Learn How to Set Up Your Bass

People may have different opinions on how a bass guitar should be set up, but for a shop to set up your bass you will be looking at around £40. All shops will have different setup procedures but should include some of the following:

• New strings
• setting up the action
• intonation
• Pick up alignment
• cleaning

When you buy a new bass, your bass should be set at factory settings and again different manufacturers will have different factory settings, so for this I will try to guide bassist’s through the process of setting their bass to their personal playing preference.

Changing Your Strings - Learn how to successfully change your bass strings with these easy to follow steps.

Action - The gap between your strings and the fretboard. Too high and playing becomes very difficult, too low and string rattle occurs. Learn how to alter this.

Intonation - Learn how to line up your strings with the correct frets.

Bass Pickups - Learn how to alter your pickups and how they affect your sound on your bass.