Pics coming soon but figured I'd write this out for now.
Bass in question is a 1988 Rickenbacker 4003.
Was doing a setup and tightening the truss rods in small increments and everything was going well.
Let the bass sit overnight and checked on it the next morning. Relief at 0.025" both sides (first/last fret pressed down, measured at 8th fret).
The bass played great even with that much relief but I thought maybe I can do better given I normally set up my basses between 0.01 and 0.015.
Did 1/8th of a turn on the treble side, so far so good.
When I was on the bass side, I noticed it was pretty tight already but I figured why not give it a shot.
As I turned gently to try and match the relief, something distracted me and I accidentally tightened by about 1/4 turn and suddenly something felt off.
I stopped immediately and assessed the damage. Two things I noticed:
1) There is a small crack in the fretboard under the D string (runs from the nut to about half way down the first fret). Could've been there before but I didn't notice it until now.
2) Looking into the truss rod hole where I was doing the adjustment, the truss rod on the bass side (E/A) looks like it has come out by about 1mm closer to the tuners than the truss rod on the treble side.
Not sure if that second point is clear but like I said, pics coming soon.
Surprisingly, the bass actually still plays fine and has maintained about 0.024" of relief even after a few hours.
My questions are: What problems can I anticipate from this as far as setups and making adjustments down the road and what's the best way to fix these two issues (I know the answer is likely take it to a tech but asking mainly to satisfy my curiosity in the short term)?
Bass in question is a 1988 Rickenbacker 4003.
Was doing a setup and tightening the truss rods in small increments and everything was going well.
Let the bass sit overnight and checked on it the next morning. Relief at 0.025" both sides (first/last fret pressed down, measured at 8th fret).
The bass played great even with that much relief but I thought maybe I can do better given I normally set up my basses between 0.01 and 0.015.
Did 1/8th of a turn on the treble side, so far so good.
When I was on the bass side, I noticed it was pretty tight already but I figured why not give it a shot.
As I turned gently to try and match the relief, something distracted me and I accidentally tightened by about 1/4 turn and suddenly something felt off.
I stopped immediately and assessed the damage. Two things I noticed:
1) There is a small crack in the fretboard under the D string (runs from the nut to about half way down the first fret). Could've been there before but I didn't notice it until now.
2) Looking into the truss rod hole where I was doing the adjustment, the truss rod on the bass side (E/A) looks like it has come out by about 1mm closer to the tuners than the truss rod on the treble side.
Not sure if that second point is clear but like I said, pics coming soon.
Surprisingly, the bass actually still plays fine and has maintained about 0.024" of relief even after a few hours.
My questions are: What problems can I anticipate from this as far as setups and making adjustments down the road and what's the best way to fix these two issues (I know the answer is likely take it to a tech but asking mainly to satisfy my curiosity in the short term)?
