Woohoo! Set-up complete. The adjustable pup poles are brilliant, adjusting the neck, string height and intonation took some time. Sounds killer with Rotos.
Tomorrow I am going to learn a couple of songs for the gig on Sunday so some little more tweaking and then she's ready.
And yes..played the first gig with my new Rickenbacker.! Went down a storm: bass looked great and sounded even better.
These Dutch southern rockers gave me the nod of approval after just a couple of tones and a quick peek on the headstock during soundcheck. I used the Ric pretty much for all songs except for two that needed a more modern 5 string sound.
Picked up my bass after a couple of days and....*shock* what the hell happened ???? Action is insanely high all of a sudden. My Ric looks like figure 3 in the picture below.
Bass was stored in it's case in my house.
I could use a little help here I guess. Any tips would be appreciated - thanks.
I'm guessing temp/humidity changes. You will need to adjust the rods to flatten it out, probably in two stages. Get it right, then when it settles in a day or two check and readjust again to flat. True for any instrument neck made of wood.
johnallg wrote:I'm guessing temp/humidity changes. You will need to adjust the rods to flatten it out, probably in two stages. Get it right, then when it settles in a day or two check and readjust again to flat. True for any instrument neck made of wood.
johnallg wrote:I'm guessing temp/humidity changes. You will need to adjust the rods to flatten it out, probably in two stages. Get it right, then when it settles in a day or two check and readjust again to flat. True for any instrument neck made of wood.
All that plus if you change the string gauge, the time for the neck to reach ''equilibrium'' will be longer. From my experience of owning Rickenbackers in Quebec, the combined effect of seasonal/temperature change and string gauge change can require MANY subsequent adjustments.
There will be tomorrow Bert. Broke the E string when tuning (.... ) so got kinda fed up with it and put the Ric in its case ever since. My band plays a couple of Rush songs so it is time to resurrect the beauty and put it to work.
It's part of the experience
) so got kinda fed up with it and put the Ric in its case ever since. My band plays a couple of Rush songs so it is time to resurrect the beauty and put it to work.
