After getting my action down to 6/64th on one bass, and 5/64th on another, I find I want to pick-up and play my basses more! I have always done my own setups, but a little extra effort really made a difference! I have been working on chords recently (and arpeggios), and the lower action really helps.
Rather than measuring relief (which I did in the past), I find going more by where the fret-buzz to determine whether to tighten/loosen the truss-rod gave me the best result. I had a thread in setup on that: Truss-rod: Knowing to tighten/loosen based on where buzz is
My Yamaha TRBX304 with a thin 24-fret neck probably can't get lower than 6/64th. Even with a "fret-job" (which it would need, since it buzzes lower than 6/64th), it "clanks" on the 24th fret since I have a pretty heavy hand, so it is probably optimum for my style.
My Sire P7 5-string is down to 5/64th, and could probably go lower, but with my La Bella DTF lights, it feels fine.
Anyway, just happy I want to pick-up my bass more!
Rather than measuring relief (which I did in the past), I find going more by where the fret-buzz to determine whether to tighten/loosen the truss-rod gave me the best result. I had a thread in setup on that: Truss-rod: Knowing to tighten/loosen based on where buzz is
My Yamaha TRBX304 with a thin 24-fret neck probably can't get lower than 6/64th. Even with a "fret-job" (which it would need, since it buzzes lower than 6/64th), it "clanks" on the 24th fret since I have a pretty heavy hand, so it is probably optimum for my style.
My Sire P7 5-string is down to 5/64th, and could probably go lower, but with my La Bella DTF lights, it feels fine.
Anyway, just happy I want to pick-up my bass more!
perfect!
