Is this truss rod broken?

[nonfatmatt]

Weird question for you. I got a Spector Performer classic in the mail from MF and of course when I pulled it out of the box it was unplayable, neck was backbowed. I pulled out the truss key that came with it and loosened the rod a bit, ended up going about 3/4 turn before the strings stopped buzzing at the nut. The problem is the rod turned almost freely. The other two basses I've been brave enough to mess with the trusses on had a lot of tension when I even loosened the rod, not to mention tightened it. Now I really don't have any frame of reference, but the Spector rod turns with a minimum amount of resistance, and I'm not about to fiddle with the ones on my expensive basses (I have them setup in the shop) so I guess the question is whether it's broken or there's something wrong with it. The loosening seemed to have done its job, the bass actually plays but it just seems really weird to me.

[Beav]

Wood is a very strange thing. You can build the exact same bass twice with the same woods and you'll have different necks. You're truss rod isn't broken (trust me, you'd know if you broke it). Some basses just play naturally with no truss rod support. I had a Benavente 5 that the truss rod would slide around in the channel when the strings were at full tension.