JTUK Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 I'd put the bass down if it had more than a couple of mm action...personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprocketflup Posted November 25, 2015 Author Share Posted November 25, 2015 Haha I wont be doing any vids Im afraid, I can barely take a photograph! Got home form work today to find my new strings....havent arrived yet c'mon, c'mon, **drums fingers** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 (edited) Could you get away with using the jazz for all the non-fretless work or is the PJ essential, different tunings? Ultimately though you don't want a bass sitting round that you know is going to give you grief when called on so as others have said it's worth investigating making it more playable. Edited November 26, 2015 by KevB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprocketflup Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 I probably [i]could[/i] Kev.....lol New Status strings arrived and last night I picked up the bass to go about re-stringing. Had a quick peek along the length of the board and discovered that its got a lot more relief than i thought, how i never spotted that i dont know. Anyway, heres a thing - after Id released the tension of the strings, the neck went from excessive forward bow, right through straight and out the other side to a small degree of back bend. Ive never been shy about adjusting truss rods but Ive never seen one do that before, do you think maybe theres an issue with the neck? I gave the truss rod a tweak last night, shall revisit the bass later and see whats occuring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 It might also be worth checking your strap height. If it's too low, that can put a lot of stress in your fretting hand as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprocketflup Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 "Well, twist my nipple nuts and send me to Alaska." I've restrung it (dropped all the saddles back to zero height and started again with the set up) and set it up again. It now sports a nice sensible amount of relief and a new set of Status flats and is already 100% easier to play . Im astounded first of all that I hadn't noticed the neck bend situation, and secondly by how much of a difference just the little tweaks Ive done so far at your suggestion has made. Old dogs, new tricks and all that. I haven't even touched the nut yet. But I can see that further improvements could be made there, so may still attack that at some point. For now, I'm enjoying playing this thing again and for that I thank you all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 We do like a happy ending. Ms Bush straight on the blower to offer her congrats... [URL=http://s30.photobucket.com/user/KevB64/media/kate_zpsow7oaund.jpg.html][IMG]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c307/KevB64/kate_zpsow7oaund.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telebass Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Good grief, a Trimphone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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