Recent content by hvy

Thanks, Jim. I tried searching a few times before I posted , but maybe I was too specific in relation to the Road Worn model in the terms I used . I will try again with reference to vintage Fenders in general . At least I am now on the right track.

Could anybody please tell me if it is neccesary to remove the neck to access the truss rod adjustment screw on a Fender Road Worn jazz bass , or can you get away with just removing the scratchplate , or indeed can you get to it without removing anything ? Any help or advice greatly...

I have just bought a brand new Fender American Standard Jazz Bass and the bass sounds great and plays very well , but the neck pocket has a gap between the side of the neck and the body of about a millimeter at both top and bottom . The heel of the neck join i.e the flat surface of the back of...

O.K , maybe I,ll try a bit more relief and see how it shapes up. I normally do my own setups because experience has taught me thats the only way to get it just how I want it , and I'm a picky guy! I really hope I can sort it out because the bass is otherwise superb in every way, even better...

Cheers Ian, I may well do so .

Thanks Ian . I love your LH3 Video on Youtube, a major factor in me getting my Lakland. .The bass is brand new , and I use medium gauge roundwound strings ( 40 -100 ) with around a third of a millimeter of relief when holding the string down at the first and 13th fret . The action...

Hey there Lakland folks , I hope some of you can give me some advice or input on a bit of a gripe I'm having with my new 4402. The bass plays ( and sounds ) fantastic up until the 15th fret and then begins to feel very stiff above this point , as if the action gets disproportionately high...

I have recently purchased a Lakland Skyline 4402 which I am very happy with except for the fact that for some reason the action seems to get noticably and disproportionately stiffer above the 14th or 15th fret. I have the action set extremley low ( the E string saddle won't go any...