Thunderbird Club

[Dadagoboi]

I mean...on the fly... right then. As I relieve pressure on the TR wrench, it springs right back! I've never experienced this before & it's kinda meltin' my cheese here...

Possibly out of trussrod threads. Just crank it real hard, should snap right off. Then you'll know it's toast.

Seriously, you do have the strings slackened and front bow applied, right?

 

[bylar13]

I mean...on the fly... right then. As I relieve pressure on the TR wrench, it springs right back! I've never experienced this before & it's kinda meltin' my cheese here...

Take a look at this.



Dan Erlwine shows you how to clamp the neck and then set the correct truss rod tension.

 

[theFixer]

Possibly out of trussrod threads. Just crank it real hard, should snap right off. Then you'll know it's toast.

Seriously, you do have the strings slackened and front bow applied, right?

Strings are slack... front bow is the issue I'm trying to work out.

 

[kat888]

I thought you had more than three devices between your bass and your amp. You are more pure and virtuous than I am in your bass playing? *hangs head in shame, shuffles away feeling like he just got caught sneaking cookies right before supper*

Tuner, comp and flanger, all 'true bypass' and all mostly off. Purer than the driven snow.

 

[dukeorock]

Onwards and upwards!

Ehem

Yep. Nice rig.

Ehem

Not to laugh at any sort of misfortune......... There's just some sexual innuendo. Sorry.

Really? I hadn’t noticed any

There's a turn for everyone.

Ehem

I mean...on the fly... right then. As I relieve pressure... it springs right back! I've never experienced this before & it's kinda meltin' my cheese here...

Ehem

 

[theFixer]

Take a look at this.



Dan Erlwine shows you how to clamp the neck and then set the correct truss rod tension.

GREAT video

 

[Gaolee]

Ehem

Ehem

Really? I hadn’t noticed any

Ehem

Ehem

I think he's got it!

 

[theFixer]

Not to laugh at any sort of misfortune......... There's just some sexual innuendo. Sorry.

YEEEEESH... the word "truss" brings forth a certain geriatric connotation that I find unsettling...

 

[JJR58]

I think he's got it!

Oh his game. Duke caught on rather quickly.

 

[dukeorock]

YEEEEESH... the word "truss" brings forth a certain geriatric connotation that I find unsettling...

I find it sadly appropriate. And compelling, in a shame-based sorta way

 

[JJR58]

I find it sadly appropriate. And compelling, in a shame-based sorta way

as well you should. another unwritten qualification to be in the club.

 

[GBassNorth]

Have any of you ever had a truss rod spring back when you were trying to tighten it?

Nope, never seen that happen before. Tell us more.

I assume you're tightening the rod to create a degree of Back bow (or at least counter some of your front bow). If that's correct, remember, always slacken your strings when tightening a truss rod, and if you can it's always helpful to gently hand bend the neck* in the same direction while you're moving the truss so the rod doesn't have to do all the work. Once you get the desired back bow you can retune the strings and the tension will pull the neck towards a front bow.

If your truss is still springing back without string tension on the neck it may be maxed out and you might need to add a spacer to the rod.

* do not apply pressure to the headstock or any where north of the 3rd fret.

 

[theFixer]

I find it sadly appropriate. And compelling, in a shame-based sorta way

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[Count Bassie]

Don't get the ehem thing. But being slow, is... okay.

Time for my nap.

 

[Korladis]

The top board didn't turn out perfect, but is useable. So I'm not going to waste Velcro on it, but it works for my current needs... or until I decide to make another top board. Put the power supply on the ground just so the wiring didn't look all twisted.
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It looks like you have more than enough room to put the wah pedal on there.

 

[theFixer]

Nope, never seen that happen before. Tell us more.

I assume you're tightening the rod to create a degree of Back bow (or at least counter some of your front bow). If that's correct, remember, always slacken your strings when tightening a truss rod, and if you can it's always helpful to gently hand bend the neck* in the same direction while you're moving the truss so the rod doesn't have to do all the work. Once you get the desired back bow you can retune the strings and the tension will pull the neck towards a front bow.

If your truss is still springing back without string tension on the neck it may be maxed out and you might need to add a spacer to the rod.

* do not apply pressure to the headstock or any where north of the 3rd fret.

It's my new bass. For the first 2 1/2 days that I owned it... I can say without hyperbole, that it had the finest action of any instrument I've had the pleasure of playing. I was beyond elated! I set it in its stand, in my climate controlled bedroom, where there was no pet access... when I picked it up the next day... the action had "jumped"... considerably worse than that of my T-bird (NO! I'm not dissing my 'bird! Warts & all...I LOVE MY 'BIRD!). I decided that it must be acclimating to it's new surroundings. I didn't touch it for a day, and when I went back, nothing had changed, for the better or the worse. I gave it a quarter turn and saw immediate improvement. Not much... but enough to let me know I was headed down the right path. I gave it another quarter before calling it a night. Didn't touch it at all the next day, then today, I picked it up & found out there was no change from the last "workout". I went to give it another quarter. This was when I experienced this "springiness". I gave it a quarter, it gave a quarter back. Not a violent snap or anything. It just rolled back at approximately the same speed it went forward. "Curiouser and curiouser"...

 

[theFixer]

Don't get the ehem thing. But being slow, is... okay.

Time for my nap.

Don't forget to take yer pills

 

[Dadagoboi]

YEEEEESH... the word "truss" brings forth a certain geriatric connotation that I find unsettling...

I find it sadly appropriate. And compelling, in a shame-based sorta way

as well you should. another unwritten qualification to be in the club.

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Had triple hernia surgery along with a radical prostatectomy in June and haven't looked back...good for another 70 years!

 

[Dadagoboi]

Possibly out of trussrod threads. Just crank it real hard, should snap right off. Then you'll know it's toast.

Seriously, you do have the strings slackened and front bow applied, right?

Of course I meant BACK bow applied...right?

 

[BklynKen]

Not to laugh at any sort of misfortune......... There's just some sexual innuendo. Sorry.

Even better, considering his avatar du jour.