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Cheers, Paul, I will try that once I can take the time to be sans Rick for a couple of weeks - can't really stand the sound of my now back up basses anymore.

I am however rather curious as to what it is that caused this all to happen - the bass was new when bought it (unseen, shipped from the UK ...

And thus came autumn, with below freezing outside temp and dry room air. The neck of the bass is bowing againg and as I tried to tighten the rods I found both already maxed out. It'll really be needing that trip to a tech now. I've never seen a bass that's so badly affected by seasonal climate change.

I still haven't gotten around to taking the bass to a luthier, but it seems that the summer with its warmer and more humid climate has helped, and there appears to be very little twist now. That, or my crooked eyesight's straightened out... There's also room for truss rod adjustment now, as I've ...

Jouni, you're in Helsinki, which is a good sized city, and now's the time to make the acquaintance of a good, reputable luthier who can follow the directions given above for stabilizing the end grain inside the neck.

Believe me, this is an easy process (a number of our members have done this ...

The local bass store has - very surprisingly - received two new 4003's, an 08 and an 09 one, so I went to have a look at those for comparison. Neither had the appearance of the neck being twisted, both had headstocks that seemed to be level with the body. So mine's clearly different. Gnnh. Both also ...

Thank you all for your replies and welcomes!

I spent a couple of nights at the rehearsal place fooling around and playing the bass, took the strings off, adjusted the intonation and inspected the neck some more. With the full-width inlays it's pretty hard to see if the frets are parallel, at least ...

Hi,

My first post here I think, been lurking on and off for years though. I'm a 27 year old Finn whose 10 year GAS came to an end last fall with the acquisition of a MG 4003, manufactured about a year ago from now. Posting here because I prefer the vibe here to the corporate alternative.

My ...