Musicman Setup Guide

[barryenright]

eeeps, i assume they do, argh i hate having to take off the neck and put it back on. i mean its not going to **** up the bass but that means restringing and all that. I think i should prob leave it till tomorro though cause im just after making a trus rod adjustment and should give it time to settle???

[Rod Trussbroken]

Yikes! I would have thougt it impossible to break a driver while turning the truss wheel The wheel should be adjusted one or two hole positions at a time.

Perhaps contact Customer Service for advice before proceding further.

[bovinehost]

That's a new one on me, too.

[barryenright]

i didnt even have the wheel moved a milimetre when it snapped, like i said terrible screwdriver. O well at least im now a case study.

[nashman]

Man, you might consider taking it to a Luthier/Pro to fix the screwdriver issue and give her a good set-up.

[barryenright]

You know what, id normally go by your advice, but the way i see it i had the problem almost sorted.I had already given it one quarter turn last night and it was nearly there so i think another 8th turn woulda sorted it unfortunatly the screwdriver wasnt up to the task. Like i didnt do anything wrong and i knew what i was doing after reading up on it, besides theres only one way to learn these things properly and thats doding it yourself.

[strummer]

What a mess, I feel for you!

1 remove strings
2 Remove neck
3 remove screw driver piece

3b Maybe remove truss wheel, clean threads and lube them a bit. (this I would do)

4 put neck back
5 restring
6 turn wheel a little more with a good screw driver

[barryenright]

What a mess, I feel for you!

1 remove strings
2 Remove neck
3 remove screw driver piece

3b Maybe remove truss wheel, clean threads and lube them a bit. (this I would do)

4 put neck back
5 restring
6 turn wheel a little more with a good screw driver

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