I've been trying to get my bass easier to play (and get the intonation sorted).
it's a 5 string Ibanez bass, I'll post some pics later, the truss road is as tight as it will go (without force) but there's still quite a forward bow.. the action is super high which I think might be making the fretted notes are slightly sharp (the saddles are all the way back so hoping that's what it is)..
The strings are standard gauge (low b is a .125) , restringed a couple of weeks ago..
Any ideas? It's bolt on, during a moment of madness I threw the bass at the end of a gig but there doesn't seem to be any cracks or anything like that...
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Some people use heat to remove bows but I think once wood decides to grow a certain way it can be hard to coax it otherwise.
If it's the former, you can add a washer under the nut to give you more adjustment range.
If it's the latter, you can try to take some pressure off by straightening the neck by hand (or using clamps) and see if you can tighten the nut some more.
(This is the essential procedure for pre-1985 Rickenbacker rods by the way - there's a good chance of damaging the rods if you do it the 'normal' way.)
I've just got a very warped old Fender P-Bass neck to move a bit further like that, as well as putting a couple of washers under the nut since I thought it was possibly bottoming out - the adjuster was already about 1/8" below the surface of the wood.
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