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mroku91

Post subject: Bowed neck - very strange.

Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 3:19 pm

Walnut

Joined: Sun Apr 18, 2010 3:07 pm
Posts: 2
First name: Mateusz
Last Name: Piotrowski
City: Toruń
State: Kuj-Pom
Zip/Postal Code: 87-100
Country: Poland
Focus: Repair
Status: Amateur

Hello i want to ask is there some way to staighten bowed neck like this:

? The bow in not so big as in the painting. Its about 4mm more at G string. This is a 77' jazz bass neck. Thanks!

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Steve Davis

Post subject: Re: Bowed neck - very strange.

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 4:22 pm

Cocobolo

Joined: Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:06 am
Posts: 372

pictures might get you some input as there is so much potentially going on there

nut, bridge ,body fret , [:Y:]

etc

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Michael Dale Payne

Post subject: Re: Bowed neck - very strange.

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 4:50 pm

Old Growth Brazilian

Joined: Tue Dec 28, 2004 1:56 am
Posts: 10707
Location: United States

Grain orientation of neck? lots of grain runout hard to say without seeing the neck

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mroku91

Post subject: Re: Bowed neck - very strange.

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 12:52 am

Walnut

I don't have bass at the moment but the problem is just wtith the neck. Its bowed! I can see the bow when i put something straight to edges of the fretboard like here:

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