The Session Bassist : Episode 1 - Setting up your bass

This video goes through how to perform a complete setup on your bass guitar.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Bass
• Setup
• Truss
• Rod
• Adjustment
• Intonation
• Luthiere
• Lesson
• How
• Session
• Bassist
• String
• Height
• Bridge

[thebassmaster13]

Something I've learnt recently:

Intonation - I took my bass into the shop to get a setup and he said the best way to do the intonation is not the 12 fret/harmonic, like I (now) used to, but to do say 5th D string, open G, then 17th D (one octave) open g and finally harmonic 12th on the D open G (interval of a 5th). Repeat for the rest. 7th fret G open D and 19th G open D for the G string. Then you're intonation is according to the strings together, not just by themselves.

[thesessionbassist]

Very true this is an excellent way to check your intonation. However the thing I was doing at the 12 fret was not relative intonation but making a minor adjustment to the scale length (I was actually pressing down at the 12th fret). Your bass may be in tune for your open string (eg. E String) but can be slightly out of tune at the 12th fret on the E string. This is due to the scale length either being slightly shorter or longer than OEM specification (eg. 34). Hope this helps to clarify.

[gghak]

some nut sauce lol.

[rockandsalvation]

this is the best setup video I've seen on Youtube.

[HealingHorizon]

I got a problem, My bass is a long scale (34") with angled back headstock with fat tuning posts strung with EB hybrid slinkies. Recently, I thought about replacing the strings with a new set of EB Hybrid slinkies. But, I cut the E string to short and theres only 1 wrap around the fat tuning posts It buzzes like hell when I play open E string but no buzz at all when playing any fretted E. Can you please help me and help me figure out whats the problem here?

[MultiTechnicss]

This is your way to do but not the right way to do

[letmegivetheworld2u]

did I hear nut sauce??

[gspotr69]

Is that neck relief a typo? (at 0:36)

You have 0.03 to .40"  .40" is almost 1/2 Inch

Did you mean 0.03 to 0.04" maybe?

[ramirezchad]

You got a pretty sweet voice man.. No homo Haha

Do you know where I can find some help with my Epiphone Viola?

Maybe you can do a setup on this bass???

Everyones having trouble with those darn viola basses.. Really!

And I can't find anything anywhere that can help me out the setup

is a little different...

Thanks Again :)

[DMTfabric]

I meant that youre saying youre turning to the right but actually turning to the left

[DMTfabric]

your saying that youre turning to the left in the video but it seems your actually turning to the left... im i retarder or something?

[RotnRoll77]

1:36

[Basstard22]

im getting a bit confused with measuring the gap between the E string and the neck. i've learned that i should press down the string at the first fret and at the fret where the body and neck come together (so let's say the 15th fret for my bass). then i would measure around 0.3 mm, but isn't that way too small?