Newbie question.....

[PEACHYUK]

Sorry about this, a couple of really stupid questions......

Have a Tangelwood Rebel 4k and the instructions are far from comprehensive(as is the website). I am getting alotof buzz which could be down to my beginner playing but How do you raise the action? also which knob does what and which pickup is which...does that make sense????
sorry for daft questions....thx

[Jase]

Hi Peachy, maybe you should post in the Repairs and technical issues section

[BOD2]

Hi PEACHYUK,

OK - the simpler questions first. I'm not familiar with you particular bass but a quick look at the pictures on the website gives me some idea about.

There are two pickups. A "Fender Precision"-type pickup nearest to the neck. This is a "split pickup" design so comprises of two half-width offset pickups that act as one. From it's position this would be referred to as the "neck pickup".

The other pickup is a "Fender Jazz"-type of pickup and is nearer to the bridge.

They're called Fender Precision or Jazz-type pickups simply because the mimic the style of pickups on these classic bass designs.

Your bass has two volume controls and one tone control. That'll be one volume control for each pickup and a master tone control that affects both pickups. I would guess that the control nearest to the left as you look down on the bass will be the volume fo rthe neck pickup. The middle control will the be the volume for the bridge pickup. The one nearest to the right will be the master tone control.

Note that the tone control generally doesn't do much on many bass designs - it only cuts off the treble (brightness) and often not very subtly.

As for the action - this is a little trickier. Firstly the buzzing could be "beginner playing" as you suggest. Stopping buzzing is one of the techniques that takes a little while to learn (it's not as easy as you would expect). Try playing more gently as this can help quite a lot.

If you still need to raise the action it's done at the bridge. I can't see the design of your bridge from the pictures, but there are usually allen key (hexagonal) slots on each of the bridge pieces that the strings pass over. Gently screwing in these allen bolts will raise each bridge piece. It's a little tricky first time so you might want to ask for help with this.

There's a guide here [url="http://www.tunemybass.com/bass_setup/adjusting_string_height.html"]Tunemybass.com[/url] that might help explain it.

[PEACHYUK]

[quote name='BOD2' post='193742' date='May 7 2008, 12:05 PM']Hi PEACHYUK,

OK - the simpler questions first. I'm not familiar with you particular bass but a quick look at the pictures on the website gives me some idea about.

There are two pickups. A "Fender Precision"-type pickup nearest to the neck. This is a "split pickup" design so comprises of two half-width offset pickups that act as one. From it's position this would be referred to as the "neck pickup".

The other pickup is a "Fender Jazz"-type of pickup and is nearer to the bridge.

They're called Fender Precision or Jazz-type pickups simply because the mimic the style of pickups on these classic bass designs.

Your bass has two volume controls and one tone control. That'll be one volume control for each pickup and a master tone control that affects both pickups. I would guess that the control nearest to the left as you look down on the bass will be the volume fo rthe neck pickup. The middle control will the be the volume for the bridge pickup. The one nearest to the right will be the master tone control.

Note that the tone control generally doesn't do much on many bass designs - it only cuts off the treble (brightness) and often not very subtly.

As for the action - this is a little trickier. Firstly the buzzing could be "beginner playing" as you suggest. Stopping buzzing is one of the techniques that takes a little while to learn (it's not as easy as you would expect). Try playing more gently as this can help quite a lot.

If you still need to raise the action it's done at the bridge. I can't see the design of your bridge from the pictures, but there are usually allen key (hexagonal) slots on each of the bridge pieces that the strings pass over. Gently screwing in these allen bolts will raise each bridge piece. It's a little tricky first time so you might want to ask for help with this.

There's a guide here [url="http://www.tunemybass.com/bass_setup/adjusting_string_height.html"]Tunemybass.com[/url] that might help explain it.[/quote]


Perfect....thanks

[Adrenochrome]

I have a transparent purple 5K and the controls are indeed as described above. Mine wears LaBella flats (tapered 'B') so I have my tone on full all the time and the sound is quite decent. It's not seen any gigging action for a couple of years though since I went down the all-covers route...

Edited May 7, 2008 by Adrenochrome

[PEACHYUK]

thanks for your quick replies.....