Tension

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Charles Stark

Thanks again to Ken for all the helpful information. It seems that this bass needs to have the fingerboard plained and re-profiled. It's a wonderful sounding instrument, it really anchors the section but the fingerboard is a bit off in design.

I've had to raise the adjusters up to 9mm on each side just so the G string gets 5mm of string height. It's a bit strange...The G and D string has virtually no camber, it's very flat... G (5mm), D (6mm)...But then the A is (10 mm) and E (11mm). So, there is a massive dip between the D and A strings. This means that the E and A strings are under a heck of a lot more tension than the D and G. That's why the bass feels so tight on the bottom two strings.

Basically, I need the G string side of the fingerboard to be lower (rounded), that way I could bring down the entire bridge.

How much fingerboard thickness will be left once this is done and set-up properly? This should be a concern as well.