Ok, I just set the action on my 70 and my 51. Playing a bit hard in the low F position on the E string , I am at the breaking point where fret rattle is about to begin and if I hit it hard it WILL rattle. It feels good to me, but I know it's higher than most players would tolerate. My E strings on both are beyond the height of the thickness of a silver dollar. In fact the G string on my 70 is right at the silver dollar thickness , my 51 is slightly higher yet
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Like nofi , I play an ABG quite a bit and that equates to digging in hard with the picking hand. Since I started playing ABG a lot several years ago, the action on my electrics has come up considerably . The action on my ABGs was very high and the action on my electrics was comparitively very low, and when I would switch from ABG to electric I would be all but ripping the strings off and listening to nothing but fret rattle
Now that the electrics are set much higher everything feels good to me, but when other bass players pick up one of my basses they look at me like I'm a freak
I was just trying to get a little temperature check on everyone elses settings just to see exactly how much of a freak I've become
I have determined I am considerably over the silver dollar limit..... I need thicker money.
Rick