glefty5 wrote:
What's wrong with the neck, Matt? Twisted? T rod?
Basically- Yes.
The truss rod is maxed. At about the 15 fret or so on the treble side, there's a "ski jump" type warp in the fingerboard.
Due to the 3 metric tons of plastic material in 70's Jazz Bass necks (i.e. blocks & binding), the neck cannot be heat treated to straighten it out.
So, the fix will be insane, but will theoretically bring the neck back around to new as far as functionality is concerned.
It's at Glaser Instruments in Nashville. They are going to remove the block inlay at the first fret and access the end of the truss rod where it has compressed the wood at the end of the channel and insert a metal shim, which will allow the truss to be backed out all the way to where it has all its turns back.
Then the fingerboard's gonna get a good old fashioned planing, re-fret and refin and a plek job. It's gonna cost, but I am really stoked about it.
Here's an action shot from a few years ago with the ol' battle axe. Bass face.
