The Horseshoes are explained - Finally-Part 2

[thinneckrick]

Thanks Brian . Vary well said sir .

[pflash4001]

Thanks Mark. I'll be looking for it. I love the neck on that bass...It is so much thinner that the neck on my '79. what about the other issue? I can't seem to find a pickup height that will let the open E string ring properly AND give me the action I need above the 10th or so fret. Anyone got any suggestions? Thanks a lot guys. As always you all are a great source of information.

[aceonbass]

Sounds like a shallow neck angle to me. You can have the neck perfectly flat, but as you move further up the neck, the strings are pulling lower and closer to the pickup poles and conversely, starting out higher and closer to the horseshoe closer to the nut. On a bolt on neck bass, you'd just tuck a shim under the heal of the neck at the rear of the neck pocket, but on a neck through bass like a 4001, I don't know of anything you can do.