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Thanks to everyone for your kind answers and advice.
Yes Paul, I admit I'm looking for a magic solution now that I've tried everything. It's a pro job now regarding neck relief.
Ted, it might also be frets not level. Whether it is a bowed neck or the frets, is this normal to have a 8/64" space ...

When I say $500, it's not for a setup. it is what a luthier would ask me for something I can't do myself : getting a straight neck with other tools than truss rod adjustment I can do myself.

With strings detuned (no string tension), I can bow the neck and keep it bowed with truss rod. Once ...

Yes it is a dual truss rod (4001 from 1977).
Yes Kris, I should take it to a luthier but it will cost me at least $500 for sure so I'd like (to a certain point) to do basic set up myself first.
I say basic because it seems everyone here is saying that getting a straight neck is easy and I can't ...

Hi there,
I'm still fighting to get a perfect straight neck. I can't go less than .020 for neck relief.
I'm following the right procedure for neck adjustement (bending and next tightening nuts).
Could there be something wrong with truss rod ? I inspected it, it is straight and in good shape ...

yeah that's the way I do to adjust truss rod following all your advice. But it seems like I have to bend the neck a lot just to have a .010 relief, not less. I feel like I'm at the point of breaking the neck (while bending). Impossible for me to have no relief at all. Is this possible ?
I pulled ...

thanks guys for your answers,

Dale, where to buy this black plastic shim ?
Another question, as this is the 4001 I'm repairing, on truss rod, the threaded steel part is on the bottom side of the neck not on fretboard side (on fretboard side is the non-threaded steel arm), right ?
I just want to ...

Hi everyone,
I'm new here & also new to Rickenbacker since I've just bought a nice '77 4001.
This bass needed to be tuned (I should say repair):
- Nut is missing
- truss rod is bent (threaded part) and fretboard has popped up on 2 inches
this is what I've done so far:
- Glued fret board back ...