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Vintera II 60s P Bass Truss Rod

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jonners98

Apr 23, 2013
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England, UK
#1
Currently on the hunt for a p bass to add to the collection, with toss up between the Player II and the 60s Vintera II.

Vintera has far more pros for me - prefer the sound of the pickup, love the vintage radius and frets and the gloss neck. However, it's an old style crosshead truss rod adjustment, which worries me as the varied temperatures of my practice spaces result in fairly regular truss rod adjustments to be needed on my MIM jazz, and I don't want that process to be a real faff.

I would love to know, from those who have a Vintera - can the truss rod be adjusted (using a crank tool like the Stew Mac one) through the small pickguard notch WITHOUT loosening the neck? Opinons seem to be mixed online, but if slight adjustments can be made without capoing, loosening bolts and tilting neck back then that would be fab.
 
#3
Moving Pictures said:
I have the Vintera II 50s Precision. I just use a small but sturdy flat head screwdriver. I haven’t yet had to remove the neck to make an adjustment.
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That's good to know, thanks! Do you place the flathead into the middle of the cross to turn, or just manage to get purchase by placing it into just the bit thats visible, sticking out from the body?
Idk if that's the worst explanation ever haha, but I'm wondering how people manage to turn a crosshead screw when part of it is covered by the body.
 
#4
jonners98 said:
That's good to know, thanks! Do you place the flathead into the middle of the cross to turn, or just manage to get purchase by placing it into just the bit thats visible, sticking out from the body?
Idk if that's the worst explanation ever haha, but I'm wondering how people manage to turn a crosshead screw when part of it is covered by the body.
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Just where I can get purchase. It works well for me. I’m considering getting a channel routed to make it easier. I did that on a Classic 50s I had.
 
#5
I suppose you could do it on mine as the nut sticks out almost by half from the pickguard (not so on my other P bass). However this is only possible because at the moment the truss rod turns very easily so you can go in with a thin tool and turn from the side. And you will inevitably scratch the pickguard, like the previous owner of this bass.

I always loosen the bolts and tilt the neck up for full access to the nut because I want to turn it from the center using a wide flathead screwdriver. It's second nature by now.
 

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