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Originally Posted by TheBear
then neck relief to basically make sure the neck is very close to flat
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I'm guessing that's your problem.
Unless you have
extremely true fretwork (get a fret rocker and find out) and play very lightly, you need some relief in your bass's neck or you'll get string noise.
Unless there's something seriously wrong with the basic build (and there frequently is), there's never a need to shim a neck.
I'm still guessing that the E and A are too low for your style of playing.