low action basses

[Johngh]

All the Statii I have ever had were set up with the action very low. I once played one of John Entwistles Buzzard at the Status factory ant the action was so low on that it rattled, but Rob said that was the way JE liked em'
The lowest action bass I have is my Shuker 6er, I've set it up ultra low. Jon couldn't understand why I liked it so low, but it sounds great.

[Dread Bass]

my alembic has amazing setup ability cold have the action as low as i want. My rick tuner fretless action is crazy low.

[alexclaber]

The heavier your string gauge, the longer the scale length, the lighter your touch, the better the fretwork, strangely) the less the sustain of the fundamentals and the greater the amount of fret buzz you will tolerate, the lower your action can be.

I use relatively heavy strings on a longer scale, nice frets, tons of fundamental sustain, with fret buzz only when I want it, and I sometimes dig in pretty hard - I like to use dynamics as much as possible - thus my action is around 2-3mm.

Alex