My bass arrived yesterday....

Denverdave

Denverdave

Resident Ragamuffin
It was in a bit rougher shape than the pictures showed, but still pretty good for a 20 something year old bass..

The only gotcha is that the neck has a semi significant forward bow. I tried to adjust the truss rod, but the adjustment screw at the top does not fit a Allen wrench. It is a smooth round hole. So either it is totally stripped (which will really piss me off) or the truss rod adjustment is under the pickguard. I didn't have time to check that yesterday and I didn't want to take the strings off yet. I'll check tonight...
 
Hopefully the truss rod adjustment isn't stripped...I'm not sure there's anything you can do at that point...
 
markwein said:
Hopefully the truss rod adjustment isn't stripped...I'm not sure there's anything you can do at that point...
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I'd have to buy a new neck and hope to heck it will fit the neck pocket well....
 
Bummer about the truss rod....if it's really stripped.

You have pics?

FWIW, a depending on whether it's a single acting or double acting truss rod, a good luthier may be able to get the old nut off and replace it with a non-stripped one for pretty cheap. That's only if it's a single acting rod though. If it's a double acting rod, that nut won't come off, and I think you'd have to remove the fretboard and replace the whole rod...which probably wouldn't be worth it.
 
Prages said:
Bummer about the truss rod....if it's really stripped.

You have pics?

FWIW, a depending on whether it's a single acting or double acting truss rod, a good luthier may be able to get the old nut off and replace it with a non-stripped one for pretty cheap. That's only if it's a single acting rod though. If it's a double acting rod, that nut won't come off, and I think you'd have to remove the fretboard and replace the whole rod...which probably wouldn't be worth it.
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No pics yet....
 
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