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jps wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 8:56 pm

_macca_ wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 6:04 pm

maxwell wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 5:58 pm Same guy, better video (updated): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNW3T7Orfmk

Yes, the truss rods are not the hairpin type. You don't *have* to pull the neck back.

Defaulting back to jps' advice (above), it's just a prudent thing to do.

Thank you a lot for your help! And jps too.

Pulling the neck back is to relieve the truss rod(s) from having to do all the work in bending the neck to the relief you want. Truss rod(s) are there to hold the neck in place, not to do the moving part, too. But, that's just me, you do whatever you want with your instrument.

Totally reasonable. Thanks for your advice.

All my basses I pull the neck back to help it along. I don’t care what kind of rods it has. Usually just enough that the strings bottom out onto frets and then I gently snug. Just stop turning the nut when you start to feel any resistance, though the safest rule is 1/8-1/4 turn at most then wait a few days to see if it moves more on its own.

I lay it on the bed or desk with neck hanging over in the air. Wife uses one hand to hold down bass at the bottom center of body. I gently depress neck back by pressing steady gentle pressure down towards the floor with one hand on headstock or first fret (safer). Then use the other hand to snug the trod nut/s.
With the two rod system , you can even andjust them opposite of each other too to get the neck just how you want it (per Mr. Hall, the last Ric Co. owner).