Weird 4003 neck

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:15 am

I am setting up a 4003 bass ... and it has a neck that is strange ... the neck is flat between frets 3 and 14 ... but the neck curls up a little at the nut and it curls down a little at the body ... it is unusual ... so when I tighten the truss rods I can get the center section to flatten out or even backbow ... but the 2 ends of the neck seem to want to curl ...

webhead · Post by **webhead** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:33 am

I had a 360/12v64 which was like that.. I don't own the guitar any more... Got tired of it feeling wierd.

chefothefuture · Post by **chefothefuture** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:25 am

During the mid 90s, I think Rick's fingerboard planer was
all kapa'kahi. A bunch of instruments from then have a cute
little S curve and need to be re-fretted.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:30 am

this was a 2004 4003 bass ... I converted it 4-2-5 ... I was a little concerned that it might be a problem bass ... but it made a very good 5 string bass ...

between frets 3 and 14 the neck is very flat ... but the highest frets seem to be planed down ... and the first 2 planed up ... I just cut the nut a little deeper ... the neck is so strong that even with 5 strings on it the truss rods are finger tight ...