Warwick Warped Neck

W()()D_()nly · #1 10-13-2006, 12:43 AM

This is a strange one guys.

I was away from my house a few days, and my bass was sitting in its regular spot as usual.

Pick it up to play, tune up, start doing my walking scales and i hit the tenth frett, and its a semitone out, keep playing same thing up the neck

theres deffinatley some warpage and my strings also lost a tonne of tension, any ideas?

pkr2 · #2 10-13-2006, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by W()()D_()nly

This is a strange one guys.

I was away from my house a few days, and my bass was sitting in its regular spot as usual.

Pick it up to play, tune up, start doing my walking scales and i hit the tenth frett, and its a semitone out, keep playing same thing up the neck

theres deffinatley some warpage and my strings also lost a tonne of tension, any ideas?

It depends on where its normal place to sit is. If it's left for a "few days" leaning in a corner, supported by the headstock...........

How is it stored between playings?

W()()D_()nly · #3 10-13-2006, 03:12 PM

on a stand, in the corner of my room in a moderatley tempertured room with a humidifier set up to keep the wood in place

maybe somethings fubared with the hudifier.

I take care of this thing like nuts its a brazillian rosewood neck, i want to keep it intact.

pkr2 · #4 10-13-2006, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by W()()D_()nly

on a stand, in the corner of my room in a moderatley tempertured room with a humidifier set up to keep the wood in place

maybe somethings fubared with the hudifier.

I take care of this thing like nuts its a brazillian rosewood neck, i want to keep it intact.

If you feel that you have the skills, I suggest that you just reintonate it and see what happens.

If you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself, it's a very routine quick adjustment for a repair/setup person. Just mention the problem to him and he can can do a quick assesment of what went wrong. Without actually having seen the bass both before and after the problem, all we can do is guess.

Interesting problem. Let us know the outcome. GL

W()()D_()nly · #5 10-13-2006, 05:07 PM

YEah i really dont, feel i have the skills im taking it to my guy who does all my tech tomorow to reset it, its really weird, i tried to do it be adjusting the truss rod but its still like a semitone off

Brad Maestas · #6 10-13-2006, 05:29 PM

So are you thinking it has a twist in it?
How does it look when you scope down the neck?

tribal3140 · #7 10-13-2006, 08:21 PM

semitone huh?
I think you get points for that.
-just kidding!-

Make sure the truss is going the right way
I have 2 older W's
and one of the trussrods are in backwards!
I had a hell of a time figuring that out!
I was wondering why the action always was funky no matter what I did!

Jake-icus · #8 10-17-2006, 08:11 PM

dear god... a 'wick with a BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD NECK?!?!?

jesus... you have every right to be concerned about that neck.