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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

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?

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.

Good luck with the bass!

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.

backbowed?

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.

As far as I know:

Upbow=warp=concave=truss rods need tightening.

Backbow=counterwarp=convex=truss rods need loosening.

my preference is;

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

bowed and back bowed work fine though.