Arai TAB 66

[hairyhaw]

Picked this up very recently and looks ace. Information on them hard to come by outside of the Aria website though, and this is my first hollowbody bass so would much appreciate any setup advice as I'm coming from Fenders and have no experience of the tune-o-matic bridge fitted to this.

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Neck has a bit of a bow but is recoverable the action is a little high for me - I've already given the rod two quarter turns over the course of the week, not a huge amount of difference so more work needed but should I be treating this a lot more carefully than a solidbody?

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Also, there's a dead spot around frets 17/18 on the E string and I noticed there's a bit of pull on the stop tailpiece:

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Is this an issue I need to sort urgently or can I soldier for a while on in the same manner as 70's Ricks?

Thanks in advance!

[Bigwan]

Those knurled sections shouldn't be protruding above the body surface. Perhaps look at pressing them in again and securing them with some sort of adhesive. I'd epoxy them in if it was mine.

I was trying to flatten out the neck on one of my basses the other day in preparation for levelling the frets and it took at least a full turn and a half on the trussrod so 2 1/4 turns over a week sounds like it could take a bit more. Try assisting the neck by pulling it in to back bow while adjusting the rod.

[hairyhaw]

Thanks gents, had a funny feeling the tailpiece didn't look quite right.

I've put about a full turn in the truss rod now, think it'll still need about a 3/4 turn before the neck will straighten out.