Author Topic: A different type of Rogue question (Read 291 times)

pauldo · « **on:** September 25, 2013, 08:15:52 PM »

I have an upcoming gig with 'America's Oldest Police Band'. One of the songs we are playing is a Beatles medley.
The son of a friend of mine is going to school in Oshkosh and has his upright and Marcus Miller jazz bass with him. Meanwhile sitting at home is his Rogue VB100 (Hofner 'Beatle' bass copy),

I got the ok to use it for the show. How could one not play a violin bass for doing a medley of early Beatle songs? :-D
Anyhow there is some fret buzz on it that I find annoying after being spoiled for so many years by my Distillate.

So right now there is about .02 of clearance between the first fret and strings. When I hold a string down at the 1st and 21st fret the string lays against the frets the whole length of the fingerboard.

Do I loosen the truss rod?
A quarter turn?
A half turn?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

(Message edited by Pauldo on September 25, 2013)

rustyg61 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 25, 2013, 08:37:04 PM »

I would loosen the truss nut 1/4 turn & retune & see what that gets you. You may have to go more but it's better to do it in small steps.

mario_farufyno · « **Reply #2 on:** September 26, 2013, 11:01:50 PM »

totally agree with Rusty advice

lbpesq · « **Reply #3 on:** September 27, 2013, 07:59:35 AM »

You may have to wait a day or more for the truss rod adjustment to take full effect. The last couple of basses I did truss rod adjustments on took several days to settle in after each adjustment. It ain't rocket science, but does require some patience.

Bill, tgo

jalevinemd · « **Reply #4 on:** September 27, 2013, 10:39:14 AM »

If a lawyer can do it, it's obviously not rocket science!

lbpesq · « **Reply #5 on:** September 28, 2013, 09:22:03 AM »

Hey, at least I have hair!

hehehehe

Bill, tgo

sonicus · « **Reply #6 on:** September 28, 2013, 10:59:56 AM »

Hair ? I am having an increasing abundance of Rogue ear hair !

LOL________

rustyg61 · « **Reply #7 on:** September 28, 2013, 11:22:40 AM »

I just got my 1st strand of ear hair! I guess I'm officially old now! LOL!

sonicus · « **Reply #8 on:** September 28, 2013, 11:53:18 AM »

Rusty, Congratulations are in order !

I also agree with above posts from Rusty, Bill & Mario regarding small increments of truss rod adjustment and permitting a settle & stabilization period to observe the effects .

rustyg61 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 28, 2013, 12:17:38 PM »

Thanks Wolf! I should probably reward myself with a new Alembic, right? :-)

sonicus · « **Reply #10 on:** September 28, 2013, 12:32:01 PM »

Rusty , Absolutely !
What better reason to celebrate secondary indications of maturity then with a few more Alembics !

rustyg61 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 28, 2013, 01:07:18 PM »

Stay tuned.....I have been dreaming lately!

pauldo · « **Reply #12 on:** September 29, 2013, 12:58:49 PM »

Gave it a tweak and tuned sharp a couple cents. That was two days ago. Re-tuned and the action is better . . . Might give it another eighth of a turn.

Thanks!

rustyg61 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 29, 2013, 08:13:08 PM »

Glad it is working out!