When talking about bass guitars, what does it mean when they say the action is low or high?

zombie_genocider asked:

So what I’m getting at is, what is “action”?

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2 Responses to “When talking about bass guitars, what does it mean when they say the action is low or high?”

Benjamin B on June 30th, 2009 at 5:08 pm

Action refers to how high or low the string are off of the neck. A :high” actions means that there is a big gap between the strings and the neck.
wow on July 2nd, 2009 at 6:42 am

the action is the distance from the strings to the fretboard

low action would mean you barely have to press to make a clean note