Heat is very not good for basses

Lossen the strings. If you are looking down the neck from the head stock (asssuming thats where the bolt is) you want to give it about a 1/4 turn, Tune it up, wait over night, see how it is, if it's still high, give it about 1/6 of a turn. DO NOT turn it to much!

 

Stringed instruments are like that...you will have to adjust them when the weather changes. Some are more affected, some are less.

 

Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosie

Just like all screws, turn the truss to the right to tighten it, to the left to loosen it. (if you're facing front of the bass)

 

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Mike

 

Yup, heat and cold will change the adjustment.

I make it a point NEVER to leave a bass in a car overnight, or during the day when it's hot outside.

 

use a small screwdriver

 

Did you loosen the strings first?

 

Well a creaking sound can be normal as it's just friction of the rod inside the neck. It shouldn't have been that hard to turn though that it bent the screw driver even. I used to adjust fly wheel truss rods like that with a pen

 

If you hear a creaking sound STOP and take it to an experienced repairman. With the strings loosened it shouldn't be that hard to turn.

 

hahaha
Very Not Good.

 

If it's the first time the rod has been adjusted in a long time then it will tend to creak. Though if it's creaking/cracking alot then I'd be worried.

I'm glad here in scotland the climate is pretty mild in comparison to some places! Never had any weather related problems with my guitars

 

+1

 

and by the way our winters here go as low as 4 degree c and summers like 40+ degree c
it does effect the action but not too much. and ofcourse the change in temperature is not sudden its gradual! humidity also keeps going bonkers but my squier is seeming to do ok
although i adjust the action when i put in new strings mostly because i dont stick one set of strings

 

i only have to take more care for the 5+ strings the four ones are not much affected.

 

I ALWAYS loosen a trussrod a little before tightening it just to "unlock" it in case it's become frozen for any reason.

Also when tightening the trussrod, I ALWAYS apply some light pressure to the headstock so the neck bows up a bit and then tighten the trussrod nut to hold it in place. I NEVER let the trussrod do the work of moving the neck.

I've been going through the Summer edition of my twice yearly rounds of seasonal trussrod rod adjustments here at the shore. One thing I noticed is the graphite neck of my Peavey GBass doesn't require any adjustment...that's a refreshing change.