Owner’s Manual
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Ideally, your neck should be adjusted perfectly straight with only the slightest relief. If
you hold down an outer string at both the first and 22nd fret, the distance from the
top of the 7th fret to the bottom of the string you are holding should be no more than
the thickness of a thin pick. Too much relief in the neck will make for very mushy
action in the intermediate region of the neck. A backbow in the neck will cause the
lower frets (toward the head) to buzz. Besides affecting playability, neck adjustment
has a profound effect on the tone, especially with the BUZZ basses. Note: all neck
adjustments should be done with the strings tuned to pitch.
If the neck is bowed backward (away from the pull of the strings), turn the truss rod
clockwise and this will force the neck forward.
If the neck is bowed forward (with the pull of the strings), turn the truss rod
counterclockwise and it will pull the neck back.
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