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Cheers John, your help was invaluable
Thanks again
Dave

Latest update .. neck still flat
Thanks again guys.
Dave.

Cheers all, thanks for the help.

o.k. one week later neck still flat

Jeez ...just re read my post ... gotta take more time with my typing

O.K. Latest on the neck, detesioned strings and released truss rods left for a couple of days neck is sraight with no tesion on it. Snugged up the truss rods and began tightening strings (adjusted truss rods as required after tuning each string). final adjustment made with guitar at concert pitch ...

dean712 wrote:I've seen slight bodyside-centerwood joint lines on the back of solid colors before, if you tilt them just right against the light (both of my jetglo's), but never woodgrain. Interesting....

Same on my mid blue, you can see where the body wings join the neck.

[quote="ricosound"]I'm standing firm. You can see the neck plank to wing joint,


+1

wj350 wrote:I use this

Cheers, Bill

Cheers all, thanks Bill that was quick and painless.

Cheers John ..I've got a gig this weekend so bass will have to wait until next week for the next stripdown.

How do you guys get such decent avitar pics ...if I attempt to edit a picture down (size,pixels etc) using microsoft photoshop it seems I cant get below about 30kb size without the picture deteriorating into a mass of square colored blocks.

When you take steps to correct the problem, please post your results in this thread for future reference.

most definatly

cheers guys.

By the way big smiles today I just became a grandad ... got me a grandaughter..... first 1

John, when I started trying to get the neck flat I did'n't have a hump but had forward bow (relief) of approx 3/32" at the 12th fret. This I could not remove no matter how much I tightened the truss rods. John Hall then advised me that I might need to bend the truss rods to cure this problem. This I ...

I've posted this on the ric website as well as here (straight neck ?)... I think I need all the help I can get with this one (4003 Rickenbackerbassman) I've been working to try and get my neck straight
Sorry to be a pain but more help needed.
Over the last week I noticed a hump has appeared about ...