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Post subject: Help with Truss Rod fender j bass vintage 75 reissue
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:43 am
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Hi.
I recently sent my bass for a service and the tech told me that my truss rod is at its last.
He really confused me cause i asked him if i can replace it and he told me that it didn't worth it.
He said that ill have to be cautious and if i notice that it bows a little i should take it to him imediatelly.
So here i am with my bass and i don't know what to do..
I can't afford the technician everytime my neck bends a little.

Also he mentioned something about the Serial Number.
The S/N is Z6172219.
He said that he couldn't find a bass with the Z6 in the catalogs..
What does that mean?

Thanks in advance.

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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:12 pm
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Do you trust this guy? If you can, take it to another tech for a second opinion.

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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:31 pm
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Bathead wrote:
Do you trust this guy? If you can, take it to another tech for a second opinion.


+1

I'd get a second, a third, and even a fourth opinion before I thought about ditching a neck (or an entire instrument).

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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 12:09 am
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i befriended a guitar tech.. well at least he maintains my bass well... as for that I'd like another opinion from a luthier... sometimes a slightly bowed neck is much better than a straight neck..

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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:33 am
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Not for nothing, I can't find any info on your serial # on www.guitardaterproject.org

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Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 5:11 am
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Funny, when I run this serial through Guitar Dater selecting American Made I get:
"Guitar Info
Your guitar was made at the
Corona Plant (Fender), USA
in the Year(s): 2006 - 2007


Fender: Corona
Corona factory was opened in 1985, Corona California, with major guitar production starting in 1987. With the addition of a custom shop in 1987 the plant currently employs about 700 workers. Apart from general and Custom Shop Fender instruments and amplifiers, it also encompasses Guild acoustic & electric guitars."

Z6 means 2006 model year which as a general rule means made between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007.

Neck issues are not to be taken lightly. I suggest you get a Fender Factory Certified Tech to give it the once over.

There is a right way and a wrong way to adjust the truss rod nut. Do it wrong and you will be shopping for a new bass.

Repairing a truss rod can involve so much labor it is just cheaper to buy a new bass.

If your truss rod is maxed out, avoid using high tension strings. Be careful in how and where you store it. Sometimes switching to lower tension strings is a good idea in general. There is also a heat press treatment. Finding someone to repair broken or damaged truss rods is difficult and the work almost prohibitively expensive requiring the fingerboard to be removed. Not good.

For a lower tension string I suggest Thomastik-Infeld EB344 PowerBass roundwounds or JF344 flatwounds. The JF344's are the lowest tension strings I know of.


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Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:24 pm
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When the neck bows past your comfort point I suggest you read the Feb. 2006 article in Bass Player entitled "Bass Tech..Work On Your Bass", page 70. Dan Erlewine adjusts a simliar truss rod situation with the use of a clamp and petroleum jelly.

My own advice would be to only tighten the rod very slowly when needed with the strings at full pitch...while following directions from the article. Don't over-do it and have to loosen. The rod might/will rumble all down the neck. Goodbye use of treble. :shock: If the rod is still hard to turn after his advice, take it to a pro.

You'll be ok for a while with light gauge strings on the bass. Change one string at a time, very slowly. Lowest tension first.


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