Great Video. Thanks. I like the first tip of string pressure wrapping around itself and to release it from the bridge.. Cheers.

He knows his business. One of the few people I have ever heard explain PROPERLY the way a string vibrates. It is slightly more complicated than this explanation, but he makes a complicated point simply.
The big challenge of 5 string bass, is having a speaker system that will reproduce the fundamental frequency of the B. There are some high end bass reproduction systems that do a terrible job. And some cheap ones that nail it. The best low bucks one rhymes with skeevy.

Salve Galeazzo! Volevo solo chiederti come si fa a prevenire l’arrotamento delle corde avendo un bridge normale (non hipshot). Sui gfj non c’e’ nessun problema, dato che si puo’ tirare fuori la corda e semplicemente girarla, ma sui fender l’operazione e’ un po’ piu’ difficile…l’ultima volta che ho cambiato le corde, pensavo di averle girate abbastanza, ma poi, quando le ho tolte mi sono accorto che si erano girate su di esse un paio di volte. Qualche consiglio? Forse un bridge hipshot?Grazie

Great tips dude. Thanks!

Super.

Hey Dustin, I hope you don’t mind me providing a perspective! Greetings from Australia.. You make a very good point. Some manufacturers are doing balanced sets, though this dynamic you describe still occurs. Circle K do balanced sets, but this results in their low B, E, A strings being of a massive gauge to compensate. I’ve heard good things, but this just doesn’t sound practical. For the moment keep an eye out for balanced sets. It varies also from bass to bass! All the best, J

That can be sorted by changing the bridge saddles. I put flatwounds on a Fender Jazz and the action felt alright but the strings were far too taught for me, and I was told by one of my tutors to lower the saddles and it helped it a lot.

All I’m saying that the strings are one small part of the equation when it comes to their tension.

Thanks for trying to help but I think you misunderstood my point

where is part 2 ? 

i like dhis bass..

Very, very good information! What is your opinion on string tension? I’ve noticed that the thicker strings on bass and guitar have less tension (more floppy) than the thinner strings. I’m aware that a couple string manufacturers are making balanced-tension string sets. Is there a use for the traditional un-balanced sets? Or do you see the strings of the future being balanced? (I suppose a balanced set could have more consistent tones all across the board?)

Thanks for the vid! – Dustin (USA)

On my new SR405qm, the strings hits the frets too much, how can I fix this so its low sounds come out? & sound like bands such as Crossfade, Stand, 5FDP, etc.

Thank you for some great insight. Many times when you get a BASS SET UP it is done without you being present. This video shows you what is exactly done and what you are paying for. 100 thumbs up for FruduaTV !!

I mean: 3.2= 3.2 mm

I know how much mm is in 1 inch but give me this measurements in mm… for example: G string 3 .2 (three point two) but what ? Milimeters ? 64th of inch ? 32Nd of inch ? How much it is ? I don’t understand his units of this measurements

I just did this my b string is still dead as a doorknob :/

very useful – thanks

Hey my low B will vibrate if i dont keep my thumb on it which clogs up my sound. I have set my action so there is very little fret buzz and i have set my intonation. Do you know why this is?

He’s Italian. U r American?

All measurements are in milimeters or inches ?

Good info.

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I love when Russians say “compromise.”

hmm, nice vid, but most non specialists are going to have feeler gauges in the house or garage. i need the distance from the bottom of the string, not the top.