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Old 08-25-2011, 04:52 PM
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I suggest that you make the adjustments now rather than wait. I was told years ago before I had this business that you should make adjustments as needed and not let the bass stay in a less-desired position. If it moves back, adjust it again. Like the flow of traffic, take off the cruise control and slow down or speed up with the cars in front and behind you. Go with the flow!

Lower the bridge first if it's high and then see what the neck does. Then, adjust the neck as desired and if need be, bring the bridge back up if you like. Leave some relief between the 1st and 12th fret, just a tiny bit. The neck doesn't bend hardly at all past the 15th fret and not at all in the body area so use the 1-12 fret area (and then the 1-15 fret area) to scope out the neck by pressing down the low string at 1 and 12 with both hands at the same time and look about the middle of that length under the strings over the fret to determine what might be needed. Do not pull the neck up all the way at once with the rod. After you slightly turn it, the neck needs time to react to the rod torque and 'give' over time, and hour or a day depending. Otherwise, it's like over shooting the runway flying a plane, back and forth and back and forth. Just do things little by little and never wait when you see something too high or too low. Set it to the desired action sooner rather than later.
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