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11-01-2008, 04:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Argyll, Scotland | | | sinking
Hi, wondering if anyone can help, during the summer i noticed a very gradual lowering of the string height, in the last three weeks the problem has accelerated, now the strings are maybe three or four millimeters above the end of the fingerboard, my bass is old carved, lots of cracks and splits,all taped up, i have correlli 370 mediums on, five years old, played alot, can strings stretch so much that this can happen? or is the problem more horrible..she is in a pretty bad way.
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11-01-2008, 05:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Chicago | | | If the "lots of cracks and splits" are "all taped up", you should get the tension off of the bass (remove the strings). Maybe the top is sinking. Take it to a bass repair expert. |
11-01-2008, 05:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Argyll, Scotland | | | Hi Ehochberg, thanks for your reply, yes i considered the top sinking, i was hoping the strings stretched,i think i'm in denial a bit, i bought the bass eight years ago with all the cracks and splits, taped them up and everything has been good up till now, lucky, i live in a pretty remote area, not so easy to get to a repair shop, and unfortunately getting her fixed is not an option at the moment, so its play or not play, really really difficult..thanks for the advice! |
11-01-2008, 05:39 PM
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11-01-2008, 08:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Argyll, Scotland | | | yes matthew, i feel honor bound to go down with my ship |
11-01-2008, 11:52 PM
|  | Student of Life Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisville, KY | | | I'd say get it to a luthier if and when you can. It could be something important, or it could just be the change of season: on every bass I've ever had, string height tends to decrease in winter when the humidity goes down. I usually think my bass has lost it's mojo for a minute, then crank the adjuster wheels up a bit. In the spring, it all evens out and the wheels come back down. |
11-02-2008, 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by mcgarry  ...during the summer i noticed a very gradual lowering of the string height, in the last three weeks the problem has accelerated... | Top "sinking" during the summer? That doesn't sound like the usual seasonal movement of the top. Basses expand over the summer, contract over the winter. Have a luthier take a look and good luck! |
11-02-2008, 02:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Argyll, Scotland | | | Thanks chaps!! |
11-02-2008, 03:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Argyll, Scotland | | | Nice of you to take the time to aid a distraught fellow. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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