Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Ted, these are guys who generally don't use carbon fibre other than in exceptional cases (for instance in multi-stringed - i.e. 6 upwards - instruments). But to a man, they all dislike dual rods and have said they'd never use them. Obviously I'm all for them; every bass I currently own has them!

My '76 4000 has had the heaviest rounds on it I could find for the last 20 years & the rods have not yet needed adjustment since leaving the factory!
I don't baby it at all (I probably should!) & at the moment I have the action too low: it's choking the sustain, but still there is NO fret buzz!
Try that with a Fender!

Ricks have always been engineered with a different philosophy in mind. I'd venture to say the same about Alembics, but I've never owned one, so I can't be sure.
Some people are just afraid of "different", so it must be wrong or unnecessary.

In the end it comes down to this: the design works, and it works very well. What more do you need to know?

ever tried to adjust a Fender Jazz with a twisted neck?

You just learn to live with it. I suppose that it's easier to adjust to with a fretless like mine - I have to raise the e string a bit to minimize the effect of just such a warp. If my J bass had a dual truss, it'd be a better guitar...

That is the beauty of guitar building. There are many ways to get it done.

Yeah, like Wish basses with no truss rods! But you won't catch me with one.

Also, high-end builders often use many laminations in their necks. I am guessing that is probably even more expensive than building with two rods. When done properly, laminations reduce the chances of necks twisting or warping. One builder I know of believes that using multiple woods also helps to reduce dead spots.

you say potato...

A Wish bass? Is that like a wish sandwich?


"Have you ever heard of a wish sandwich? A wish sandwich is the kind of a sandwich where you have two slices of bread and you, hee hee hee, wish you had some meat...

Bow bow bow..."

Groaner Alert!! Oops, too late!