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which way do i turn the truss rod

thanks for no one answering my question. its a schecter by the way

so which way lowers the action?

Your question was answered, you're just not getting it.

You don't lower your action only by tweaking the truss rod. There are other things you have to do to get low action. A set up consists of setting the relief (with the truss rod), as well as setting intonation and string height by adjusting at the bridge. The bridge and truss rod adjust TOGETHER to set your action. Without taking some measurements no one knows which one you need to do, or if you need to do both.

If you're impatient and not willing to read and understand what other's are trying to help you with then you are better off taking your bass to a technician. Have someone else do your setup. You risk damaging your bass otherwise.
 
Ok well that's even more reason why you have to buy a bass that you know is stronger for climate reasons then..

I ended up getting an Entire Upright bass made out of Carbon Fiber because I didn't want to deal with any of the problems like that...


now for electric bass - I called up The Makers of my bass, Roscoe... They told me the way the grain is and the type of wood and the reinforcement and I'm sure more factors contribute to how strong your neck is and if it will change drastically due to weather.. but in general I shouldn't have to touch it..

with my bass in particular, it has two graphite rods along with the truss rod and that is probably why I don't mess with my truss rod and don't notice anything ...

It got 'stiff' woods in my neck so it's okay. I'm just finical when it comes to this. The 0,3mm it moved was enough for me for adjustment.
 
Sure, but which way!?
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