Bass Setup Question Options

[NoSkill]

Hi Bogdan,

I have two bass guitars. A Fender Jazz Bass, and a Musicman Stingray. In some of the recordings I've made with the J bass, there was a clicking when I picked the strings. I had the action very low and was able to greatly decrease that sound by raising the action a bit. The noise, as I could tell, was coming from the strings making a contact "click," with the upper register frets, after I plucked the string. This only happened when I was plucking aggressively.

The Stingray has a different tendency. When I fret and pluck the note, it sounds pure, but when I release the fret, I get a minute buzz. This shows up in recording, but I don't hear it when I play. I've messed with the action, but get the same result with it higher, or lower. The noise is coming from the string buzzing against the fret that I'm playing, WHEN I release my finger. I get the same noise if I release fast or slow. How do I fix this? There is a tiny bit of relief on the neck, but it's essentially flat. Maybe a few thousands with the bass fretted at the body joint ant the first fret.

Sorry, I don't know the strings or gauge. It's still strung with what it had from the music store.

I hope I'm explaining myself well enough.

Thanks, Bogdan!

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This post has been edited by NoSkill: May 28 2010, 03:13 PM

[NoSkill]

That's good stuff man!

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