ARRRRRGGGHHH!!

ratso · Post by **ratso** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:55 pm

Greg,
I just met you over at Dale's today! I watched Dale put the final touches on your bass. All I can say is that we are so fortunate to have someone like him in our backyard! Where else can you find someone on a weekend that know Rics inside and out to put our tools and toys back together as quick as he did.

gshadoan · Post by **gshadoan** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:00 pm

AHMEN Ron. Also, Nice to meet you

gshadoan · Post by **gshadoan** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:07 pm

RIC would do well, to start a custom shop based out of Dale's shop, and let him do his magic for the corporation. He would truly raise the company to the next level. at least in my opinion.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:28 pm

Excellent Greg. I am glad that worked out for you and it sounds like you made a friend or two in the process. Cool.

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:27 pm

It really sucks living in Ohio......,,

rick_ovic · Post by **rick_ovic** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:45 pm

Hey Scott, trying living in Melbourne! You're close enough to be considered Dale's neighbour from where I sit!

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:59 pm

Yeah,,sorry,,I apologize for my selfishness Darren. I guess theres alot of us in the same boat.

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:06 pm

Ah you guys are pretty generous with your kind thoughts. 10Q very much. Greg's Bass had the worst bow in the neck I'd ever seen. It straightened right out after replacing both T-rods. 1 little trick I use is to cut the nut backing plate in the middle so it has separate tension for the T-rod nuts..This seems to allow each rod to work independently better. His 5 string has such a great piano ring to it. 1 awesome tone, and after the repair and setup it played like butter. Lite to the touch, with a dead flat neck/fingerboard.............

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:31 pm

I love a happy ending................

winston · Post by **winston** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:43 pm

Me too Scott........

Dale has helped me a lot with very sound advice (pun intended). Those who live in the general area of his shop are so lucky to have him so close by.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:51 pm

Great job Dale. Greg has had a rough ride with that bass. I am glad it is finally right for him. +1 on the happy ending part.

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:50 am

It's nice to be a part of this system that works and is helpful to each other..thanks Peter for keeping it going!

markbass99 · Post by **markbass99** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:23 am

"1 little trick I use is to cut the nut backing plate in the middle so it has separate tension for the T-rod nuts..This seems to allow each rod to work independently better".

Very interesting, I noticed recently that my five strings play better when the backbow is about .007"/treble side, .015"/bass side, that B string needs room to breathe.

Dale- very interested in knowing how much bend was in Greg's rods after they were pulled, or were they straight?

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:57 am

They were arced heavily, lots of masking tape wrapped on them and very tight in the slots, had to use a 3/16ths rod and hammer to tap them out from the T-rod nut cavity thru the end of the neck. After clearing the pickup area, I used small vise grips on the end and tapped them the rest of the way with a hammer.

markbass99 · Post by **markbass99** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:14 am

I suspected that they were, if a curved rod gets bottomed out and spins to the upbow position it will be nearly impossible to straighten the neck. When I pulled my bent rods one of them got hung up on the tape too, it was a b*tch to get out. After I straightened them I elected not to put the tape back on, it made them super easy to put back in and so far no rattles.