Comments on: Bass fret buzz? (questions answered)

By: fabibass

fabibass — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:51:04 +0000

enjoy watching your …
enjoy watching your videos. Thanks !

By: dillydean

dillydean — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:51:04 +0000

thanks for the tips
thanks for the tips

By: NepaTrish

NepaTrish — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:51:04 +0000

thank you for the …
thank you for the videos. they are helping me a lot.

By: MAJORdorMo

MAJORdorMo — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:51:04 +0000

I didn’t watch the …
I didn’t watch the video, so I’m not sure if this was addressed, but here I go:

1. Don’t be afraid of fretbuzz. It won’t be heard over a band.

2. To remove 95% of fretbuzz, turn your tweeter/horn completely off and turn your treble knob about 15 degrees below flat. This will get rid of all but the WORST fretbuzz (which won’t be audible over a band as I said).

I found this out on my journey to get the strings as low as possible.

By: warduke75

warduke75 — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:51:04 +0000

Dude, you rock! You …
Dude, you rock! You were right, it was just my technique. I still have some buzz but as you pointed out it does not come through my amp. I would send you a new chair but I’m afraid shipping from Upstate NY to England would be outrageous! Def. count on a donation soon tho! Thanks again bro! Switching from bass to guitar is proving to be harder than I thought, but bass is so much more exciting!

By: Dmanlamius76

Dmanlamius76 — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:51:04 +0000

No problem man! …
No problem man! Glad it helped

By: kalvinise

kalvinise — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:51:04 +0000

i had the same …
i had the same problem ages ago but i just needed to hire the bridge

By: c0d3h4x0r

c0d3h4x0r — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:51:04 +0000

The neck of any …
The neck of any guitar or bass *should* have a little bit of a concave bend/curve to it when the instrument is set up properly. When strings vibrate, they form an arc, and neck needs to somewhat match that arc so the string can clear the frets properly while vibrating. That said, you shouldn’t have *much* bend.

By: c0d3h4x0r

c0d3h4x0r — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:51:04 +0000

The best way to …
The best way to check neck bend (”relief”) is to press one of the middle-most strings down against the frets at both ends of the neck (so that the string will form a perfectly straight line), and then see how much of a gap there is between the top of the frets and the underside of the string. There shouldn’t be more than about 1/8 of an inch. If there is more, it doesn’t necessarily mean your bass is “ruined” or anything, it usually just means you need to tighten the truss rod.

By: c0d3h4x0r

c0d3h4x0r — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:51:04 +0000

The whole point of …
The whole point of the truss rud is to provide counter-tension to pull the neck “back” to a mostly-straight position, to counteract the forward-pulling force that the strings place on the neck.