In this video, Jason will tak us through the process of adjusting the truss rod of your bass guitar in order to give your bass the proper neck relief for your playing style.
I have watched so many videos on how to adjust your truss rod. This is the first time that I totally understand what your teaching us to do. Thank you so very much.
Constantine Isslamow I worked in a music shop in my town and the guy that taught me did not go into as much detail as he did. This is very informative video.
Best truss rod video I've seen. In all other videos there's something like "do not mess with your truss rod because you might break the neck", and that make people afraid of adjusting it.
Very interesting that you tighten the truss rod without loosening the strings. Some people say that you can loosen the truss rod with strings in tune, but you have to de tune strings to tighten the truss rod. But I take you as gospel. Great video. Extremely clear description. Thank you very much!
I've adjusted my basses over the years after having read about it. I still was a bit dusty about the truss rods. [There are a few types.] This video gave such a great explanation of truss rod adjustment. Thank you!
Thanks so much for doing these videos. I have been setting up my basses for years and feel as though I'm pretty proficient at it and I still learned a lot from this series. Very informative and well done tutorials.
Thankyou so much for the video. Very thorough and descriptive but easy to follow. This was my first time setting up a bass bridge and neck (I had set up guitars in the past so i was familiar with truss rod ,bridge ,saddles adjustments but it's slightly different than setting up a guitar ,same components but total different adjustments) Anyhow ,you helped brought my bass back to life i tip my hat to you sir!! Rock on!! :D \m/
Another guy on a 4 part video series, John Carruthers with 45 years as a guitar tech for a lot of major brands, said to clamp capo on top of the first fret as not to bow your strings down between the first fret and the nut,which makes more sense to me, and to pin it at the base of the neck were it meets the body at the top horn point,around the 18th fret and to go with .015 at the seventh fret, why the big difference in set ups? I used that guys method on my Reverend basses and a vintage peavey forum bass all 4 string basses, and it worked great for my playing style,aggressive finger, thumb and slap and some picking when needed, It seems to work pretty good at that setting, and the Reverend maintenance guide had different setting too, but I had to adjust between the two settings to make it work right, took awhile, I'm confused now who's method to go with or just experiment till I find which one works for my basses and playing style, because trying to eyeball it was not working.
I also know those videos mate! I'm always"fighting"with my 4strings sb460 Bass collection. That the type of things i used to find confusing....diferent videos,diferent measures. But its like you said,try out and see what works better for
Adding more relief put you on a safer side that it will not buzz even playing agrresively. But it doesn't offer the most comfortable feel and accuracy to a very technical, fast, chordal playing,etc.A flatter neck will allow lower string height without buzz, better intonation along the neck, but it requires a lighter touch. And also how the frets are levelled plays a big role in it, so there's not just one solution and one measurement that will work for all players. But that's the starting point, heavier touch, more relief, ligher touch less relief and lower string height. Some people like flatter necks, like in the video 0.10 inch relief (0.25mm), but then using a higher string action raising the saddles. I particularly like between 0.3mm and 0.5mm, depends on the bass (0.015 to 0.019)
Hey dude, excellent tutorial. I just bought an Ibanez SR 600 East and the factory settings weren't to my liking. I'm going out and buying a feelers gauge. Thanks
Excellent video series! But I have a few questions for you, guys. I have a double truss rod in a nekcthrough bass. Is the procedure the same? And, what about a fretless bass? Thanks a lot, guys!
great video, thank you! My only thought is where you placed the capo. Wouldn't it be better (more accurate) if you placed the capo directly over the fret so as to prevent the string from curving up?
That's the natural wood. I visited the Fodera shop (back around 1992) and Vinnie showed me much of his wood stock. Aged and dated, with some of the most striking natural grain pattern and designs.
The truss on my 1991 Emperor Deluxe is completely relaxed for proper relief. Am I at risk of any long term damage and would it make sense to reverse the truss rod, tightening just enough to catch (so there's at least some kind of neck tension)?
This is a great video! My question is though I have a 4003 Rick with of course the double truss. Should I just check the measurement on the E and turn both the same? Or measure the E and G and do it individually?
My local luthier sets bass necks flat and gets frets perfect with no relief and it plays so much better...is the idea of relief to just make up for frets that are not perfect and would buzz otherwise?
Hi! Nice video very informative. By the way what do you call that tools to pull the trusrod? Can I used that to my Ibanez bass guitar to pull the t.rod?
damn never heard of removable truss rods. I didn't even know a neck can withstand the tension of the strings without a truss rod. On a bolt on neck I'd be worried about the connection between body and neck.
I've just purchased a 2011 Emperor deluxe 5 and need to adjust the truss rod however I cant find the correct tool anywhere! And I cant find what the measurement for the key anywhere! I sent an email but havnt heard back just yet! If you could point me in the direction of the tool I need i'd really appreciate that! Thanks!
