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05-24-2007, 02:30 PM
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Hi!
Should i be slackening the strings of my bass guitar really loose when im not playing it/during transport?
Ive seen bassists at gigs getting there basses out of the case and then tightening up what look like very slack strings.
Hope you can help!
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05-24-2007, 02:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Wilmington, NC | | | No, it will cause the neck to warp because the strings are no longer pulling against the truss rod. Most builders ship their basses tuned for this reason. You can do it, but if you do then you have to straighten out the neck with the truss rod so you don't end up with a back-bowed neck.
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05-24-2007, 02:47 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wake Forest, NC | | | Around the house, my basses are tuned and hanging on the wall in a locking bass/guitar hanger. The only time they go into a case is when I am heading out to play and I never detune them before I put them in the case. |
05-24-2007, 02:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: DFW | | | I've heard some people say they prefer to tune it all down a whole step before shipping. I don't think it makes any difference if its tuned to pitch, down a step or completely slack. After all, people ship just the necks all the time and nothing happens to those... |
05-24-2007, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Jo6Pak I've heard some people say they prefer to tune it all down a whole step before shipping. I don't think it makes any difference if its tuned to pitch, down a step or completely slack. After all, people ship just the necks all the time and nothing happens to those... | Dood, the neck that is shipped by itself probably has no truss rod in it..or it is not preloaded.. in other words no internal pressure is on it.
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05-24-2007, 05:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: DFW | | | Of course they have truss rods in them. What good is a bass neck without a truss rod? I get them all the time off ebay for projects and haven't gotten a bad one yet... |
05-24-2007, 05:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Highway 61 | | | 4-strings on top. |
05-24-2007, 05:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tulsa, Ok | | | I keep them at tension when they are not being played. Have not had any problems... YET! I do, however, reccomend keeping silica gel dessicant in the cases (known to most as "do not eat" packets). Corrosion is not as pretty as pristine hardware. |
05-24-2007, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Jo6Pak After all, people ship just the necks all the time and nothing happens to those... | Nothing will, as long as it's straight with respect to the truss rod.
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05-24-2007, 08:37 PM
| | | | When tuned to pitch the strings pull the neck into an up bow. The truss rod counteracts this force by placing the neck into compression. When done properly the neck is in stasis. If the strings are detuned the truss rod continues keep the neck in compression but absent the pull of the strings. This condition will yield a back bow.
If one wishes to detune for long term storage the truss rod must be taken to a neutral position so that the neck is no longer in compression. This is not necessary as long as the strings are tuned to pitch.
Guitar manufacturers typically ship the instruments in tune and more or less adjusted correctly. Consider this: most music stores do not have a tech on staff and yet the guitars are more or less set up pretty good. That is because it was done before it leaves the manufacturer. |
05-24-2007, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by 202dy Guitar manufacturers typically ship the instruments in tune and more or less adjusted correctly. Consider this: most music stores do not have a tech on staff and yet the guitars are more or less set up pretty good. That is because it was done before it leaves the manufacturer. | OMG!  (..and I'm totally serious), "factory 'tuned' " now actually means something to me other than a joke when I'm beginning a rehearsal!!! I never thought about it that way. Amazing the things we, (maybe just "I") take for granted about basses. Thanks for the eye-opener. 
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05-24-2007, 09:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: DFW | | Quote:
Originally Posted by gottawalk OMG! (..and I'm totally serious), "factory 'tuned' " now actually means something to me other than a joke when I'm beginning a rehearsal!!! I never thought about it that way. Amazing the things we, (maybe just "I") take for granted about basses. Thanks for the eye-opener. | I don't get it... | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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