Ah, well, the bass is eight years old, and was the school bass, which meant pesky little buggers loved to paw it with their grubby little hands. It led to a situation where, by the time I could come to the rescue of the bass, It had a bent truss rod, the tuning pegs were gone, the bridge was unable to hold up the strings and the only way I could make it barely playable was by sanding a hunk of wood, and shimming it under the individual bridge sections and the base plate of the bridge.
The issue is with the incompatible screw hole positioning in the new bridge I procured. And as far as the truss rod, Well I am in India, and guitar techs are almost non existant, so I did all the repair, except the truss rod, which I do not trust my hands with. As I reach stateside this month, I plan to get it worked on soon.
