Help! urgent! truss rod

dadodetres · #1 05-31-2006, 06:27 PM

Hi, i just disembled my jazz bass, do i need to turn the truss rod to leave the neck without strings?

do i have to turn it clockwise or counterclockwise? its the bullet-fender truss rod at the headstock!

thank!

bigd4207 · #2 05-31-2006, 06:50 PM

You don't have to do anything with the trussrod. However, you may want to re-assemble it as quickly as possible. I have seen a few cases when the neck goes without strings for a long time it wants to re-shape the wood somewhat. My buddy had a bass he took the strings off for like 6 months. When he finally went to put some back in the neck had a slight bow in it (the opposite way it should have been). The neck is meant to have some tension in it, via the strings. I am not saying it will happen, but could. As far as the trussrod goes though, you should not have a problem, I have disassembled my bass a few times for cleaning purposes, and has been fine.

dadodetres · #3 06-01-2006, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Joshua

I'm fairly certain that you should take the tension off the rod if it is going to remain without string tension for some time.

Hopefully some others will chime in with feedback...

By "some time" you mean 6 hours? or a week?

Also, how can i check if the neck is in good conditions or bowed/broken when i put it back? will the strings be hard against the fretboeard?

Im a lot paranoid about this.

Thanks for any input!

62bass · #4 06-01-2006, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dadodetres

Hi, i just disembled my jazz bass, do i need to turn the truss rod to leave the neck without strings?

do i have to turn it clockwise or counterclockwise? its the bullet-fender truss rod at the headstock!

thank!

You turn counter-clockwise to loosen the truss rod. I never bother doing it unless I'm going to store the neck for a long time. I take off the tension and get the neck straight as possible before I level frets.

Yes, why do you have te bass in pieces? Just being nosy.

dadodetres · #5 06-03-2006, 06:30 PM

It had a bad laquer job, im almost sure it wasnt original cause was shinny, but seemedd cheap. And it also was in some parts of the bass, in others it wasnt...

So i taken the neck, did the job, and when i put the neck back in it had some tension, but with the strings back and a little Rod adjustment now it is good again.

Thanks everyone for the input!