First, check tuning. Using a 6" mm ruler, measure the distance between bottom of strings and top of the 17th fret. Adjust bridge saddles to the height according to the chart below, then re-tune. Experiment with the height until the desired sound and feel is achieved. Shimming is a procedure used to adjust the pitch of the neck in relation to the body. A shim is placed in the neck pocket, underneath the butt end of the neck. On many American series guitars, a Micro-Tilt adjustment is offered.
It replaces the need for a shim by using a hex screw against a plate installed in the butt end of the neck. The need to adjust the pitch raising the butt end of the neck in the pocket, thereby pitching the neck back of the neck occurs in situations where the string height is high and the action adjustment is as low as the adjustment will allow. To properly shim a neck, the neck must be removed from the neck pocket of the body.
For guitars with the Micro-Tilt adjustment, loosen the two neck screws on both sides of the adjustment access hole on the neckplate by at least four full turns. Retighten the neck screws when the adjustment is complete.
The pitch of the neck on your guitar has been preset at the factory and in most cases will not need to be adjusted. Note: If you feel that this adjustment needs to be made and you're not comfortable doing it yourself, take your guitar to your local Fender Authorized Dealer. Setting pickups too high can cause a number of unusual occurrences. Depress strings at last fret. Using a 6" mm ruler, measure the distance from the bottom of the first and fourth strings to top of the pole piece.
A good rule of thumb is that the distance should be greatest at the fourth-string neck pickup position and closest at the first-string bridge pickup position. Follow the measurement guidelines from the chart below as starting points.
The distance will vary according to the amount of magnetic pull from the pickup. Note: Larger string gauges need wider vibrational allowances. If you have a five-string bass or are using heavier-gauge strings, your measurements must be increased accordingly. Shop Pickups. Adjustments should be made after all of the above have been accomplished.
Set the pickup selector switch if your bass has one in the middle position, and turn the volume and tone controls to their maximum settings. Check tuning. Check each string at the 12th fret, harmonic to fretted note make sure you are depressing the string evenly to the fret, not the fingerboard. If sharp, lengthen the string by adjusting the saddle back. If flat, shorten the string by moving the saddle forward. Remember, basses are tempered instruments! Re-tune, play and make further adjustments as needed.
Make sure that the neck has sufficient relief to avoid any unpleasant sounds such as a buzzing. The strings vibrate in the elliptical pattern near the center. Action is the term that is used to indicate the height at which the strings are present. One can easily adjust action or string height in two places: One is near the bridge, and the other is at the nut. Adjusting the nut is quite a difficult task to accomplish. You can easily adjust the string height by raising and lowering it near the bridge end.
Watch this video demonstration to understand how to adjust the string height:. By shortening or lengthening the bass guitar string one can set up the intonation of the guitar. You will either have to move it in the forward or backward direction. At the backside of the bridge, you find the screw that you can use for adjustments. You have to tune every open string in their proper pitches correctly.
You have to begin with the lowest string and then fret that string in the location of the 12th fret.
Ensure that the string is pressed in the downward direction. Always keep the fretted note in tune. You can thus check whether the bass tuner is too sharp or too flat. If you see that it is flat, then you adjust the string by shortening it and pushing the saddle in the forward direction. If you see that it is too short, then you adjust the length of the string by keeping the saddle in the backward direction.
Now you will have to check whether it is appropriately tuned or not and repeat the same step with the other strings as well. It is quite difficult to put every fret in perfect tune, and these instruments carry their natural flaws where perfect intonation is not possible. Watch this video to know how to intonate a guitar or bass:. One can easily adjust the height of the Bass guitar by loosening or tightening all the screws that are outside the pickup. Several brands use foam under the basses to pick up in the upward direction.
To understand the process clearly, watch this video:. When you notice that the foam has started to break down, then you can also use several springs under this to keep it in the opposite direction. You can easily get your favorable amount of output from the treble side if you can raise that particular site.
There are several ways in which you can quickly lower or raise pole pieces. Watch this video explanation on how to adjust guitar pole pieces:. These pole pieces are some magnetic poles that are round and are under the bass strings.
The mid positions on all axes suddenly offered up new sounds. Check your bridge pickups first. This appears to be where the bogeys start taking the whoop and snap out of your sound. The neck response was also better — after balancing things out across the strings!
Getting this stuff right will make you love your old guitar again! Your email address will not be published. Thank you for your patience. Previous Next. Measure the distance from the bottom of the string to the top of the Low E Pole. Common Mistakes: 1. Setting Pickup Height Too High: Setting your pickup height too high will cause your magnets to push and pull your strings out of tune.
Setting the pickup height too high can cause interference with your guitar strings 2. Setting Pickup Height Too Low: Setting your pickup height too low would cause your pickup not to be optimized for your guitar.
Setting the pickup height too low saps your pickups of power 3. Wrong Orientation: The correct pickup height orientation is lower on the bass side and closer on the treble side. Al Lewis says. December 24, Michael Ferguson says. October 17, Tyler Delsack Manager, Fralin Pickups says.
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