Bongo trussrod

[Hellboy]

be patient.

I rarely adjust more than 1/4 turn of the truss rod at a time. Let it sit a few days and you may be in for a surprise.

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//j

[oli@bass]

I quote: Does anybody actually read these days.....

//J

Jan... he asked specifically about the direction of the bow...

Here we go again giving advice.

... when the original question didn't even ask for any...

[ZiggyDude]

I want to second the advice of high mile that you should only do a bit a day and let it settle out. This is especially true during the times of the year the climat is changing - which would be now. I have some basses that I give a tweak to twice a year. And usually in the opposite direction.

A good example is a Carvin LB75P that I got used at GC. It was way bowed and the guy really made a bunch of turns trying to get it flatter. I wound up noticing that the bass went flat or worse in a week and I spent over a month just visiting it every few days and giving it a tweak. It finally settled out - but not for a long time. That is especially dangerous with the two way truss rods.

Currently I have been trying to find Nirvana with the Bongo 5HH and the above Carvin. Every night I tweak the neck and saddles (if needed) just a twit. Then jam to YouTube videos at random (just ran across some Uriah Heep - good lordie what bass lines!). Stay on one bass for a while till I get used to it - then switch and see what jumps out at me. Then steel from the better feel and do to the other (gradually). The next day I put on a set of really strong glasses to check the setup - adjust if needed. This very gradual and patiant approach is paying off. I won't touch the intonation and pickups until the neck and saddles are right.

Just my two cents.

- Ziggy -