Bass feel question...
I was checking out an old hybrid bass yesterday. When I first played it pizz, it had a fairly loose feel, but after a while I started to lower the strings as they were high for me. As I lowered them gradually about 1/4 turn at a time, the strings started feeling stiffer/tighter to pull. Does this mean that the bass prefers a greater downward force (higher bridge) to get the looser feel? On this bass, to lower the string height off the fingerboard and keep the loose feel, would you change the neck angle? This bass also had a tiny overstand, but the bridge didn't look particularly short.
Have you experienced this kind of thing with any of your basses, Ken?
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