iamcatwarrior
Well-known member
Dan, if you're reading this, please try not to kill me....
I had some trouble explaining this to you on the phone, but I think I've got it right here.
There is still some looming concern with my guitar techs that my Stingray 5 HH has a "slight twist" in the neck. This was rediscussed once again after a brief visit to the store where I typically purchase strings and, moreover, take my basses in for setups.
They point to the back of the neck and the grain pattern in the wood there to support their argument, which apparently is part of the reason as to why the G-string is being raised up (via the saddle) to compensate for fret buzz they find there (frets 8-14); when you turn the bass over and look at the neck, there seems to be a center (around the 6th or 7th fret behind the D-string) around which concentric rings of grain develop, but the ring pattern is not dense (the smallest ring is roughly the area of a thumb print). In other words, it's grain runout which is causing this "problem." Regardless of what might actually be "wrong" with the neck, if that is the case, I'd like to believe that I won't need a neck replacement; it is presently difficult for me to ship my bass back to the factory for an evaluation.
Has anyone here ever had this problem? Ever sent in their bass to EBMM over supposed neck problems like this? What did they have to say?
I had some trouble explaining this to you on the phone, but I think I've got it right here.There is still some looming concern with my guitar techs that my Stingray 5 HH has a "slight twist" in the neck. This was rediscussed once again after a brief visit to the store where I typically purchase strings and, moreover, take my basses in for setups.
They point to the back of the neck and the grain pattern in the wood there to support their argument, which apparently is part of the reason as to why the G-string is being raised up (via the saddle) to compensate for fret buzz they find there (frets 8-14); when you turn the bass over and look at the neck, there seems to be a center (around the 6th or 7th fret behind the D-string) around which concentric rings of grain develop, but the ring pattern is not dense (the smallest ring is roughly the area of a thumb print). In other words, it's grain runout which is causing this "problem." Regardless of what might actually be "wrong" with the neck, if that is the case, I'd like to believe that I won't need a neck replacement; it is presently difficult for me to ship my bass back to the factory for an evaluation.
Has anyone here ever had this problem? Ever sent in their bass to EBMM over supposed neck problems like this? What did they have to say?
