Fender Jazz Bass – Setup

What’s in a Bass setup?  Much the same as a guitar really, just slightly different settings to allow for the heavier strings…

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The neck had a little too much set, or curve….

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so a tweek of the truss-rod.

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With the neck flattened out a little it did bring the action at the 12th fret down a bit.

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so bring up the bridge, starting with the outside strings.

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and then the inside ones, to match the radius of the fretboard.

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Next the action at the 1st fret. About right.

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Lastly a check of the intonation and pickup heights and it’s good to go.

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And there it is…..

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