ebenezer Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Well, i have recently bought a lovely ellwood 5a....thought i would give it a quick set-up and discovered the trussrod seems to work in reverse!.....is this normal? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Yes it is, been there, done that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falling_in2_infinity Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 oh man, that would freak me out! I wonder, how many other basses have this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebenezer Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 Thanks for that.... weird, but seems to work well....am I right in assuming it is a dual action trussrod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Just single action AFAIK, but I could be wrong. My 2 never seem to need any more than an eighth turn to compensate for any fluctuations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dclaassen Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Pedulla did this as well. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 The Seis I’ve had worked in reverse, but I know Martin went to a different rod type at some stage so don’t know if they still do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 3 hours ago, ebenezer said: Thanks for that.... weird, but seems to work well....am I right in assuming it is a dual action trussrod? Maruszczyk still uses compression truss rods I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierreganseman Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 On 19/01/2022 at 17:51, ebenezer said: Thanks for that.... weird, but seems to work well....am I right in assuming it is a dual action trussrod? sure is dual action yes normal , it's their own design , reverse to fender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Some 80's / early 90's Warwicks are like this. I always go a touch at a time and never assume it is going to be righty tighty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffb28451 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Yep, normal M bass reverse rod. It’s made quite clear in enclosed manuals and a few places on line, but if you don’t get a manual w a used one and don’t somehow learn about it on line, you could very likely have a problem, especially if you just crank away all in one sitting. Now, none of us would ever do anything like, would we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andruca Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) Yep, it did freak me out the first time I set my Jake 5a up. Found this setup video by Adrian himself with a warning about that (8:20 on). Made very sure to let the new owner know when I sold her. Edited February 10, 2022 by andruca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basexperience Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 I just bought an Elwood 5a absolution on this very site from @Quent who was kind enough to make sure I knew about this too. I wonder why reverse truss rods exist? None of the basses I have currently have one, this’ll be the first. Fascinating. I didn’t even know they were a thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 2 hours ago, basexperience said: I wonder why reverse truss rods exist? Don't you drive on the left side of the road? Don't you use left thread? Don't you use imperial system? Didn't you put the positive of batteries to the ground? Strange to ask such a question, no? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chienmortbb Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 16 minutes ago, Hellzero said: Don't you drive on the left side of the road? Yes. It is the sensible way. Don't you use left thread? No. M Coarse. Don't you use imperial system? No The UK adopted the SI/Metric system of measurements in 1971. Didn't you put the positive of batteries to the ground? How absurd, this is a stupid idea Strange to ask such a question, no? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Why do you take it personally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Just for the record @Chienmortbb: https://mossmotors.com/how-to-positive-or-negative-ground And what I wrote were just facts as I don't care what you use as long as you don't pretend they are the only correct options. These were just to demonstrate that there's no right option, so a truss rod is not working in reverse, but is a left or right thread working system and both are totally correct. Got it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 1 minute ago, Hellzero said: Just for the record @Chienmortbb: https://mossmotors.com/how-to-positive-or-negative-ground And what I wrote were just facts as I don't care what you use as long as you don't pretend they are the only correct options. I don't think cars or motorcycles have been positive ground for about 50 years. However, I have both Seis and Warwicks, and they are all reverse truss-rod. It's just the way things are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 2 minutes ago, tauzero said: I don't think cars or motorcycles have been positive ground for about 50 years. That's why I used a past tense... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 26 minutes ago, Hellzero said: That's why I used a past tense... Wouldn't it have been more appropriate to ask why Belgians drive on the right, then, as historically Europeans generally went on the left so the UK is doing it the way it always did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 20 minutes ago, tauzero said: Wouldn't it have been more appropriate to ask why Belgians drive on the right, then, as historically Europeans generally went on the left so the UK is doing it the way it always did. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic If you read it, you'll notice that right hand traffic is the most common worldwide by a huge margin. You'll also notice that in ancient times people were driving in the middle of the road and when crossing, they kept the ... right side of the road, so please stop with this absurd assertions. And once again U.K. was, is and will always be in Europe, but decided to get out of the EEC, which is something different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Do we not drive on the left in order to keep our right hand free for swinging swords at people? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 4 minutes ago, neepheid said: Do we not drive on the left in order to keep our right hand free for swinging swords at people? I know I do! I was reading up about it recently in fact, and it's quite interesting how different systems developed due in part to the types or roads available and the sorts of loads being transported. I tend to drive roughly in the middle and judge each inbound vehicle on a case by case basis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Hellzero said: And once again U.K. was, is and will always be in Europe, but decided to get out of the EEC, which is something different. I used the term "Europe" to mean Europe, not the EEC, EC, EU, or any other subset of Europe. Sorry if you couldn't understand my plain simple English but it should have been quite obvious from the context that I meant Europe as Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 It's so obvious that it's obvious I obviously didn't understand the obvious part of the obvious wording. Silly me. 🤪 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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