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Location: Austin, Texas | Hi, y'all. I haven't been here in a coon's age. Been busier than the law allows.
I have a Celebrity acoustic bass that was given to me about 12 years ago. I was cataloging my guitars for insurance purposes and when I took it out of the case to check the serial number it looked like the neck needs to have the relief adjusted. I've been playing a little over 50 years and have been doing my own setup for about half that time, so I don't need real detailed information, but I'm pretty sure that, because of the length of the scale, I'm looking at a slightly different procedure from a regular guitar.
Question 1: Do I depress the 1st fret and the 14th fret prior to taking measurements and at which fret do I take the measurements?
Question 2: What should the clearances be?
I'd rather have some specs before I just start punting.
Any help will be appreciated.
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Location: Upper Left USA | Here is the manual for the electric Bass
Magnum Owner\'s Manual
For an acoustic bass the technique would be the same even if the measurement was different. |
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Location: Austin, Texas | Thanks for the quick response. Neck relief checks out ok. Reckon I need to start learning how to play this thing. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I think Music Mishka should answer this one ... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | ... bad pun. Sorry. |
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Neck Relief Question