pjmuck wrote:
Okay, I'm hoping somebody can explain this to me.
I received my new Backlund Rockerbox bass yesterday. It arrived poorly set up, with terrible fret buzz and fretting out at the 1st fret, so I decided to adjust the neck for more relief since it was slightly forward bowed. To my surprise, when I turned the truss rod in the usual direction to add relief - clockwise - it made it worse, as it was actually tightening the truss. After some confusion, I decided to turn it counter clockwise instead and that did the trick. The bass plays beautifully now.
I've only encountered a truss rod that operated in the opposite direction on one other bass in my lifetime, so I'm wondering if there are actually lefty and righty truss rods or something's not right.
It wouldn't be a right-handed vs left handed neck issue. It would be that the truss rod is reversed threaded or (thou ironic in this case) more commonly called left handed threads.