'72 4001 in Toronto

ojobob2 · Post by **ojobob2** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 10:02 am

No the problem was i didnt like the profile/shape.....the neck was not warped - the truss rods were damaged, i fixed them - those look fine- like the previous owner fixed them the way i did

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 10:28 am

Jon, I think I'm the one that is using the incorrect terms, I think you are right, those always confuse me anyway... So this bass has some underbow, just like mine had, are you going to have them set it up properly for you before you buy?

bassman · Post by **bassman** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 12:29 pm

Gene, to answer your question "are you going to have them set it up properly for you before you buy"?

I'm going to have them adjust the neck to make sure that it is adjustable and that it will hold the adjustment, that's all. Everything else i'm fine with.

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 12:41 pm

Good luck with the bass!

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 12:10 pm

I have always thought that when you used the term bowed, that means that the truss rods need to be tightened. There is also a term for the condition when you need to loosen them but I can't think of it at the moment.

ojobob2 · Post by **ojobob2** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 1:10 pm

backbowed?

jeff_ulmer · Post by **jeff_ulmer** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 1:52 pm

Backbow would indicate to me that the neck was over tightened, pushing up the middle of the neck. Bowed would indicate the opposite, that there is too much relief, making the neck bend under pressure of the strings like a bow.

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 1:56 pm

As far as I know:

Upbow=warp=concave=truss rods need tightening.

Backbow=counterwarp=convex=truss rods need loosening.

robj · Post by **robj** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 2:19 pm

my preference is;

too much relief=truss rods need tightening
too little relief=truss rods need loosening

bowed and back bowed work fine though.