Grand Wazoo
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I have a collegue at work whose son was given a 2nd hand bass, the kid is a natural, totally self taught, and a little monster when you hear him playing you would be astonished. However the bass he is playing is a dog to play. Basically it's a far east copy of god knows what 6 string bass maybe a Yamaha copy and the kid was playing it with 4 strings only which meant his dad (my collegue) adjusted the bridge saddles to try and raise the action due to the less pull on the neck of 4 strings instead of 6.
Then they decided to return it to its intended use and fitted a new set of 6 string and now the neck is badly arched forward, they brought it to me and asked me if I knew how to set the trussrod to make the neck straight.
I told them I'd give it a go thinking it was a similar set up as our MM basses but... when I have removed the trussrod cover on the headstock I was shocked to see 2 not 1 trussrod hex key holes.
How do you make a neck straight with two trussrods? Is it the same as a bass with one? or do you have to release one and tighten the other? What is the concept of 2 trussrods?
Sorry if this doesn't involve an EBMM bass but I am helping a friend.
Then they decided to return it to its intended use and fitted a new set of 6 string and now the neck is badly arched forward, they brought it to me and asked me if I knew how to set the trussrod to make the neck straight.
I told them I'd give it a go thinking it was a similar set up as our MM basses but... when I have removed the trussrod cover on the headstock I was shocked to see 2 not 1 trussrod hex key holes.
How do you make a neck straight with two trussrods? Is it the same as a bass with one? or do you have to release one and tighten the other? What is the concept of 2 trussrods?
Sorry if this doesn't involve an EBMM bass but I am helping a friend.
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