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10-14-2011, 02:40 PM
| | | | Fender tweed case neck support question!?
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Hello
I have a question about those classic Fender hardcases for bass.
When the case is flat on the ground (like in the picture) and the part of the neck that's around the nut is leaning against that neck support, does it create unwanted relief in the neck? When I lay my bass on the floor in a similar position with something under the neck, it raises the strings off the fretboard quite a bit. Can this damage the neck?  |
10-14-2011, 02:51 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Deep E Texas | | | I always store my basses in their cases (and I have 4 Precisions in vintage cases) vertically, either on the butt end or the hinge side. they take up less room that way, too.
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10-14-2011, 06:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chester, Pa.,USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by lpdeluxe  I always store my basses in their cases (and I have 4 Precisions in vintage cases) vertically, either on the butt end or the hinge side. they take up less room that way, too. | Me too, for those very reasons.
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10-14-2011, 06:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Halifax,N,S. Canada | | | They are built like baseball bats . |
10-14-2011, 08:25 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | My 1963 P was stored in a case identical to that for 23 years.
The neck is straight as an arrow.
However, the case was on its side, not flat.
Personally, I wouldn't worry about it.
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10-14-2011, 10:07 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: AZ mountains | | | I'll agree not to worry about the case. I WOULD be worried if I laid a bass down, and upon placing something under the neck it suddenly raised my strings off the board. That doesn't compute.
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10-15-2011, 06:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chester, Pa.,USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by snyderz I'll agree not to worry about the case. I WOULD be worried if I laid a bass down, and upon placing something under the neck it suddenly raised my strings off the board. That doesn't compute. | I wouldn't, not unless you have to leave it laying like that for a couple of years. Even then, all that's likely to happen is the truss rod might need a tweak, if that.
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10-15-2011, 06:50 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Seoul, South Korea | | Quote:
Originally Posted by snyderz I'll agree not to worry about the case. I WOULD be worried if I laid a bass down, and upon placing something under the neck it suddenly raised my strings off the board. That doesn't compute. | This. Unless I'm misunderstanding the OP (I'm so very good at misunderstanding), I have never before seen any of my basses in 17 years of playing do anything like what you describe. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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