I have a Stingray 3EQ model, and I love it to death! I've noticed that the neck is pretty weather dependent. Seems to vary somewhat often, with a relief ranging from .015-.013 or so. Anybody else have a pretty picky neck? Any suggestions? I live in central Oklahoma and our weather here is ... spastic at best.
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Musicman Nut
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It's Called Time, in time it'll settle down, I just setup a New Fender Jazz Bass Relic for a customer, it sat in my office for 9 hours and I had to adjust the neck when he got to my house and 1 small tweek before he left, I think it's just the nature of the woods today, So don't worry in time it'll settle down.
lovechick
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I rarely have difficulties with my SR necks. Occasionally (once every few years), I have to tweak the truss rod in the winter. My MM guitars, on the other hand, are not fans of the humid PA summers, and I end up adjusting them pretty regularly. Ironically, my guitars don't seem to mind the winter at all, nor does the summer effect the basses. That being said, those truss rod wheels make it awfully easy to do the adjustment.
After further thought: it's my Axis and Al Lee that require the most adjustment. They both have maple necks/fretboards. My Morse and newer Stingray both have rosewood boards and need very little attention, so maybe the neck/fingerboard types play into the equation. Lo and behold, your SR has a full maple neck. I wonder...
After further thought: it's my Axis and Al Lee that require the most adjustment. They both have maple necks/fretboards. My Morse and newer Stingray both have rosewood boards and need very little attention, so maybe the neck/fingerboard types play into the equation. Lo and behold, your SR has a full maple neck. I wonder...
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INDEED it does, full maple neck. Probably a little more picky than one that has a rosewood fingerboard
syciprider
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IMO it has nothing to do with maple boards on maple necks. I brought two maple necked basses AROUND THE WORLD over a 7 month period covering both tropical and temperate latitudes and neither needed adjustment. With that I cannot reasonably conclude that maple is more stable than rosewood but rather that these two basses in particular do not react to climate changes as readily as other people's basses.
But maybe I just never notice a difference of two hundredths of an inch like the OP does.
That said, I will always prefer the oil/wax finish over the sealed glossy ones. I find it faster and never sticky.
But maybe I just never notice a difference of two hundredths of an inch like the OP does.
That said, I will always prefer the oil/wax finish over the sealed glossy ones. I find it faster and never sticky.
Powman
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I am also noticing this. My new Bongo with Rosewood (straight from the factory, very new) is needing a daily tweak of the truss-rod (nothing too dramatic). The 18 month old Sterling with Maple Neck that was purchased from in-store stock (therefore likely 2 years old) rarely needs adjusting now.
