Hi,
I've been playing Lead Guitar and 6 string acoustic for more years than I can remember, but recently I decided to learn to play bass as well, I bought a cheap Washburn bass, but I notice that the action is very high, is this normal, I'm used to playing a strat and an Ibanez Prestige that have been professionally set up with low action, do I need to get this bass set up as well or is the high action something I have to get used to ?
Rgds/Sid
You can probably go lower. The action on my fretless is lower than the action on my guitar. I don't think you can go quite so low with frets, but maybe you could. Regardless, you should get it looked at if it's too high for you.
Thanks Paul, That's what exactly what I wanted to hear :D
I'll get it sorted soon as.
Rgds/Sid
To be a little more specific, what measurements would you consider to be "low" from the nut and/or twelfth fret?
I can't help with a fretted bass, but my fretless has the G at fingerboard height at the nut, and the E at a little under a sixteenth of an inch. All are at an eighth of an inch at the other end of the neck. A little less at the twelvth, of course.