Muzz Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 (edited) Ok, so I've got a really nice Lakland neck, but it's got a back-bow which I'm struggling with. The Big Plan is to make it into a Fenderbird, but first I need to deal with the bow. I've fixed it onto a piece of wood, together with a bridge and strung it up, but even with the the rod slackened off completely, the bow is just about gone with a set of strings tuned up (to F# - B - E - A) to increase the tension. At normal tuning and tension, with the truss rod loose, the strings don't pull the neck even straight, let alone produce any relief. Does anyone know of anything else I can do to get the bow out of it? Can it be rebuilt? It'd be a shame to write it off, because it really is a nice neck. Cheers, Muzz Edited October 21, 2012 by Muzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 http://youtu.be/vU9XEgoC4ts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 Cheers for that, though the bow on mine is the opposite of the one he's dealing with - I might have to get brutal in the shed with it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Back bow sucks. I tried to fix one once with steam and clamping. It briefly seemed ok but soon went back to its bowed ways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 I think I'll try applying some overtension to the neck and leave it for a while to see if that pulls it back - it might work, it might not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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