warwickhunt

"Update, I took the '20 apart and yep, it was back bowed. I went counter 3/8ths of a turn and set the ruler on it, it was straight. I let it sit for 2 days and rechecked it, it has a teeny bit of relief now. I came back 1/8 clockwise and will let it sit a day or 2 to see what it does." Are you doing this with the neck attached to the body and then leaving it under tension with the strings on?

The stock response should be 'P' bass. However, the correct answer is whatever you want and can afford because that is the essence of punk.

Nice one. It has that look of an early well contoured Streamer (some of the later ones start to look a little 'bloated'). Come on get a better pic up.

NT Fender(ish) copy... it's 'alright' but as you say, they are a more guitar orientated company. I'm sure if there's a fan-boy out there who must have one then they might get that price.

We built a wall in the North to keep such people out... oh wait I'm on the wrong side of it!

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I love DR Sunbeams (but find them expensive now) but as to fitting them to a bass for sale in a shop... no and no again! If you 'have' to fit new strings to help sell it, try taking strings off a bass you have and swapping them. Alternatively, Thomann do a set of strings for £4.15 or there is an ebay seller knocking out cheapie sets for about £5.

Eyes closed the Natural 79. Thanks taking the time to do that, very interesting.

I've no science to back me up here but my personal experience and common sense indicates that the lighter the neck wood is (weight/density) the more it seems to flex with changes BUT so long as it is good quality timbre it flexes within the tolerances that the truss rod can take up.

Assuming we are talking about a neck made from wood, properly seasoned neck from a reputable company, then a neck shouldn't need more than the odd truss rod tweak to compensate for environmental changes or set up/string gauge changes. Necks can and do continue to season/change and react to their environment as they are a natural material but referring to my first point IF they are well seasoned in the first place, all of the vagaries of wood structure changes should have happened. You also need to factor in that some necks have carbon rod inserts, multi-laminate construction to support each other etc. Saying all of that... the slimmer the neck (especially one piece necks) the more likely it is to be affected by temperature/humidity changes and need tweaks. I had a top drawer USA Sadowsky with a very thin neck which infuriated me as it didn't need much of an excuse to flex and need fettling. I will stress that I had the bass set up with a silly low action and the neck never ever twisted or reacted in any way other than to bow/flatten which could be tweaked with the truss rod wheel (the best tweakers invention ever). Conversely, some of my Warwick basses (not particularly thick necked at all) with laminate bubinga/wenge construction have never budged in 30 years... unless I've gone for a big change in string tension (and even then sometimes no change). In 100 years your neck might have developed further but it still shouldn't affect set up... now 'tonal' change is a different can of worms. LOL

Not being funny but I'll eat my hat if that is 7 1/2lb. The body wood is essentially pine and I've not known them be that light.

Do you know the year of manufacture? My 82/87 5th Anniversary.