Lord, I love that truss rod

[adouglas]

It's the little things that make all the difference.

With the onset of winter, my bass has been shifting a bit. Happens every year. Last night at practice I noticed that the strings were just a bit too high...so I reached over to the tool box, pulled out a little screwdriver and tweaked the truss rod, making the action perfect again. Took all of about 20 seconds. Didn't even slow us down. What a BRILLIANT little bit of design!

On my old bass, I would have had to loosen the middle string, unscrew the rod cover plate (wondering yet again how many times I'd be able to do it without stripping the hole in the headstock), find the special wrench, tweak, retune, detune, tweak again, etc. til done, then replace the plate.

 

[Figjam]

I agree, it is probably my favorite non-tonal aspect of my bass, because im a setup freak.

 

[TSanders]

+1. Makes for super easy adjustments, very quickly.

 

[0557]

Yes. its a genious design. Over the weekend I had three gigs, and each time the weather sucked. all i had to do was a minor adjustment let it sit on the stand for about a half hour and it was good to go. barometric pressure and humidity are my culprits in Georgia. I had three Wals and sold them because I couldn't adjust the back bow out their necks.

 

[Bill]

It's definitely truss rod adjusting time. I had to raise the action just a little on my SR5. So easy & quick!

 

[AnthonyD]

Oh yeah... The WHEEL!!!

Quite simply the best...

I am surprised at how many folks do not do their own set-ups. It's a HUGE advantage for EBMM instruments that, unfortunately, most people completely miss.