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  1. [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Thanks for the answer, but i have already solve the problem. I thought the TRBX504 action rod was single action. In reality its a dual action rod, and after the neutral position, i was able to force the neck to have a nice soft bow.[/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#191919]Now i have the perfect clearence and a nice low action.[/color] [color=#191919]For the negative, as i like very low action, any fret misalignment will show up easy.[/color] [color=#191919]This setup revealed a low 5th fret. When you play the 6 fret it slightly buzzess.[/color] [color=#191919]Today i went to a local luthier and he confirm the misaligned fret.[/color] [color=#191919]He inspected the bass top to bottom, and was the only issue that he have found. He will make me a total fret alignment,[/color] [color=#191919]and the bass will have a perfect setup.[/color][/font][/size] [color=#191919][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Regards,[/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Tiago Silva[/font][/color]
  2. [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]Hi guys,[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]I have a TRBX504 and a setup issue, that i can't solve.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]When i bought my bass, about 2 months ago, the original setup was good.. I had no need to mess with it.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]Since the beginning, i've noticed that the neck was very straight, but i could play without noises and buzzess.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]After the first month, i've start to notice some minor buzz on the higher frets.. 12th and up..[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]After an eye inspection, it seems the neck developed a very slight curve on the nut region (backbow).[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]I've made an adjustment on the truss rod, counterclockwise, to have some neck relief, and the backbow disappear.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]I have needed about 1/2 turn to get some visible correction, and it solve the buzzess problem.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]But, i've never get a real relief. The neck was straight as it comes from the store.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]If i put a capo on the first fret, and press down the last fret, i have 0 distance between the strings and the frets.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]The strings just touch on all frets.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]The playability is great, and i can get a very low action with it.. but i've start to think that the correct geometry, is to have a slight bow on the neck, and try to get that with some more truss rod adjustment.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]No success.. i can relief the truss rod all the way until the adjustment bolt felt really loose (counterclockwise), without any change on the neck.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]It just stay perfectly straight.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]It seems that the strings can't pull the neck to form the correct bow.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]This, with the strings on. I have never take them off.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]Just to know.. how are the necks of your TRBX's? They are straight like mine? or you can get a slight bow with a truss rod adjustment?[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]My fear is that, if the neck develops a backbow, i will can't correct it, since the truss rod is on neutral position.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]Regards,[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]Tiago Silva[/size][/font][/color]
  3. Thanks for the help! Highfox: I Know what you mean.. but i was trying to get some feedback, before i start to try some basses and return them to the stores . Unfortunately, i can't find the basses i'm leaning to on local stores: Yamaha BB734a (and olders BB's) Sandberg Basic Ken Taylor 4 strings Ibanez SR1800 Premium Main and most important specs to me: a neck profile similar to Yammi TRBX504... slim, thin, fast, and low action. And i'm trying to avoid single coils pickups, because i had a bad experience with a Fender American Standard Jazz... on my environment, i've got unbearable humms and static on the bridge pickup.
  4. Hi all, My first bass was a Yamaha TRBX504. It was the first and the only that made me in love with playing bass. Since i have it, i practise and play 3-4 hours per day, until my fingers hurt The main spec that I love on the TRBX504 besides the great sound, body design and construction quality, is the neck... the neck size, profile, shape, that gives me an easy, fast and enjoyable sublime playability. Months have pass and know I have the need to have a 2nd bass.. one for backup. But, dispite everything I feel for the TRBX504, this time I have the opportunity to buy a better bass. I bought a Fender American Standard Jazz Bass, and 3 days after I was returning it to the store. Main issue: the neck. Much slower than the TRBX504, thicker, a little more distance between the strings, and dispite of a new setup, I've never got such a low action like my Yamaha. Other thing that worries me, is that when I bought the Fender American jazz, the bridge single coil pickup make a lot of static and hum noises.. that was the second reason why I've returned it. I'm used to hummbuckers, and know that sometimes single coils make some noise.. but in the Fender, was unbearable. Hope this neck single coil yammi pick-up would be silent.. So, I thought that I'm a Yamaha bass guy.. alternatively.. a Ibanez bass guy. I've discover the Yamaha BB series and fell in love by them. I'm focused on the 1024x.. the specs on the paper, the web videos.. has.. this is it. A difficult decision because I can't find them in the stores to try. Now I've discover the new BB series, and my logic choise is the 734. Since I can't find one to try, my biggest fear is the neck. I don't want to feel what i've experience with the Fender American jazz. I want a slim, fast low action neck like my TRBX504 with a similar profile. Considering all this issues, will I go wrong with the new BB734? The problem is that I can't test one before I buy and I don't know the BB' s neck. Other possibility is the Sandberg Basic Ken Taylor 4 strings.. but this is other bass that I can't find in the stores, and I can't test. Regards, Tiago Silva
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