Setting up A Fender P-Bass
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 พ.ย. 2019
- Showing my good friend Scott how to keep his P-Bass playing like a dream. We adjusted the truss rod, the string height, pickup height, shined the frets and we also replaced the pickup foam.
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Awesome video man !!!
That's a gorgeous bass! I just picked up a p Bass and this is helping me get it dialed in (I have no problem setting up my guitars, but don't have much experience with basses)
Making the man happy, that’s what it’s all about! Good video, brother.
+Boudreau Guitars oh yes. That bass was like a bow and arrow when it showed up. MUCH better now.
Super cool!!
I use to change the string before setup !
Hello Guyz! Great tutorial ! 💯 I usually put a little graphite from a drawing pen in the grooves of the neck nut to make the strings slide more smoothly. (excuse my French ! 😇)
i wouldve changed the strings first before intonating.
good work mang! I get basses now and then too but mostly guitars, acoustic basses I hate to see coming lol
+Randy Schartiger thanks brother! If I see an acoustic bass coming I run as fast as I can in the opposite direction.
He seems like nice guy, you know for a Bass player....😛. Funny you posted this my family has decided to start playing bass, they both got new basses and got Sam a Fender Rumbler 25amp practice amp. He went and got a 300 amp speaker with a separate head unit.
+AMERICAN LEGEND lol! You’ll have to put a video of Sam playing the bass on your channel.
thanks dude....
13:52 is key critical to stay in tune.
Set up before changing the strings to a different type??!? Wow
That doesn't sound smart, right? The tension difference between round wounds and flat wounds is huge. The neck will need to be set again.
You didn't adjust the string heights to match the neck curve.
Thats wicked. 👍👍🍺
+R HEIDEMAN thanks!
Releif is just under a third of a mm...you were right with the 12 thousands,,
of an inch....every one sets string height & pickup height different as you say...me 3mm both ends of pickups at the 12th fret depressed..i'm old school, not a happy slapper, i play down the low end, 'the money notes' beneath the 7th fret...sometimes up to the 9th....i like to play bass
Good job ! You are a professional ! I liked it because you are careful with the instrument. I need a setup on my bass American Special Fender precision, because I bought new Thomastik Infeld JF 344( low tension ) strings. I live in Reno, Nevada. Where are you located ? Thank you for your answer !
I am in Colorado. Good luck with your setup Jose!
1:04 when you don't care about the camera. :p
You're aging like a fine wine Greg;-)
Well done Greg. I would keep ya busy if you come visit me, between my guitar and my buddys guitars I would have you doing tech for a couple days Lol
+Jerry's This and That I’d be happy to do it Jerry. I suspect I’d have to make a trip to canuckistan tho.
The straight edge is great. I have a lot of tools for bass setup. Just need a food place to do it... Rather not do it in my humid garage.
Why didn’t you capo the first fret.
I've never seen anyone loosen the necks screws to adjust the truss rod, I don't think that's correct.
A lot of fenders (and some other guitars) have the truss rod adjustment on the heal of the guitar. You absolutely need to loosen or removed the neck to make neck relief adjustments. It's a huge pain if you have to go back and forth several times. Bass guitars tend to be more trouble than 6 strings.
@@SkyscraperGuitars, your correct and thanks for the reply. I was thinking of truss rod adjustment locations the are more accessible, as the newer models are.
@@ricktrapp482 It is a "vintage" way to do the adjustment. You see it on old Strats and Teles. You see it on old and new basses. There are some traditionalists who still use the heal adjustment on guitars, but it's kind of silly since everyone knows how to drill the headstock hole... Either way, I'd rather NOT have them in the heal, but I don't get to make the decisions!!! :D. Thanks for checking it out.
@@SkyscraperGuitars And this is why I always shy away from American made Fenders or vintage reissue stuff...my Made in Mexico standard Fenders are my fav because it's so easy to set up with the headstock truss rod access.
You do on American fenders, you’ll destroy your scratch plate otherwise….just buy a “stubby” Allen key, and you’ll never have to take the neck off again !
Might have been a better video if you'd sorted the camera angel out to show what you're doing... Great video all the same!
Wish I could screw off at work.... :)
This is serious work.
what do the numbers mean lol
On the string height gauge, the numbers are 1/64th of an inch. That is generally how manufacturers refer to string height - i.e. 5/64ths on the bass and 4/64ths on the treble.
@@SkyscraperGuitars :D thanks for coming back to me, now i just need a calculator to translate ;)
sidenote: i have a buzz on my open a string, it goes away when i put a tiny bit of pressure on the tuner side of the nut. what could that be? is the a string grove in the nut too deep?
@@Homs86 It could be a low nut issue. It could also be neck relief. There's an odd chance it could be a high fret or your action at the bridge is too low. It all kind of connects. I always start with the easiest answers and as I eliminate them, I work toward the solutions that take more time/effort. Pushing on the back side of the nut can deflect the neck enough to mask a relief issue, it can also counteract a low nut slot. The neck deflection could also mask a high fret or bridge action issue. Ugh.. I don't seem to be clarifying... LOL. I hope that helps.
@@SkyscraperGuitars haha, i also felt it could be every thing you mentioned ^^
a fretjob is due, so ill do that and do everything else once more and see if that helps, if not ill get a new nut and work on that. thanks for the tips, it still helps in the sense of "yes, it could be anything" :D
thanks a lot and greetings from ger :)
I was thinking about getting my bass out of storage and starting to play again, but after this, I think I'll leave it in storage. This seems like more hassle than working on a car.
You should never tighten the truss rod with the strings on as you're asking the tiny thin little truss rod to do too much. The right way is to remove the strings and neck, then clamp the neck into a back-bow to remove all tension from the nut. Then you can tighten and release the pressure on the back bow clamp jig. Better yet, with the tension off the nut, remove the nut, clean it and the truss rod threads with alcohol, add a little petroleum jelly and you'll have a much easier time.
that's not the correct way to set the pickup height...
he should be pressing on last fret for pickup height!
he should watch Dave's World of Fun Stuff
yeah... nice camera work! Can't see ANYTHING he's doing with his hands..
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