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TECH TALK At Roberto’s behest, I spoke to a few luthier
HOW TO FIX LOOSE BUSHINGS friends who have had success in using heat
and corrective compression to retrain the
wood into a more favourable position.
WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHY MICHAEL JAMES ADAMS
All agreed that the problem was far too
extreme for that treatment.
This month, Michael James Adams sticks his After a series of long discussions with
neck out and reveals an improvised solution Roberto about his prized bass, he expressed
to a frustrating tuner-bushing issue his desire to keep it as ‘correct’ as possible,
so we decided to track down another AVRI
n the interest of full disclosure, I must Relief is how we measure the curvature ’62 Jazz Bass neck – which, of course, was
get something off my chest: I’ve had of a neck in relation to the strings; too little incredibly difficult. I won’t bore you with
my friend and bandmate Roberto’s Jazz and the strings will rattle against the frets, the finer details but suffice it to say that we
I Bass for far too long. too much and the strings will be hard to spent many months trying to find one at a
In August 2018, Roberto mentioned that press down in the middle of the fretboard. fair price and, when we couldn’t, Roberto
his beloved 1991 American Vintage ’62 Jazz Bert’s bass had way too much. bought an American Professional neck and
Bass, was tough to play. I gave it a quick once- He dropped off the bass soon after. When I sent it over instead. Its profile and untinted
over during practice and it was immediately removed the neck, I saw the truss rod didn’t finish, however, just didn’t work for him.
obvious to me the neck had too much relief. have enough tension to dial out the bow. Our search continued.
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