Stringing stuff

Alright so i was trying to do a tap and i noticed that what was making it a lot harder to do than my teacher's bass is that my strings are way above the fretboard!How do i bring them closer to the fretboard?
Might a problem occur because of the little curve my bass has ?

Action! You need to adjust the action. You see the little screws (the ones without heads and need a hexagon shaped screw driver) on the bridge? You need to screw them a bit and it lowers the action... But if you don't know what you're doing (like me), get a pro to do it. A bit of bend on the neck is normal but it depends on how the action is set up.

SuperMaximo93 wrote:Action! You need to adjust the action. You see the little screws (the ones without heads and need a hexagon shaped screw driver) on the bridge? You need to screw them a bit and it lowers the action... But if you don't know what you're doing (like me), get a pro to do it. A bit of bend on the neck is normal but it depends on how the action is set up.

Screw them to the inside?Or in some way unscrew them?

Trussrod probally needs tweaking. If your confident about doing it go for it, but be sure to read up on what you are exactly doing and what way you need to turn the truss rods as it does change on certain basses. Only turn 1/4 at a time and leave it half an hour at the least to set (im sure i've seen its recomended to leave it a few hours somewhere!). Or get a pro to do it, problem is they arn't cheap.

Best bet: Tell your teacher the problem, and ask if there's anything he can do/recommend. If he is a teacher, he's most likely got enough experience of tweaking his own bass to be able to help you. If not, he may be able to recommend someone who can, or at least show you what screws need adjusting etc.

If you don't know what you're doing & dive into it, you can actually make the action worse, and it can be a nightmare to sort out if you don't know what you're doing... I'll hunt for some guides tomorrow on how to do it, as I've just got back from work & it's almost midnight here

Thank you all guys for the support.I'll probably get my teacher to do it ,but i'll try to search some guides too.

Heres a guide for setting up a bass, look at page 1 and 2.
http://www.tunemybass.com/bass_setup
Theres probably a more detailed guide somewhere, but that sums it up

It's called an allen key, max..

Fuzzydice45 wrote:It's called an allen key, max..

Oh yeah But you can use screwdrivers too if you use the right bit

SuperMaximo93 wrote:

Fuzzydice45 wrote:It's called an allen key, max..

Oh yeah But you can use screwdrivers too if you use the right bit

Great guide there.Gonna check it all tonight.Cuz' my english suck by allen key do you mean the cross screwdriveR?

In greek we call them crossed.

They're hexagonal (6 sides)

Smaz wrote:They're hexagonal (6 sides)

Don't think i have one of those

i have 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 hex keys. I'll mail you one. just tell me what size it is. OR i could just send you the size that fits mine along with a size above and below.

They're preety small can't tell size

Cliff em' all wrote:They're preety small can't tell size

u can just go to ur local diy/tool shop what ever u want to call it and just buy a set
im pretty sure they dont cost more than 10-15£
thats like ca. 15-20£
allan keys are used for loads of things anyways so u might just want to ask ur dad/mum or whatever and they probs have sum

maxf13 wrote:
allan keys are used for loads of things anyways so u might just want to ask ur dad/mum or whatever and they probs have sum

Most Allan keys people have around are quite big as they come with flat pack furniture from IKEA or similar.

yh i suppose
but as i said i dont think they are that expensive