Bass Guitar Setup

A professional bass guitar setup, aside from your playing skills, is how you get the best sound from your bass. A bass set up balances the numerous settings that affect tuning, tone, and playability.

If you need bass guitar repair you should explore our bass guitar luthier services.

What Does a Setup Do for My Bass?

A professional bass setup effectively balances the numerous settings between the parts of your bass guitar. A setup delivers proper tone and resolves playability issues. We can properly set intonation, manage fret buzz, dress fret ends, reset string action and pickup heights. Inspecting and cleaning keeps your bass looking great plus it gives us time to identify existing or potential problems.

What is Included in a Bass Setup?

A bass setup is technical process using a number of guitar tech specialty tools. For pinpoint accuracy in tuning your bass we use a Korg strobe digital tuner. We inspect major components and make necessary mechanical adjustments as needed. Often, parts such as a truss rod do not need to be adjusted. We use factory setup specifications as our benchmark for every bass setup. We can adjust your bass setup to accommodate your playing style and preferences.

Our bass guitar setup includes both making your guitar play well and have it looking its best - with a better price and turnaround time than a big-box guitar center, store, or dealer.

For your convenience we offer pickup and delivery service within a 20 mile radius of our guitar repair shop in Kennesaw.

The Artisan Luthiers 11 Point Bass Setup

Check/adjust neck relief (truss rod)
Check/adjust bridge and saddles
Check/adjust string radius and action
Check/adjust pickup heights
Check/adjust tuning machine heads
Check nut and lube slots
Polish frets (check for wear, rough ends, etc.)
Condition fretboard (uncoated fretboards)
Install new bass strings
Intonation digitally calibrated
Detail bass
We do not attempt to clean or polish satin finishes.

We could call this a 22 Point Inspection, we just don't list the inspection apart from the work.

Bass Setup Cost

Our bass guitar setup price is among the most affordable bass set up prices in north metro Atlanta. Our base price does not include the cost of bass strings or nut modification work or other mods associated with changing string sizes.

Fender Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $90 + bass strings
Ibanez Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $90 + bass strings
Warwick Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $90 + bass strings
Schecter Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $90 + bass strings
Spector Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $90 + bass strings
Sadowsky Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $90 + bass strings
Alembic Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $90 + bass strings
Pedulla Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $90 + bass strings
G amp; L Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $90 + bass strings
B.C. Rich Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $90 + bass strings
Rickenbacker Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $90 + bass strings
Dingwall Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $90 + bass strings
MTD Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $90 + bass strings
Nash Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $90 + bass strings
Ken Smith Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $90 + bass strings
Yamaha Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $90 + bass strings
Jackson Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $90 + bass strings
ESP LTD Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $00 + bass strings
Music Man Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $90 + bass strings
Squier Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $90 + bass strings
Epiphone Bass Setup (4-string or 5-string) $90 + bass strings
Hofner Bass Setup (4-string) $90 + bass strings
Other Bass Brands (4-string or 5-string) $90 min. + bass strings

We also do setups and work on 6- and 7-string basses. Call for pricing.

How often should you get a bass setup?

For the average person, a bass setup should be done on your guitar approximately 1-2 times per year. This number could change quite a bit if you play a lot or your bass is subject to temperature and humidity fluctuations. Since a setup is done to improve sound and playability you should get a setup, at least a checkup, anytime things don't seem right. If you notice that the tone of your bass sounds odd it probably needs some form of technical adjustments.

Request a Bass Guitar Setup

Call 678-402-6739 or text to 770-654-3223 to set an appointment for your bass setup. We offer relatively fast turnaround, and deliver results that will make you smile.

Request a Bass Setup