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04-04-2011, 12:39 PM
| | | | Notes not the same at higher frets and click through amp
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Hey everyone,
started playing bass in January. Bought myself Squier Vintage Modified Jazz Bass. Quite happy with it, except 2 problems. The notes go higher the higher I go on frets. The low e and the 12th fret are not the same. I think this is caused by quite high action. By looking at it, I'd say the action is for at least 5 mm (1/5 of an inch). The neck seems to be straight, so adjusting the strings from the bridge would be the right thing to do?
And second problem, I usually play with my thumb resting on the neck pickup, and when pressed down, a click comes from the amp. In band practices I don't hear it much, but when playing at home, it's quite annoying. |
04-04-2011, 12:41 PM
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04-04-2011, 12:43 PM
|  | A figment of our exaggeration | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Way Out West | | | You are experiencing incorrect intonation. Yes, the bridge saddles need to be adjusted individually for the proper set-up
Try an aftermarket thumb rest instead of using the p'up |
04-04-2011, 12:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Netherlands | | | The difference in notes is due to intoantion. This can usually be remedied at the bridge, by moving the saddles either closer to, or further away from the neck. If the note at the twelfth fret is higher than the loose string, the saddle should be moved closer to the neck. If it's lower, it should be moved further away. (I might have this the worng way around btw, someone correct me)
The clicking is probably due to your fingers hitting the PU. No idea how to solve that. play away from the pu?
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04-04-2011, 12:50 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Fairfax, VA USA | | | I recently resovled clicking by raising the action slightly at the bridge using the sadlle height adjustment screws.
To the OP, its not too hard to work on most basses, but you you'll need to do some research on how to do it. Your best bet is to have it adjsuted by a pro, and ask that pro if you can watch him work to get an idea of what is involved.
I still go to my pro for problems that are beyond standard set-ups. |
04-04-2011, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by St Drogo If the note at the twelfth fret is higher than the loose string, the saddle should be moved closer to the neck. If it's lower, it should be moved further away. (I might have this the worng way around btw, someone correct me) | Yup you have it backwards. If the note at the twelfth fret is sharp while the open string is in tune, you need to move the saddle away from the neck, and if flat then closer to the neck.
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04-06-2011, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Turnaround Yup you have it backwards. If the note at the twelfth fret is sharp while the open string is in tune, you need to move the saddle away from the neck, and if flat then closer to the neck. | Same thing but phrased in a way that I found easier:
If the 12th fret is sharp then the string is to short, make it longer.
If the 12th fret is flat then the string is to long, make it shorter.
Sharp and short both start with 'S'... simple and dumb, which makes it easy to remember.
Sharp is too short.  |
04-07-2011, 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Turnaround Yup you have it backwards. | Nuh-uh! You know, like, direction is relative, it all depends on which way you're facing and in which hemisphere you are and and you can't... You can't!
No, you're right. My bad. 
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04-07-2011, 09:21 AM
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04-07-2011, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by NCD Same thing but phrased in a way that I found easier:
If the 12th fret is sharp then the string is to short, make it longer.
If the 12th fret is flat then the string is to long, make it shorter.
Sharp and short both start with 'S'... simple and dumb, which makes it easy to remember.
Sharp is too short. | Well played.
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04-12-2011, 12:40 PM
| | | | Hey guys again,
I just noticed that the difference gets bigger, the thicker string is. The tuner doesn't show much difference on the G string, open and 12th fret, but as I go lower the strings, the difference gets bigger. And there are these screws on the bridge, that adjust the length of the strings open. Could making the strings ''longer'' from there would fix the problem?
Last edited by Mazer : 04-12-2011 at 12:52 PM.
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04-15-2011, 10:36 AM
| | | | No response? And when doing so, should I take the strings off or just unwind them loose enough to move the piece in the bridge? | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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