Gripping too hard when fretting

[Wood and Wire]

I like my string height very high, and I play aggressive OFPF.

Yeah, I'm the opposite :

Low action.

Simandl for about the first 5 frets.

Then 1fpf up to about the 12th fret.

And then over to a hybrid Simand1fpf (basically a 3 finger version of 1fpf) for the high up double stops etc.

Obviously, it depends on the song / tempo / bass line.

 

[Greenstreet]

People often ignore the nut. Make sure the nut slots are filed down properly. New basses often have them cut shallow from the factory so the first owner can have them filed to their preferences, which is often never done.

Tempted to "unlike" this just so I can "like" it a second time...

 

[edr]

So much good advice in this thread!
I've taken two of my basses for a pro setup, keeping my easiest-to-play bass home for practicing for now. It has medium gauge strings (DR Hi Beams) but I've found them to be very easy on the fret hand nonetheless.
Since I'm mostly doing headphone practice right now, it's been easy for me to set my bass to 'too loud' to help back off. But man, bad habits are hard to break. I'm probably backing out of my audition, if I can't sustain safe playing through an entire rehearsal. Let's see what happens.
Is there an easy way to work IEMs or something like that into my rig for non-silent practice? All the headphone outputs disconnect the speaker, and if I use the direct out I'd still need to use a mixer or something to take that to headphone levels. I have a small analog mixer that can do the job but that seems like overkill.

 

[edr]

To answer my own question, it looks like I could grab something like this: Behringer Powerplay PM1 1-channel Personal In-ear Monitor Beltpack
And use a direct out with whatever headphones / buds / whatever. This could be a short term solution during gigs if needed, since I have a direct out on my pedalboard and on my amp.