Would you keep it or return? Completely loose truss rod and no relief.

[Gilmourisgod]

Alls Well.... honestly don't know why anybody would use anything BUT a DA rod now, tiny weight savings, perchance?

 

[BAG]

return

how is this even a question?

Well, it was a very good question due to the fact that it turns out to be a dual-action truss rod. There is nothing wrong with the bass so why return it.

I can't believe how many posts have been made saying "return it" well after the OP wrote saying he has since found that it is a DA rod and there is nothing wrong with the bass.

If people actually read threads before posting so many threads would be half as long.

 

[JW56789]

I am an idiot, it is a dual action truss rod. I kept spinning it and it started to tension the other way. Never had a dual action truss rod so when it went slack I thought I was hooped. This is why talk bass is great, helps solve silly user error.

This is how we learn, and fortunately it's working as advertised. No harm, no foul.

Been there. I was once on a stretch for two years, finances were tight enough I worked a day job 5 days a week, and was doing 5 to 7 nights a week to pay all the bills. As you'd imagine, I got pretty sleep deprived. One night I show up, and I'm tuning right before we start, and suddenly something's really wrong: I can only 'un-tune' it, the keys will only let off on the strings, and I'm completely flummoxed as to how this could possibly be happening . . . and then it dawned on me I was so tired and so brain-dead I was only turning the keys down ! Then I recovered a bit more cognition, turned the keys up, it went in tune . . . . . . these things happen.

 

[Dub56]

Alls Well.... honestly don't know why anybody would use anything BUT a DA rod now, tiny weight savings, perchance?

That's a good question, I wondered about that recently too. I ordered a custom bass neck for a build and it had the option to choose between dual or single acting truss rod. I was having a hard time thinking of why you'd want to choose the single acting if given the option for dual at no cost difference. Maybe there's a reason I'm unaware of?

 

[luciens]

That's a good question, I wondered about that recently too. I ordered a custom bass neck for a build and it had the option to choose between dual or single acting truss rod. I was having a hard time thinking of why you'd want to choose the single acting if given the option for dual at no cost difference. Maybe there's a reason I'm unaware of?

There's a little extra tooling, with a couple of reverse-thread rods on each end, so they're a little bigger at the ends. The neck has to be designed to take pressure from the rod in both directions, which usually means you have to make compomises in the neck shape. Also the adjuster has to be hard-fastened on (i.e welded) so if you strip or break it, you're screwed. They weigh slightly more too, I believe.

So since in 99.44% of all cases, too much relief is the problem, it's usually a little easier to just use a single action rod and enjoy the benefits of it being simpler and easier to make the neck the way you want it.

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[Troberts 98]

I have a BB734, 1024, and 1025 they all have the 5 piece necks and are very stable once dialled in. I would be surprised if you have to make even small adjustments once you get it set. Enjoy your new bass OP

 

[zontar]

Some issues might be worth dealing with,and some may be worth getting a partial refund & keeping-but trussed issues?
Even if you can fix it--why?
I agree with those saying it's a no-brainer.

 

[Dany Lefebvre]

Do the BB734/735 not have Dual Acting truss rods? The BBP's do, you can induce relief in them if you keep going anti-clockwise on the truss rod nut.

It does have a dual action truss rod. I had the exact same issue. In fact, a very little back bow, so fret buzz galore on the first frets. When I first tried to loosen the truss rod, it was already loose. I almost had a feeling the nut would come out. So I compensated by raising the string action. It solved the buzz but the height was almost ridiculous. But reading your answer, gave me hope. So I kept turning the nut counter clock wise and it gripped again. It fixed the curve of the fretboard and I was able to finally get a normal string action. I fell in love again with my BB734.