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View Poll Results: What are your string heights? | |
4 - 5 mm G to 6 - 8 mm E
|    | 82 | 33.06% | |
6 - 7 mm G to 9 - 10 mm E
|    | 93 | 37.50% | |
8 - 9 mm G to 11 - 12 mm E
|    | 50 | 20.16% | |
Other - please post your numbers
|    | 23 | 9.27% |
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03-23-2011, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by mr mastodon 
there was some dude i met overseas who was trying to one up me i think (why, i don't know. he was clearly better than me.) he tried my bass and we talked about favorite bassists and i said "yeah, i like the more old school approach so i raised my action to get more oomph."
then he takes my E string and pulls it away from the fingerboard to indicate how high is action is. i swear it was 1.5 - 2 inches away. i almost started laughing. does anyone actually get their action that high by choice?
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03-24-2011, 08:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Tel Aviv | | | G - 7 mm
E - 10 mm
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03-24-2011, 12:27 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Austin, TX | | | Spirocore mediums: G= 4.5mm
D= 5mm
A= 5.5mm
Spirocore Starks: E= 7mm
B= 6mm
The B string measurement comes across as odd but the largest scoop is actually a bit further toward the nut at about 8.5mm. Since my B string rarely (99.9% of the time) gets used above the F# it is easy to know where the average center of the vibrating length is as opposed to the other strings that need to be set up to allow both free vibration and playability along the length of the string. I like the starks on the lower strings, for orchestral playing especially, because they are thicker and at pitch dont have as wide of a vibration allowing for a slightly lower setup than the mediums.
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03-25-2011, 12:15 PM
| | | | finally got around to taking measurements. 6 mm G, 14 mm E. I'm playing 50/50 jazz/classical. I do have some gnarly buzz on the Low A and Ab on my G-string (when I play FF), so I'm wondering if I shouldn't use the adjusters to bring up my G and lower my E and bring my string heights into the ranges listed in this poll. |
03-25-2011, 08:23 PM
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03-25-2011, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris Fitzgerald | ahhh wow didn't know he was a high action guy. RIP. 
either way my classical instructor offered to do a soundpost adjustment and recommended I drop the action till then. he claims the soundpost is in the wrong spot which is why my bass sounds "muted". we'll see. my left hand really hasn't felt much different since dropping the action though. I think that's more of my continued inability to play without grabbing the crap out of the neck and using lots of thumb pressure. bad I know. don't know how to fix it though. haha.
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03-27-2011, 11:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: France, Paris region | | | Low end-ish carved top 3/4 bass, strung with helicores solo: 5 mm G to 9mm E.
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03-27-2012, 07:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Cartersville, Georgia | | | My measurements come out a bit over 9 - a bit over 12 with Spiro weichs. My luthier set my adjusters to this being cranked all the way down. I need to find out if there is a reason, or just his preference. I would like it to crank a bit lower.
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03-27-2012, 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by John Crosley My measurements come out a bit over 9 - a bit over 12 with Spiro weichs. My luthier set my adjusters to this being cranked all the way down. I need to find out if there is a reason, or just his preference. I would like it to crank a bit lower. | You should be able to lower your strings to where you want them. Before he added the adjusters you may not have discussed this. You just need to tell him and I'm sure he'll accommodate you. I had to go back after my new bridge was installed and correct this very thing. |
03-27-2012, 08:57 AM
|  | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | | Mine are just over 15mm but that doesn't feel high - in fact I could do with higher - using Velvet Garbos with gut G.
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03-27-2012, 08:07 PM
| | | | Stupidly clicked before measuring... G is about 9mm. E about 14. Corelli 370F, was Helicore Orch Medium. A load off my CCB's top and neck, and sounds better digging in than the D'Addarios, which were lower. |
03-28-2012, 02:04 PM
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E is a 7mm.
Wow. Really?
Evah Weich's.
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03-29-2012, 09:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: San Francisco, CA | | | 5,6,7,8, Evah Weichs. |
04-01-2012, 10:30 AM
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