Perfect String height Trick

[ics1974]

Not sure if anyone else does this but I just figured out how to get my perfect string height for each bass I own.
I hook my amp to my headphones and lowerd each string until I hear string buzz through the headphones. Then I raise the strings until the sting buzz is not heard through the headphones any more. This way even if I still gets a tiny amount of string buzz acoustically I know it's not being amplified.
This is after adjusting the truss rod of course
Anyone else do this?

 

[Zooberwerx]

Not sure if anyone else does this but I just figured out how to get my perfect string height for each bass I own.
I hook my amp to my headphones and lowerd each string until I hear string buzz through the headphones. Then I raise the strings until the sting buzz is not heard through the headphones any more. This way even if I still gets a tiny amount of string buzz acoustically I know it's not being amplified.
This is after adjusting the truss rod of course
Anyone else do this?

You brought up a good point: I can hear a lot of things thru the cans that I can't hear thru the amp.

Riis

 

[walterw]

that gets you in the ballpark but i would still check the results with a measuring device of some sort to make sure the strings are consistent with each other.

the way you play from one day to the next can differ, and strings are sometimes not perfect out of the pack. you could end up with a randomly uneven set of string heights, and if you did the same test a week later you could end up with a different randomly uneven set of string heights.

 

[lz4005]

Anyone else do this?

I do something similar. I lower the strings until I get no buzz playing soft or medium, and an even, controllable buzz when I play hard. Ideally at least. Sometimes the condition of the frets doesn't allow that level of precision.

Whatever you do, don't measure it. Make it sound good.

 

[hintz]

I use the dirty channel on my amp (Darkglass) to listen for the buzz. If it's too much with the overdrive then I have a problem.

Ideally I set mine up the same way as lz4005 only getting slight buzz playing on the front pickup (digging in) and it cleans up on the back(whether playing light or digging in). I also like to drop tune so I tend to set the E string a little higher than I want... Of course not all my basses can be setup this way

 

[Killed_by_Death]

2 millimeters from the last fret is always perfect for me