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Help me with this Rickenbacker

#121
Komadinic said:
There's plenty of turns left in the truss rods, they are not very tight but also not loose. Sorry if I'm communicating strangely at times, English is not my primary language
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I didn't realize, you English is very good actually. That neck will pull back if you tighten the truss rods and if they don't feel very tight as long as you follow the proper procedure you should be able to turn them at least until they feel tight. Maybe it won't get any more straight but it will pull back to be more in line with the plane of the strings of that makes any sense.
 
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#122
bobyoung53 said:
I didn't realize, you English is very good actually. That neck will pull back if you tighten the truss rods and if they don't feel very tight as long as you follow the proper procedure you should be able to turn them at least until they feel tight. Maybe it won't get any more straight but it will pull back to be more in line with the plane of the strings of that makes any sense.
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It does make sense to me and thanks for the compliment. I guess I'll try messing with it a bit, I'm not knowledgeable in the field of setups but i do like to learn to do things myself!
 
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#123
Komadinic said:
It does make sense to me and thanks for the compliment. I guess I'll try messing with it a bit, I'm not knowledgeable in the field of setups but i do like to learn to do things myself!
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The only way you could hurt that bass is by cranking down on those truss rod nuts without pulling the neck forward, Rickenbacker says you need to put the neck into the position you want it to be in before you tighten them, same thing I'm saying. These aren't as fragile as you think.
 
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#124
bobyoung53 said:
The only way you could hurt that bass is by cranking down on those truss rod nuts without pulling the neck forward, Rickenbacker says you need to out the neck into the position you want it to be in before you tighten them, same thing I'm saying. These aren't as fragile as you think.
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You gave me the courage i needed, tomorrow i will preform the surgery. Thank you kindly
 
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#126
Komadinic said:
You gave me the courage i needed, tomorrow i will preform the surgery. Thank you kindly
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Alright, have a good night and let me know how it goes. It may be easier to have a friend hold the body end down as you hold the neck down on top of a table or something. I'm just so used to doing it by myself that it takes me about two seconds to adjust one by myself, if you do do it by yourself, make sure the body bottom doesn't slip.
 
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#127
bobyoung53 said:
Alright, have a good night and let me know how it goes. It may be easier to have a friend hold the body end down as you hold the neck down on top of a table or something. I'm just so used to doing it by myself that it takes me about two seconds to adjust one by myself, if you do do it by yourself, make sure the body bottom doesn't slip.
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Will do, and will keep you posted! Have a good night Sir!
 
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#129
The newer non-hairpin rods are just standard design single action, no rocket science to adjusting them. The technique of "helping" the rods by applying gentle pressure on the headstock, in the direction you want it to go, is always a good idea, regardless of the make of the bass. Truss rods were never designed to move a neck under string tension, only to hold an adjustment in place, but it's surprising how many instructional videos seem to ignore that. You can get away with it 90% of the time, but that doesn't make it a good idea.
 
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#132
Killed_by_Death said:
What's the point of having two truss-rods then?
I'm almost positive I was able to make minor adjustments to each side on my 4004. Of course adjusting one side draws the other side a little, so you have to come to a happy medium.
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I can't think of a reason you'd want more relief on one side of the neck than the other. I had a bolt on neck Rickenbacker with two truss rods & there seemed to be a twist in the neck that couldn't be adjusted out. Hell maybe it was caused by the rods being adjusted unevenly, who knows.
 
#134
Komadinic said:
But i like this one dad :( could trade it for a jazz bass down the line, we'll see in a little while
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There are a lot of Rickenbacker haters, just ignore them, they're usually jealous because they weren't good enough in the first place to be able to get the most out of them and gave up. There is nothing inherently better about a Jazz than a Ric, I own both.
 
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#135
Incidentally I bought my first brand new Fender P bass in 1970 and right in the booklet that came with the bass they suggested putting the bass on a table and having someone hold down the neck while you yourself held down the body end while you tightened the truss rod, this is the same thing you're supposed to be down any bass not just an old Rickenbacker it is not rocket science it is just common sense. I do this somehow with any bass I I set up. ALWAYS take the forward pulling string pressure off the neck while you're tightening a truss rod no matter what kid of a bass you own.
 
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#136
bobyoung53 said:
Incidentally I bought my first brand new Fender P bass in 1970 and right in the booklet that came with the bass they suggested putting the bass on a table and having someone hold down the neck while you yourself held down the body end while you tightened the truss rod, this is the same thing you're supposed to be down any bass not just an old Rickenbacker it is not rocket science it is just common sense. I do this somehow with any bass I I set up. ALWAYS take the forward pulling string pressure off the neck while you're tightening a truss rod no matter what kid of a bass you own.
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I did it last night, i placed a towel on a table and on top of the bass and clamped it, then i pulled the neck and tightened the rods. It might have made a minor difference but i think I'll need to do it again today a couple of times and see if it slowly starts to set in proper place.
 
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