Hey guys,
I recently bought myself an incredibly lovely Music Man SUB Bass and for the first few days of owning it it was a very nice playing bass with some semi-serious setup issues.
So I set it up.
Relief's now at 0.3mm measured at the 8th fret when fretting the first and last frets of the E string.
Action is 2.40mm-ish to 2.0mm-ish across at the 15th fret.
Pickup height is factory but using the Sterling by Music Man setup guide measurement of 4mm to 3mm away across E to G.
Sorry for the metric measurements.
The problem I have now is that there's a horrible buzz at the 12th fret of the A, D and G strings where the note "honks" out. No other fret does this which makes me think that the fret wire might be a bit too high and that it's hopefully not a neck problem. How can I find out if this is actually what's causing it? If it's probably not this, what else might it be?
Thanks!
I recently bought myself an incredibly lovely Music Man SUB Bass and for the first few days of owning it it was a very nice playing bass with some semi-serious setup issues.
So I set it up.
Relief's now at 0.3mm measured at the 8th fret when fretting the first and last frets of the E string.
Action is 2.40mm-ish to 2.0mm-ish across at the 15th fret.
Pickup height is factory but using the Sterling by Music Man setup guide measurement of 4mm to 3mm away across E to G.
Sorry for the metric measurements.
The problem I have now is that there's a horrible buzz at the 12th fret of the A, D and G strings where the note "honks" out. No other fret does this which makes me think that the fret wire might be a bit too high and that it's hopefully not a neck problem. How can I find out if this is actually what's causing it? If it's probably not this, what else might it be?Thanks!
