Nibody Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Andyjr1515 kindly took time out of his Sunday to sort out the routing to allow me to fit a warwick 3D bridge to my early Warwick Streamer LX 5. Andy is a great guy, very humble about his skills and had agreat time watching him work his magic. While we we there we chatted about a lot of things and I said how difficult the truss rod was to tighten, and that I bet that would be the next thing to go. Drove back home happier than a fat kid in a cake shop, ready to fit the bridge, sort out the new Just-A-Nut III and fit the new pre-amp I had just had delivered from Warwick. It was all going very well.. TOO well. So I shim the neck then put the truss rod back under tension - first the allen key slips and strips the socket. Managed to fit a star socket that allowed me to turn it. Started again and.... I am beyond upset =( 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Bloody hell! my sympathies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Yes, indeed....sympathies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibody Posted July 7, 2019 Author Share Posted July 7, 2019 Not even a scarf jointed neck.. so much for Warwicks 3 piece Laminate being stronger. Clean break so possibly glueable but complicated by the truss rodd issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Trip back to @Andyjr1515 for him to repair the break? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 3 minutes ago, Nibody said: Not even a scarf jointed neck.. so much for Warwicks 3 piece Laminate being stronger. Clean break so possibly glueable but complicated by the truss rodd issue. Oh wow! It's no consolation, but it is VERY rare for that to happen just with tensioning up. On the positive side, that is a very clean break. If you want to post the neck to me, more than happy to see if I can fix it... 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Clearly the volute didn’t help with strengthening the neck/headstock area. I agree it is unusual and sympathies - hope you get it fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibody Posted July 7, 2019 Author Share Posted July 7, 2019 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Andyjr1515 said: Oh wow! It's no consolation, but it is VERY rare for that to happen just with tensioning up. On the positive side, that is a very clean break. If you want to post the neck to me, more than happy to see if I can fix it... Thanks Andy - I had agreat time tody, the old girl decided to pay me back by spoiling it.. lol I have it clamped and glueing at the moment (have some Alcolin wood glue working its magic - oddly enogh bought it from Crimson Guitars ) but as I said the Truss rod was horribly stiff (and the nut is now ratted) so its not just the break. Grateful of the offer but I dont want to take advantage. If I can't get it playable will probably either try and track down a cheap RB Streamer Standard for a donor neck or bite the bullet and give Warwick one of my kidneys (whole bass has to be shipped to Germany as they will not sell replacement necks even for the rockbass line unless they fit them) Edited July 7, 2019 by Nibody missed a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Nibody said: Thanks Andy - I had agreat time tody, the old girl decided to pay me back by spoiling it.. lol I have it clamped and glueing at the moment (have some Alcolin wood glue working its magic - oddly enogh bought it from Crimson Guitars ) but as I said the Truss rod was horribly stiff (and the nut is now ratted) so its not just the break. Grateful of the offer but I dont want to take advantage. If I can't get it playable will probably either try and track down a cheap RB Streamer Standard for a donor neck or bite the bullet and give Warwick one of my kidneys (whole bass has to be shipped to Germany as they will not sell replacement necks even for the rockbass line unless they fit them) I think you might find it cheaper to pick your top 3 Warwick models and buy one of each secondhand than buy a new neck from Warwick.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 There was similar here a few months ago with a gorgeous Shuker's trussrod breaking free and punching a hole in the neck. Does anyone know if that was ever put right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Aw man. So sorry to see that happen to your bass. Hope it's fixable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibody Posted July 8, 2019 Author Share Posted July 8, 2019 7 hours ago, LukeFRC said: I think you might find it cheaper to pick your top 3 Warwick models and buy one of each secondhand than buy a new neck from Warwick.... Yep. €260 plus postage both ways and I believe workshop Fees 😨 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SICbass Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Ouch, sorry to see that. I felt just a little queasy when I saw the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Oh hell! That's horrid! I hope you can get it fixed 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 2 hours ago, Nibody said: Yep. €260 plus postage both ways and I believe workshop Fees 😨 Woud be cheaper to hand deliver it. I've not been to the town they are in but the area itself is quite pleasant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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