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No problem. What would you need to see?

I've recently rescued a Cort Elrick bass that was in need of some TLC. So far I've managed to stop the G string rattling against the zero fret by filing the nut slot a little deeper, given the frets and the fingerboard a good polish with steel wool and some fingerboard oil and restrung it. I've also had the neck off and shimmed the neck at the back of the neck cavity in order to lower the action, however, when I measure the string heights across the neck, there is more clearance at the 12th fret than there is at the 22nd-24th fret. I was always under the impression that there should be a small amount of relief in the neck, but this would appear to be causing the difference in string height, which is leading to a little bit of clattering of the strings against the higher frets. I will say that the action is pretty low at around 1.8mm at the 12th fret. Would anyone have any advice on the amount of relief I should have set in the neck and what could cure this height disparity? Thanks!

Their pedals are a thing of beauty and I am severely tempted, but already have a B3K. Thankfully I live near a stockist so I can get to try one out, make an informed decision, then buy one regardless!

I've got the Empress Compressor which has a mix/blend control for parallel compression, which works and sounds. It's not small, but is packed with features and has great metering, as well as side chain capabilities, but I set it quite subtly, so haven't had the need to use that yet. I will confess, compression is quite new to me, so I am still in the experimental stages with it.