inter-related.

[Rick Auricchio]

Since the tech has already expressed concern about the action, I presume he will adjust it for free.

Bringing it back will also reinforce his correct assumption about the string height; knowing his gut-feeling was correct will help him the next time this situation arises.

[Johnny Mack]

also sounds like a good time to learn how to set up a bass yourself. youll save some cash and gain some knowledge on how they are all inter-related (as previous stated). i would take it back this time, but watch him do it and ask questions. he may lower the saddles and bring them back a hair, but whatever he does, you may want to know why and how it affects something else.