Stupid setup question (again!)

[maddog]

Ok, I'm feeling like a real dumbass right now. I get all confused with my reference frames. If I got buzz between my 1st and 5th fret on my Bongo, which way do I turn the capstan wheel as I am holding the bass like I am playing, towards me, or away from me?

I tried the search function already and just confused myself more.

 

[MingusBASS]

If you are holding the bass in playing position you would want to turn it torwards you.

Andrew

 

[maddog]

Muchos Gracias Andrew!

Tom

 

[MingusBASS]

No problem...

I'm certainly no bass tech but I know how to make my basses play like I want them to.

Andrew

 

[Aussie Mark]

Here's the logic I use to remember -

A tight truss rod = more resistance = less neck bow
Loose truss rod = less resistance = more neck bow

In terms of which direction to turn the truss rod -

Righty tighty
Lefty loose

 

[maddog]

It all makes sense now. Thanks everyone.

Hey Mark, thought it was Righty Loose, Lefty Tight for you guys in the southern half of the world.

 

[tkarter]

I use buzz on 1st- 5 shorts loose. That hurts Pullem up

Buzz on 8 or above shorts binding loosen them up.

How this corresponds with bass setup I don't know but it works for me

Or maybe even backward to what I said I dunno.


tki

 

[Figjam]

No problem...

I'm certainly no bass tech but I know how to make my basses play like I want them to.

Andrew

Same here heh, ive been doing my own setup ever since i got my first bass, learning how to do it from touch and feel and common sense.

 

[Freddy-G.]

I just put a set of Blue Steels on my Bongo 5. I took off a set of TI rounds, and, I couldn't believe it but I had to add more bow to the neck. I thought the Steels would have much more tension than the TIs. Anyway, the capstan wheel gets my vote for the greatest invention since the bass itself.

Does anybody know who came up with the idea of the capstan wheel? Is EBMM the first/only company to implement it?

 

[WillPlay4Food]

Does anybody know who came up with the idea of the capstan wheel? Is EBMM the first/only company to implement it?

I don't know if EBMM invented the capstan wheel but I believe if you order a Warmoth neck you can get the wheel on it.

 

[MingusBASS]

You can bet your ass it wasn't Warmouth.

Andrew

 

[dlloyd]

I've seen a "Top Twenty" solid body guitar from the 70s with a capstan truss rod nut. It wouldn't shift.

Here's a similar one...

 

[maddog]

I just put a set of Blue Steels on my Bongo 5. I took off a set of TI rounds, and, I couldn't believe it but I had to add more bow to the neck. I thought the Steels would have much more tension than the TIs.

Odd, Freddy. I took off the stock Slinky's and put on Blue Steels and ended up adding more bow to the neck as well. Didn't expect it either. Thinking about ordering a set of the TI's. I'm getting the feeling the Blue Steels aren't my flavor.

Tom