Double Bass Problems with Chadiwck folding Bass - action keeps climbing... anyone else with this problem?

[bassinquiries]

Hi to all of the Chadwick folding bass owners out there! I have one that I absolutely love, however it has a recurring problem of the action climbing. I have had Charlie work on it twice (shipping it back and forth) and both times he thought he had fixed it, but it didn't work either time. Basically you can slide an entire finger underneath the E string with the adjusters all the way down. I had a local luthier cut down the bridge a bit a while back and that worked for a bit but the action climbed yet again. It isn't playable at the moment because of the high action. My local luthier is thinking about trying to shim the removable finger board in order to get some more angle out of it, but we are unsure if the finger board will be able to clip into place with the shim. Has any one else out there had similar problems with their Chadwick bass? If so, have you found a fix that worked? Also, if anyone has a used hard case for sale they are looking to get rid of I'd be interested. Fedex bashed mine up pretty good in the shipping (not to mention the airlines). Thanks in advance!

 

[damonsmith]

I use solo strings tuned EADG on my Chadwick and my double bass - they end up being lower tension. Either using lower tension strings or getting one of those things that lower the tension made for under the tailpiece wire - it would still be under one pound and easy enough to install.

 

[KUNGfuSHERIFF]

Neck hinge might be going. They’re not exactly made of grade A maple.

 

[Earl]

I had this problem and it was the neck block coming unglued. If it is not that you can unscrew the small metal plate on the neck hinge and add thin wood shims on both sides which will lower the strings. Are the strings off center on the fingerboard?

 

[John Sprague]

You can reach out to Charlie at Link Removed.