neck bow

  1. Sapatown

    Truss rod problem

    Hey, I know there are some threads about this from before. But no good info on how bad it is or what to do except use a washer, heat press etc.. So I have my dream bass, a Dunable Yeti. I had to take it to the luthier a couple of days ago, and he fixed a bad bow, banana shape on the neck by...
  2. S

    ''S'' Shaped Neck Bow

    Hey everyone, I bought a second hand Ashton bass guitar, for about 90$. But when I brought it home It turned out to have a neck bow, which you will see in the picture. I contacted a lot of luthiers and they all offered very high prices. I don't have the necessary tools or any kind of experience...
  3. J

    Fender Jazz Bass neck problems

    By the way I want to start by saying I've never used this website so don't judge me if I'm doing something wrong, I just needed help so I came here. So I bought a MIM jazz bass a couple weeks ago, and it was having fret buzz problems. In order to get rid of the buzz I had to raise the action...
  4. B

    frequent truss rod adjustments

    Hey all -- I recently dug out an old bass I hadn't played in years. It's an Ibanez Blazer and it plays very nicely, except for one problem. I adjusted the truss rod to eliminate a bow and straighten the neck, and a few weeks later I noticed it had re-developed enough of a bow to affect the...
  5. Silvent

    Need help with sudden fret buzz

    Hi. I just had my bass at a shop for complete setup cus I was having some issues with fret buzz. They did a solid job and it was sounding and playing great when I got it back. The bass is tuned in D standard and was set up accordingly. The problem started again when my brother was visiting and...
  6. Puhhk

    PJ neck bow

    Hey everyone! I have recently bought a used 1999/2000 PJ custom made bass and I ran into some problems.. the neck definetly doesn't look straight to me. Can anyone help me out/guide me in which way I should turn the tross rod in order to get it straight? I would really appreciate it. And I've...
  7. FatSamy

    Unwanted buzzzz, need advice

    Getting straight to it, I have a Fender AM Professional 5 string P bass and I love it BUT there are three frets, yes just 3 that enoy the hell out of me. The frets are the 2'nd to the 4'th on the G string ( A, Bb, B ) that buzz, not in a nice way with roundwound strings. I have gotten good...
  8. Beth McPherson

    Fret buzz with high action and straight neck

    Hi all! I recently purchased an EBMM Stingray 5 string HH and I'm getting fret buzz all over the neck on all strings. The action is a bit higher than I like and the neck appears to be pretty straight when I fret the first and last frets and look at the space between the fret and the string at...