Most of my guitars have to have 9s on them. I just recently started playing in drop c# and i love it but some of my guitars max out the truss rod on even 10s in drop c#. Been thinking of doing something like this but im Afraid to twist the neck. I have a jackson king v that camr with a warped neck and it wont even go straight with no strings on it lol. This may help. I have, in the past used a hest gun on a kit guitar to get rid of some backbow and that worked well. I may try this tho. Thanks for sharing. My only worry is without heat wont it just go right back to its original form? I know heat would make things really start to move tho
It wasn't my idea but yes it was a great idea. The bass still plays great. It's a little scary forcing that backbow into the neck to allow the truss rod to tighten properly. It's better to sneak up on it than go overboard.
Thanks! Has it held up 10 months later? I have an Eastman archtop guitar with a similar issue. Watched the Dan Erlewine video too. It seems like this method doesn't actually "straighten" the natural shape of the neck, it just makes it so there's less pressure on the rod making it easier to turn and less risk of damage. So if you need to tighten it again, you'll need to put the clamp back on. I'll give it a shot!
I actually took a little too much relief out of the neck and it's stayed the same over time (ie. it buzzes around the 7th fret on the A string still.) I should post a video reply to my original one. The idea is pretty straightforward. If there's too much relief in the neck, it takes an incredible amount of pressure to tighten the rod. By taking that relief out in this case with the crazy jig setup, it lets you tighten it with much less force and as you continue to do this it will take the relief out. If you have 2 people you could do the same with one person holding the body and pulling the neck relief out and someone else tightening the rod. I've done this another 7 times or so now. I will say this. Wrap the body in a towel and the same with the headstock. I've had the jig explode apart once and could see it happening again.
Hey man I have a Jackson bass and if you open strike all strings all you hear is buzz and when you play notes on top half of neck, they’re all dead notes, I was wondering which direction do I turn the Allen wrench for the truss rod?
Righty tighty, to straighten the neck. Lefty losey to put in some relief, a slight bow. A neck which is too straight can be problematic, you want a slight bow. Do 1/4 turns of the truss rod, and leave for a bit, check it and redo if necessary. Good luck. I'm trying to straighten a vox bassmaster neck. No truss rod so I'm using heat and clamping it. All the best.
No heat needed for this one and the action was atrocious. After I changed to the 40-100 Dunlap's the bass plays great. Demo's coming shortly. As far as "Yoga block" ... There's a StewMac mat that the bass is resting on and a StewMac Hi-Lo Featherweight Neck Rest the neck is resting on. The mat was free with the neck rest last week :)
The bass still has the right amount of relief 10 months later -> ruclips.net/video/r9VeyRDEasw/видео.html
yep it is always washburn's neck
Most of my guitars have to have 9s on them. I just recently started playing in drop c# and i love it but some of my guitars max out the truss rod on even 10s in drop c#. Been thinking of doing something like this but im Afraid to twist the neck. I have a jackson king v that camr with a warped neck and it wont even go straight with no strings on it lol. This may help. I have, in the past used a hest gun on a kit guitar to get rid of some backbow and that worked well. I may try this tho. Thanks for sharing.
My only worry is without heat wont it just go right back to its original form? I know heat would make things really start to move tho
great idea
It wasn't my idea but yes it was a great idea. The bass still plays great. It's a little scary forcing that backbow into the neck to allow the truss rod to tighten properly. It's better to sneak up on it than go overboard.
Thanks! Has it held up 10 months later? I have an Eastman archtop guitar with a similar issue. Watched the Dan Erlewine video too. It seems like this method doesn't actually "straighten" the natural shape of the neck, it just makes it so there's less pressure on the rod making it easier to turn and less risk of damage. So if you need to tighten it again, you'll need to put the clamp back on. I'll give it a shot!
I actually took a little too much relief out of the neck and it's stayed the same over time (ie. it buzzes around the 7th fret on the A string still.) I should post a video reply to my original one. The idea is pretty straightforward. If there's too much relief in the neck, it takes an incredible amount of pressure to tighten the rod. By taking that relief out in this case with the crazy jig setup, it lets you tighten it with much less force and as you continue to do this it will take the relief out. If you have 2 people you could do the same with one person holding the body and pulling the neck relief out and someone else tightening the rod. I've done this another 7 times or so now. I will say this. Wrap the body in a towel and the same with the headstock. I've had the jig explode apart once and could see it happening again.
Instresting, my Aria bass looks almost identical to your Washburn and its trust is maxed out too.
Hey man I have a Jackson bass and if you open strike all strings all you hear is buzz and when you play notes on top half of neck, they’re all dead notes, I was wondering which direction do I turn the Allen wrench for the truss rod?
Righty tighty, to straighten the neck.
Lefty losey to put in some relief, a slight bow.
A neck which is too straight can be problematic, you want a slight bow.
Do 1/4 turns of the truss rod, and leave for a bit, check it and redo if necessary.
Good luck. I'm trying to straighten a vox bassmaster neck. No truss rod so I'm using heat and clamping it.
All the best.
The next step after this would be a heat press. Ps. Is that a yoga block?
No heat needed for this one and the action was atrocious. After I changed to the 40-100 Dunlap's the bass plays great. Demo's coming shortly. As far as "Yoga block" ... There's a StewMac mat that the bass is resting on and a StewMac Hi-Lo Featherweight Neck Rest the neck is resting on. The mat was free with the neck rest last week :)
@@kubicki2000 good to hear that it doesn’t need the heat press… *yet*.
A 30 minute video that could have been done in 7 mins. I saw the original video. This is a waste of time