by Scott Feldstein | Jun 2, 2024 | General, Tips & Tricks
This hasn’t got anything to do with guitar or bass setups. But I see so much confusion out there on the inter webs that I thought I would share what I know* on the subject. “I read somewhere that you should not use a bass amp head with fewer watts than your...
by Scott Feldstein | May 8, 2024 | General
I saw someone post this in an online forum earlier. Mostly they were getting decent advice: needs a setup, might need a truss rod adjustment, etc. Someone even thought to mention that this could be the result of improperly installed strings (not on the saddle)....
by Scott Feldstein | Oct 8, 2023 | General, Tips & Tricks
So I’m clicking around on Reddit and there’s someone asking about how to do a setup on a new bass he just ordered. There’s only a few responses so far. One of them suggests that YouTube, and in particular this guy, might be of help. You can probably...
by Scott Feldstein | Dec 19, 2022 | General, Tips & Tricks
This is a very common complaint. “My action is way too high. I tried turning the truss rod, but…” Don’t do that. The only reason to adjust your truss rod is because you measured your neck relief and found it to be too much or too little relief....
by Scott Feldstein | Dec 19, 2022 | General
You need to know about Dave. He’s a YouTuber from Toronto. His channel, Dave’s World Of Fun Stuff, is the main way I learned to do setups. For more than a decade, Dave has been uploading videos of himself setting up and/or repairing guitars and basses of...
by Scott Feldstein | Dec 18, 2022 | General
There’s so much bad information out there on how to do your own setups. So much. It’s the reason why I created this website, as a means to fight back. This four part video series from Elixir featuring John Carruthers is a particularly maddening example. In...
