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Are you offering the original neck for sale by itself. I am in need of one.

I know that most of my problem is that I just can't see what's going on inside the neck so I just searched for truss rod photos and found this: Baralto Guitar - Bass truss rod repair Not surprisingly, IT'S A SQUIER :) and I think it's exactly the problem I'm facing. I'm going to buy a...

Mike Lull is about 2 miles from my house. I have him in mind as my next step. Regarding cutting more threading: My understanding is that the reason adding washers works (in most cases) is that it essentially buys you more thread-driving distance by moving the pressure-bearing surface up the...

Synopsis of my problem: Under normal circumstances, if the neck is bowed forward causing too much relief and stupid-high action, tightening the truss rod nut (turning clockwise) should straighten it. My Squire J neck is bowed up, but the nut WON'T turn any more. So, assuming that I've run...

The term "Rock" is now so broad and multi-dimensional that it carries almost no descriptive weight at all.

My current problem is this: bought a used Squier VM J-Bass fretless with substantial bow, and a maxed out truss rod nut. I tried adding two small washers under the nut and re-tightened, and it still just hits a point where it will not turn any more, and no change in the bow, and I mean...

I just bought a used Squier Vin-Mod Jazz fretless that has a pretty bowed neck. I heard about the washer trick so I tried it. Evidently it's common for Squier basses (even new ones) to have the truss nut cranked down as far as it will go and still have too much relief. Anyway, I dropped in...