Author Topic: Alembic boat oars (Read 481 times)

keith_h · « **on:** November 14, 2007, 09:50:52 AM »

I've been running the furnace a couple of weeks now and this fall has been really dry with low humidity. All of this has finally put my bass necks into winter mode so I decided it was time to adjust the truss rods. I asked my assistant (read wife) to please come up stairs and help me with fretting the strings while I took measurements. As expected I needed to remove a fair amount of relief. Having done this enough times I just turned the truss rod nuts a bit and closed everything back up.

I came back today during lunch to see how things were and suddenly realized I had loosened the nuts instead of tightening. My necks now look like an old sway back horse. Worse yet I have to ask my assistant back upstairs this evening to redo everything.

Keith

David Houck · « **Reply #1 on:** November 14, 2007, 07:00:47 PM »

Mine's still back and forth. The buzz on the C at the 15th fret on the A string is there one day and not the next. So I haven't made any adjustments yet, as winter mode hasn't yet fully set in. It was 70F (21C) here today; tomorrow afternoon there's a chance of snow, and tomorrow night the forecast is mid-20's (-4C).

jacko · « **Reply #2 on:** November 15, 2007, 04:25:00 AM »

You're wife's only allowed upstairs when you're turning your nuts?

back on track, it's so 'Humid' in Scotland all year round I rarely need to make adjustments.

Graeme

lbpesq · « **Reply #3 on:** November 15, 2007, 07:01:56 AM »

Graeme:

If a married man is turning his nuts, he'd better have his wife there! hehehehe

Bill, tgo

keith_h · « **Reply #4 on:** November 15, 2007, 02:00:46 PM »

I can safely say the nuts only get turned when my wife is there and my necks are playable again since last nights adjustment.

Keith

georgie_boy · « **Reply #5 on:** November 16, 2007, 09:51:29 AM »

I have NEVER had to adjust the rods on my 76 Series 1----and I live only 30 miles from Jacko?

Any ideas why??

G

keith_h · « **Reply #6 on:** November 16, 2007, 10:45:44 AM »

Clean living? :-)

Keith

tbrannon · « **Reply #7 on:** November 16, 2007, 11:09:55 AM »

My 99 Rogue used to live in Georgia with crgaston- it came across the pacific and was in NZ (as humid/wet as it gets) for a year- now I'm in an extremely dry area of southern California. I've never had to adjust the truss rods. The only adjustment I've made was to lower the action when I received it from Charles- in the nearly 2 years I've owned it I haven't touched the truss rods (and I like my action low-low)

chuck · « **Reply #8 on:** November 16, 2007, 05:31:08 PM »

Toby.
Thou art truly blessed.
Chuck.

tbrannon · « **Reply #9 on:** November 16, 2007, 08:18:42 PM »

Chuck,
and in so many ways!
Toby

terryc · « **Reply #10 on:** November 19, 2007, 07:53:09 AM »

Stockton on Tees climate does not affect my neck but my central heating does..have only adjusted it once in a couple of years
I have no wife to help me adjust my nuts as we have parted

5stringho · « **Reply #11 on:** November 19, 2007, 02:20:07 PM »

The neck on the old Excel hasn't moved in almost 2 years, even here in Ohio's screwy clime. If ya don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes. It'll change!
My wife tells me to adjust my own damn nuts. She's gotta headache, or she's tired, or she want's to watch Survivor. :[

Mike, Tho

rockbassist · « **Reply #12 on:** December 21, 2007, 12:26:42 PM »

I am always curious when I see posts about truss rod adjustments. I live in New England where the temperature and humidity range is very extreme. It can be in the upper 90's with high humidity during the summer and in the single digits with low humidity in the winter. I also travel with my bass to different parts of the country on a regular basis. I have been playing bass for 30 years and other than an initial setup, I have never had to adjust the neck on any bass I have owned. I am curious as to why so many people seem to be constantly adjusting necks on their basses.

mica · « **Reply #13 on:** December 21, 2007, 12:43:55 PM »

It's usually a function of how low the action is and how tolerant the player is. If you've got extremely low action, you will notice a smaller movement in the neck. If your action is medium height, you might not notice small back and forth movements.

Low tension strings that have gained popularity will also contribute to the neck being easier for the humidity to influence.

Also, some instruments are just fussier than others.

olieoliver · « **Reply #14 on:** December 21, 2007, 01:03:02 PM »

I'm in the same boat as Kevin here. I've never had the neck movement problem that has come up in this forum.
Not sure if it has to do with where I live,Texas, or the action I prefer or the strings.

?
I've owned several instruments, basses and guitars of various brands and currently have somewhere in the area of 20 different axes. I have never had the neck problems that hear some people having, with the execption of a
Steinberg I owned back in the late 80's, NOW THAT WAS A BOAT OAR, and my 78 Musicman Fretless. The Musicmans' neck problems are from my own neglect though. I left it in the case for 10 years in the attic, I know I Know, I'll take my 40 lashes for that, BUt I have just about got it back in shape.

Just Lucky I guess,
Olie