| Well, it depends how you want your bass to play really. If you raise the action the strings will be harder to fret and will feel tighter but some people feel this makes them better for slap playing with the added "tightness". Of course, you could drop the action right down and use very light strings like say, Mark King does...I prefer the best of both worlds. I have a low action but I use stainless steel strings, a mild compromise! | 
