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Post subject: New CS P-bass: Truss rod stuck/maxed!
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:00 am
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I changed strings this weekend on my new (2008) Fender CS '59 reissue to higher guage La Bella flats (from 760FL to 760FS), and in so doing decided I needed to adjust the truss rod to account for the added tension. The truss has never been adjusted before.

Sunday I did the first adjustment, giving it just a wee turn, maybe 1/8 to 1/4, put the neck back on and restrung it.

Monday it looked okay, but I thought maybe I'd give it a bit more relief so I took the neck off again and tried to give it just a nudge more, but it wouldn't budge. With the neck off I had plenty of leverage to crank it if needed, but didn't for fear of breaking or stripping it. Puzzled, I put the neck back on and restrung it again.

So now I'm wondering:

1. Is something wrong with the truss?

2. If I'm okay with the current relief, is it okay to just leave it as is? Or is that too much strain on the truss?

3. Should I turn the truss back where it was and put the lighter strings back on?

4. Should I take it to a luthier?

5. Should I take it back to Fender? (The CS is only about 30 minutes from my house.)

Any advice would be really appreciated!


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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:39 pm
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When you turned it the first time, it was to the right to counteract the tension of the heavier strings, correct? When you say you wanted to give it more relief, you then tried to turn it to the left and it wouldn't move?

I'm just trying to make sure I understand.

In any case, if it doesn't move, I'd take it to a tech to have it looked at.


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Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 3:06 pm
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stretcho wrote:
When you turned it the first time, it was to the right to counteract the tension of the heavier strings, correct? When you say you wanted to give it more relief, you then tried to turn it to the left and it wouldn't move?

I'm just trying to make sure I understand.

In any case, if it doesn't move, I'd take it to a tech to have it looked at.


Yeah sorry that post isn't clear -- what I meant to say was I wanted less relief, not more. I couldn't turn it to the right any more than that initial quarter turn. It's stuck, but the luthier has it now and is going to diagnose it for me on whether it's a defect in the neck or not. If he can adjust it, he will, but if the neck is indeed defective then Fender's going to replace it.


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Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:00 pm
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Cool. Hope everything works out.

The '59s are nice basses. I love mine more than I can express in words.


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