You know I play Entwistle-style.
And he always said: I love my strings to be behind my frets....
With no wood bass neck this is possible, but with a graphite one, no problem.
And it still sounds, no problem. No buzzing, nothing.
The E string has only very limited space and when you hear it un-amplified it
sounds like: ..almost dead...
But with the bass plugged into the amp it goes: T H U N D ER
I don´t know if any "normal" bass player would be comfortable with this action.
But for me doing all the Entwistle stuff, it is the best....

Oliver

Sorry, this should have been in the previous thread.
Can any of the moderators re-locate my post?

Oliver

so you're talkin SUPER LOW action? then its obviously a graphite im lookin for. is this only possible on a completly graphite bass? as i said in the other thread my status has a rosewood neck, iv got the strings down to just under 2 mm but the neck doesn't play perfectly even at this setting. what bass would you reccomend? thanks for your help.

I slap a lot and use thin strings and lowest action. It's so low that I still have to find another player able to play it without buzz! :D
On my formerly owned S2000 the strings really were closest to fingerboard. A graphite neck helps a lot since it doesn't move (or moves less) and the nice fretjob on Status basses allows you to use low actions without buzz.
In theory a thinner string should allow you to use a lower action, since a string with less mass has a smaller vibration space. In fact guitars can use lowest action.
Ultra-low action "eats" a part of the tone but give you better playability and speed. It's just a matter of needs and tastes. I'd never buy a bass that can't allow a lowest action. This is harder to find on 5-6 strings, since the LowB is usually "sloppier" and needs an higher action to vibrate freely. Luckily I use 4 strings but I've had 6ers, 5ers and a 7 too in the past!

sorry can't merge threads...