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Hey all, hoping for some help as I am a bit lost on how to feel about a potential bass I'm looking at. Noticed the truss rod (heel adjust) was sticking out a bit in pictures, and the seller was kind enough to pop the neck off. It seems the truss was almost fully loosened. When you tighten it...

Hi. The title says it all - I would really like to know what size of hex/allen key I need for adjusting the truss rod, and ALSO what size of screwdriver I need for adjusting the string action from the saddle bridge (I'm new to all this luthiering stuff, so help from someone experience would be...

I purchased a Squier P Bass in May this year. Playing just fine out of the box (I am a complete novice). The last day or so the open A and the E below the eight fret are buzzing like crazy. Dont want to make things worse, I've watched YouTube videos about adjusting truss rods and saddles. Anyone...

Hi everyone! I recently changed my tuning from EADG to DGCF on my Yamaha BB1200s (34¨scale). The problem is that I´m using light gauge strings (40-100 DR Hi Beams (round wounds)), and now my bass lacks ¨punch¨. I would like to have the loose feel of the down-tuned light gauge strings to some...

What's your routine for that? Not only intonation (for that it's arps & scales, octaves & fifths; I suppose, not?) but also for sound and other quirks ... What do you do when there's only five minutes or less to make a new friend?

And I assume that's done by having them filed down, right?

i am in the process of building a bass and have been thinking about what nut to use. i like to get the string action really low (without buzzing) and this seems like another tool to facilitate low action. i like the idea of the warwick adjust a nut. is there a reason more bass manufactures don't...

Hey all, I've only recently become confident in adjusting a truss rod, and, naturally, become more attuned to paying attention to neck relief. Noticed today that a bass was buzzing and had lost some relief (I just got it about 3 weeks ago). The past week and the coming one have been/will be...

I recently put in Seymour Duncan SPB-3s in my P Bass, but now I can't adjust the height of the PUP, when I turn the screw all that happens is it gets very loose. WHat should I do?

I've got a bunch of guitars and 1 bass. All have single truss rods and I have no difficulty adjusting neck relief with any of them. Enter my new 5 string Ibanez BTB675 with twin truss rods! I've never seen dual truss rods before and didn't even know they existed. The neck relief seems to be in...

I just got a BC Rich Revenge (with Warlock Headstock) SN: J10108----. No idea of build date; appears to be a storage locker find. Intonation is spot on, god sound but the string height is a bit too much; about 8/32". I like 4/32". I can set up Fenders all day; this is my first BC Rich. I...

In the course of catching up on the basses forum I see this mentioned at least once in every thread about vintage style Fender basses. I just wanted to point out for the record that I have never ONCE had to pull the neck or even loosen the neck bolts to adjust the truss rod on a vintage style...

Do you actually measure between strings to decide where to lay the string? Is there a particular way one should go about doing this? I'm curious because my vintage fender bridge has shown up and I may want to experiment with string spacings once I put it on.

After setting the nut height i realized the distance is varying due to involuntary relief changes. This results in different "feelings/comfort" when pressing the 1st fret. When the neck get straighter, it buzzes, when it gets more relief its kinda unconfortable to press fret 1. So, is the...

I am deciding on what flat to go with after using 9050 Fender flats only....i actually think i have 2 slightly different sets, one being a CL maybe....both are fairly tight tension to my fingers. EDIT: both sets are 9050L....the 105 was replaced with a 100, so both are 45-60-80-100 sets....i...

Hello, TB I recently dropped string gauge due to finger inflammation issues when playing... went from 45-100 to 35-95. Although my fingers are happier after long bouts of gigging, the G (.35) and D (.55) seem "tinny" to me and lack any real deepness. I use a Walkabout with 212 Radiator Scouts...

Played a gig last night at a club I've played more than several times. They have a rotation of 2-3 sound guys. They're all fairly accommodating....all for the exception of one guy who's attempted to adjust my bass amp (with his fingers) on two separate occasions. The first time, he asked for...

Guys, I screwed up and didn't mark the bridge position on my Takamine B10 which has a bridge that moves back and forth, left and right when I was changing my strings. I can see that the strings MUST be evenly spaced on the far left and far right edge of the finger board so I understand that...

I have to take my bass back and forth across Canada about twice a year, and it usually requires a neck adjustment because of the difference in humidity etc. How hard is it to learn how to adjust your neck? Ive always been hesitant because I dont want to cause any unnecessary damage, but it...

Hello. I purchased this bass a couple of months back. The strings buzz quite a lot, and it seems that the neck lacks relief (Warwick say on their video you should be able to easily slide two business cards between the lowest string and the 7th fret when fretting at both ends of the fretboard)...

i just got my hands on a new Fender 1960 CS. And the neck seems to need to come off to be adjusted. Is that correct? If so which way do I turn the screw head to straighten the neck?

The neck has an upbow but the overall action is fine and comfortable to play for me. Is there any disadvantage or maybe future damage when I leave the truss rod and neck in the current state and keep playing?

I'm going to try TI Jazz Rounds on a 5 string fretless that has had regular gauge strings on it. Will the setup need to be adjusted?

I just heard of this now. What do you guys think?

I have an Ibanez BTB7 7-string bass, which has two truss rods. I plan to put tapewounds on the lower 6 strings which will lower the tension quite a bit. How do I adjust the truss rods? I keep seeing contrasting comments on how to adjust them: Adjust both truss rods equally Completely loosen...

I've been reading a lot of interviews recently from industry guys, and many of them say they heavily boost or cut from their on board preamp and set their amp flat. I've always gotten a good all around tone by adjusting the EQ on the amp first, and then tweaking the bass preamp for different...

I like my action pretty low and I also like some vintage style basses that require the neck to come off when I need to access the truss rod. Usually relying on a tech, I decided to set up an ibanez Road Star by following the usual guides here. I ended up needing to turn the truss rod a little...

Hey All, I've only seen a few threads regarding when this company had this feature, before they ruled it out in 1998. I'm getting a '97, and it has the little hole through the black neck plate. I'm guessing this is the same thing as what Peavey had on a lot of their models? I had a few...

I want to lower the tone, to sort of a grungier sound but I'm not sure what to adjust on the amp to make it sound like that, I have tried different combinations of settings but it's not working, also are there any pedals/effects i could buy to increase the sound to how I would like it?

Simply play for a while, loop it and then you can adjust your amp knobs with both hands (while listening to yourself playing!) My current amp is the Genz Benz Shuttlemax 9.2, and it has alot of knobs. I always struggled to get just the right setting. I'd think "gee, I wonder what that knob...

For me, on my Carvin LB75 the only things a touch at all live is pickup blend or backing off the treble for more classic tunes. Everything else is preset through my Zoom. Thoughts?

Is there a method or tool for adjusting a heel-side truss rod on a modern Jazz Bass without removing the pickguard or neck? The slot in my pickguard isn't as long as the one on the P-bass in the attached image. I can't seem to get a good angle to adjust it with an allen wrench, so the only way...

Hey bass dudes, So when I go to eye the neck of my bass to see if it's straight, what end of the bass should I be looking down the neck from? From the headstock, or from the body? I find that the straightness of the neck looks different depending on what end I look down. When I look down the...