Dealing with different levels of relief?

[Kabal]

Hello again...

I've got a geddy neck that appears to have two different levels of relief at the same time. When I look down the E its a bit too straight for my taste but the G side is already way too bowed for my liking.

What do you guys do in a situation like this? Is there a general rule of thumb? Do you go by the relief on one side or a combination of both? Would mixing string gauges help out?

Right now I'm thinking go by the G side and raise the action on the E and A a bit but I'm open to advice from experience

Non geddy neck owners please chime in too.

[FunkMetalBass]

Most 6+ string basses have two truss rods, so I'm able to control both the bass and treble sides. It's not the case in a 4-string, but there is probably a work-around.

My best guess is that a change in strings would help to correct this issue. The D- and G-strings on traditional string sets are generally under much more tension than the E- and A-strings. Circle K makes a balanced tension set that is actually slightly higher tension on the lower strings than on the upper strings. I highly recommend those strings (tonally, feel, and longevity), and they'd be a cheaper potential solution than the alternative.

If that does not help, you may have to see if you can find a good tech or luthier who is able to correct a warped neck, or a new neck.

[Kabal]

I've got Sunbeams on them now from what I understand they're supposed to be well made strings as far as tension goes no?

I don't think its warped as its not unplayable right now its just a little "off" from what I'd like.

I've been looking into other strings though so maybe I should try those first and see where they leave my neck. I don't want to turn this into a string thread so I'll stop there. I'll look into Circle K a little more deeply though, thanks.

Anyone else have any insights?

[darkstorm]

Have a tech check it out. You may have the start of a twisted neck. Useing lighter gauge D & G strings while keeping same gauge E & A strings should help but may not give you the feel and sound you like.

[Kabal]

I just wanted to update this thread in case others are having this same problem.

I got a set of Circle K but the twist was still there when I put them on. So I put the D and G Sunbeams back on to see if there would be any change and it seemed to straighten out my neck!

For reference I had Medium Sunbeams on and got the .106 balanced circle k

My neck wasn't super warped to begin with and didn't appear twisted when the strings were removed so I'm not guaranteeing it will fix a neck that looks like soft serve ice cream but this helped my situation