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Hi, just picked up a nice used P&J Squier to use as a back up. However, the neck had quite a bit of forward bow. I've spent the last few days straightening it with the truss rod, but each morning it's bowed back just a little, not by much, but enough to raise the action and be annoying. My question is, will this eventually settle and be straight? How long do you think? Cheers.

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That really depends on the strength of the neck, maybe try tuning each string up half a step or so at an evening and then tune it back and see how that helps the relief. The extra tension might just shift everything back into place

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56 minutes ago, bassituation said:

Hi, just picked up a nice used P&J Squier to use as a back up. However, the neck had quite a bit of forward bow. I've spent the last few days straightening it with the truss rod, but each morning it's bowed back just a little, not by much, but enough to raise the action and be annoying. My question is, will this eventually settle and be straight? How long do you think? Cheers.

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It sometimes takes necks a little while to settle.  Also, extreme temperature and humidity differences can make a big difference (in many parts of US, winter / summer adjustment of trussrods is routine) and we've had some extremes this last couple of weeks (assuming you are mid to south UK).

You can help to accelerate straightening a neck by physically bending it, but as long as the truss rod isn't getting worryingly tight, I would carry on tweaking it and leaving it a day to settle then check again and repeat if necessary.

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