Pick up height adjustment ???

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Fernando Vergara

What is the correct height for Smith pick-ups?? I have my action set up to med or just a little higher which is how i like it for my style of playing.

Mine seemed a little low on my 92 BT 5 but as soon as i raised them up a little the bass came alive.

Should the volume of the front pick-up be even with the back pick up?

There is no one-and-only set adjustment for every player. Not everyone plays the same. That is something only you can determine.

I can tell you exactly how I set my basses up and also tell you that many players like my set-up's, however and again, not everyone plays with the intensity/agressiveness as I play. So, really, that determination should be made by each and every player.

I find too often, that many players will criticize an instrument for it's "lack of quality" because they don't know how to properly set it up. This is unfortunate, particularly when it's not the instrument that is the problem but the lack of understanding of the potential within the instrument.

Great players can make an improperly set-up instrument sound good. Conversely, great players can make a properly set-up instrument sound great.