my friend removed my bass neck

smilelines · #1 06-09-2007, 03:30 PM

My friend removed my bass neck thinking he could fix the action of my strings....yeah no this made it completely worse and as you go down the neck the strings get higher and higher.. can someone please help me out to fix this??

hbarcat · #2 06-09-2007, 03:38 PM

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**HeavyDuty** · #3 06-10-2007, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smilelines

My friend removed my bass neck thinking he could fix the action of my strings....yeah no this made it completely worse and as you go down the neck the strings get higher and higher.. can someone please help me out to fix this??

Did he remove or add a shim?

smilelines · #4 06-10-2007, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by HeavyDuty

Did he remove or add a shim?

no

TrooperFarva · #5 06-11-2007, 09:15 AM

Did he remove the strings before he did this? If he left the strings on there, when he replaced the neck, it might not be seated in the pocket correctly, because the strings were under some tension. Remove the strings, then replace the neck.

If he did remove the strings, disregard this post.

What kind of bass is it?

T-MOST · #6 06-11-2007, 11:27 AM

You need a truss rod adjustment. You can pay $40 or so to have it done or spend some time and learn how to do it yourself. It's not that hard to learn and definately worth it. .

smilelines · #7 06-11-2007, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TrooperFarva

Did he remove the strings before he did this? If he left the strings on there, when he replaced the neck, it might not be seated in the pocket correctly, because the strings were under some tension. Remove the strings, then replace the neck.

If he did remove the strings, disregard this post.

What kind of bass is it?

No man! he didn't replace the strings and now they are all bent, either way I have to have them replaced. the bass is a squier, something I bought just for recording with because im really a guitar player and at home record.

smilelines · #8 06-11-2007, 05:27 PM

Do you know a site I can learn this at? i really didn't see anything on the sites I was given on the first reply to this post.

Dee_01 · #9 06-15-2007, 07:39 AM

That Fender link is dead.

GlennW · #10 06-15-2007, 10:24 AM

Can you elaborate on these bent strings?