rickaddict wrote:Looks like a job well done, Geir! And I like the black nut on a V63. Makes it more accurate of a reproduction. And your string spacing looks the way I like it too--a little more "in" from the edges of the fretboard than RIC currently goes.
Yes, strings a bit more in from the edge. Doesn’t feel comfortable to me with the "modern" close to the edge spacing.a little follow-up:Wiker wrote:... with the high tension I expect there won’t be much rattling. I believe rattling is more of a problem on necks that doesn’t need much tension on the rods. (I’ll report back when I’ve tried)
I got no rattling from the rods without tape or heat shrink tubing.
If I loosen the rods almost completely they rattle of course.I got some problems flattening the neck on this bass. When the bass side is almost flat just by using the bass side rod, then the treble side (mostly the G-string) is back bowing.
I’m just able to get the overall action down to the mid height action that I like for buzz free pick-playing. This bass have had a practically non-working bass side rod for probably all of its life. Over the years the neck has probably set slightly unbalanced and twisted, with the bass side slightly pulled up due to the non-working bass side rod, and the treble side rod flattening the neck more on the treble side. There is no obviously visible twist to the neck though.As I’m able to get the action where I like it, I’ll leave it like that. I’ve adjusted the neck with most of the tension on the bass side rod, opposite of the previous situation, and maybe with time the neck will slowly twist back.